| གཞི་རྟེན་མཁོ་ཆས་དང་སྐྱེལ་འདྲེན་་ལྷན་ཁག། gzhi rten mkho chas dang skyel 'dren lhan khag | |
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Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (Dzongkha: གཞི་རྟེན་མཁོ་ཆས་དང་སྐྱེལ་འདྲེན་་ལྷན་ཁག།; Wylie: gzhi rten mkho chas dang skyel 'dren lhan khag) renamed the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is a ministry of Bhutan responsible for quality and sustainable infrastructure, efficient transportation services, and built environment for socio-economic well-being and happiness.
Background
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport was established by merging the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement and Ministry of Information and Communications on December 30, 2022.
Vision
"To be a dynamic organization for building quality and sustainable infrastructure, efficient transportation services, and built environment for socio-economic well-being and happiness."
Mission
- To promote safe, inclusive and well-designed human settlements
- To develop green, sustainable, and quality infrastructure
- To develop green and sustainable integrated transport infrastructure network and services.
Departments
The Departments under Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport:
- Department of Surface Transport
- Department of Human Settlement
- Department of Infrastructure Development
- Department of Air Transport
Minister
- Lyonpo Sangay Penjor (1970-1971)
- Lyonpo Dr. T. Tobgyel (1987-1992)
- Lyonpo Wogma Leki Dorji (1994-2003)
- Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji (2003 - 2008)
- Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba (11 April 2008 - 2013)
- Lyonpo Dorji Choden (2013 - 2018)
- Lyonpo Dorji Tshering (7 November 2018 - 2023)
- Lyonpo Chandra Bdr Gurung (28 January 2024-present)
See also
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
- Ministry of Education and Skills Development
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment
References
- "Ministries and Departments Reconstituted and their new names". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ^ "Vision & Mission – Ministry of Works and Human Settlement".
- ^ "About MoIT – Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport". www.moit.gov.bt. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- "Meet the cabinet ministers of the fourth democratically elected government". BBSCL. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
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