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meat in the country should decrease and that the sale of meat must be prohibited
during the auspicious days. Keeping in mind the international context, it would
be difficult to completely ban the meat business. However as proposed by the
members, the Assembly resolved that slaughter of animals and meat sale would
be strictly prohibited in the auspicious first and fourth months, other days of
special occasion including the 4 th day of the 6 th month, Descending Day of Lord
Buddha and on the auspicious 8 th , 15 th and 30 th days of the lunar calendar. As
suggested by the Agriculture Minister, this should be provided for in the By-
laws and Rules prepared for the implementation of the Act. The Rules should
also include painless slaughtering methods based on the use of electricity, which
should be worked out by the concerned department.
The Livestock Act of Bhutan 2001 was endorsed by the National Assembly on
August 25, 2001 with only editorial and grammatical corrections proposed to be
made on the draft and no changes to be made in the content of the proposed Act.
XIX. Bhutan Electricity Act
The Ministry of Trade and Industry distributed copies of the draft Bhutan
Electricity Act to the honourable members of the National Assembly on the 9 th
Day of the 5 th Month of Iron Snake Year corresponding to June 29, 2001. While
discussing the Act on July 26, 2001, the Hon’ble Minister for Trade and
Industry made the following submission.
One of the most important means to address the national goal of enhancing
Gross Domestic Product and socio-economic development, and hence achieve
self-reliance is the development of sustainable hydropower generation. The
most valuable resources of electric power generation in Bhutan’s are the
perennial rivers. In comparison to resources like oil and gold in countries where
they are produced in abundance, rivers in Bhutan can be equated with them and
termed as ‘white oil’ and ‘white gold’. It has been estimated that a total of
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