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ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONPost Box # 163

Thimphu, BhutanPhones : +975-2-322491, 322956, 322954

Fax : +975-2-323086, 325980Email : [email protected]

Website : www.rcsc.gov.bt

Promoting

Good Governance

in pursuit of

Gross National Happiness

towards excellence in the civil service

ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONRoyal Government of Bhutan

INFORMATION BROCHURE

4TH EDITIONJULY 2012

HIS MAJESTY THE KING HAS COMMANDED TO THE ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION:

“Keeping in mind that in a small country like Bhutan, it is the bureaucracy’s example that will be followed, strengthening the Civil Service would be the irst step to creating a strong foundation for a successful democracy. The Civil Service must strive for the highest standards, live by higher ideals and nurture a sense of duty towards fellow Bhutanese

Therefore, the Royal Civil Service Commission should focus on bringing about required reforms of the Civil Service, in time for it to facilitate and support the emergence of democracy, meet the challenges of building a dynamic economy and to ful ill its role in achieving the goals of Gross National Happiness”

12th of March 2007TASHICHHODZONG


THE CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF BHUTAN

Article 26, Section 1

“There shall be a Royal Civil Service Commission, which shall promote and ensure an independent and apolitical civil service that will discharge its public duties in an ef icient, transparent and accountable manner.”

Article 26, Section 4

“The Commission shall endeavour to ensure that civil servants render professional service, guided by the highest standards of ethics and integrity to promote good governance and social justice, in implementing the policies and programmes of the Government.”

ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION


PUBLICATIONS

Bhutan Civil Service Rules and Regula ons

2010

Annual ReportJanuary 2009 - June 2010

Royal Charter of the Royal Civil Service Commission,

1982

Civil Service Act of Bhutan 2010

Bi-annual ReportCivil Service Sta s cs

December 2010


ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN

INFORMATION BROCHUREAUGUST 2009

Tenth Five Year HR Master Plan

2008-2013

ROYAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONtowards excellence in the civil services

BI- ANNUAL REPORT CIVIL SERVICES STATISTICS

JUNE 2012

0.08%Ph.D.

5.47%Master 5.14%

PG Dip/ Cert.

22.39%Bachelor

16.17%Diploma

34.59%Certi cate

12.89%Class XII & X

3.27%Functional Lit.

Bi-annual ReportCivil Service Sta s cs

June 2012

ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN

INFORMATION BROCHUREAUGUST 2009

ROYALROYAL CIVILCIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION


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MILESTONES1973: Department of Manpower was established under the Ministry of Development.

1982: Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) was established with the Royal Charter-1982.

1983: Instituted Civil Service Examination for General Graduates.

1989: Cadre System was adopted, which classi ied Civil Service jobs into eight Cadres with a hierarchy of seventeen Grades.

1989: Instituted two separate examinations for Teaching and Non-teaching Cadres.

1990: First Bhutan Civil Service Rules and Regulations (BCSR) was released to ensure uniform personnel actions.

1996: Instituted three separate examinations for Teaching, Finance and other Administrative Cadres.

2002: Second Edition of BCSR was released.

2005: Centralized all examinations at RCSC and designated as Civil Service Common Examination (CSCE), and set a qualifying marks of 50%.

2006: Adopted Position Classi ication System (PCS) which replaced the Cadre System.

2006: Instituted CSCE for all Technical Graduates.

2006: Third Edition of BCSR was released.

2008: Recruitment in Supervisory and Support, and Operational Position Category, and promotion up P2 Position Level were decentralized from RCSC.

2008: Instituted separate CSCE for Dzongkha Graduates.

2009: His Majesty the King appointed full time ive member Commission, as per the provision of the Constitution.

2010: Fourth Edition of BCSR was released.

2010: Re-designated CSCE as Bhutan Civil Service Examination (BCSE) and introduced Preliminary Examination (PE). The BCSE was categorized into ive categories.

2011: Civil Service Act of Bhutan (CSAB) 2010 was enacted by the Parliament, on 20th May, 2011.

2012: Adopted Online Civil Service Information System (CSIS) to enhance e-governance in Civil Service Management.

2012: Director of RCSC Secretariat appointed.



CIVIL SERVICE ACT OF BHUTAN, 2010

Section 27

“The Royal Civil Service Commission as the central personnel agency of the Government shall:

(a) administer and enforce all statutory provisions of this Act;

(b) prescribe, amend and enforce rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act;

(c) promulgate policies, standards and guidelines for the Civil Service and adopt plans and programmes in consultation with the agencies to promote ef icient and effective personnel administration;

(d) appoint, promote and transfer civil servants except as speci ied otherwise in this Act;

(e) formulate, administer and evaluate programs pertaining to the development and retention of quali ied and competent work force in the civil service;

(f) promote and maintain the highest level of prestige, morale and well-being of the civil service;

(g) conduct periodic HR auditing across all agencies;

(h) conduct special investigation on HR actions where necessary;

(i) ensure establishment of a human resource committee/council in each agency with standard functions and responsibilities to ensure proper personnel administration and human resource development, and monitor their functions;

(j) prescribe, enforce and review code of conduct for the civil servants;

(k) manage Civil Service selection examinations;

(l) review, plan, coordinate, facilitate and monitor general civil service training and development programmes;

(m) maintain up-to-date personnel information on all civil servants as prescribed in the BCSR;

(n) exercise general disciplinary control over civil servants through the enforcement of all rules, regulations and relevant laws;

(o) provide administrative and legal support to civil servants in respect of decisions taken in good faith or intent pursuant to of icial duties; and

(p) perform any other functions to discharge its mandates.”

Lyonpo Thinley GyamtshoChairman

Sangay DorjiMember

Pirthiman PradhanMember

Kinley YangzomMember

Bachu Phub DorjiMember

COMMISSION MEMBERS


Chairman

Director

CommissionerPP & MS

Policy andPlanning Division

CommissionerHRM

Human ResourceManagement

Division

Legal Services HR AuditServices

CommissionerHRD

Human ResourceDevelopment

Division

HR.Administra on

& Finance Services

CommissionerMIS

ManagementInforma on

Services Division

ORGANOGRAM


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2004

16,0

9420

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2006

18,3

4920

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19,8

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22,5

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11,168

11,72812,844

13,889

13,182

13,262

15,761

13,053

13,416

11,228

12,732

13,017

13,427

13,566

13,17213,542

13,695

13,645

14,258

14,265

15,125

16,094

17,090

18,34918,807

19,84821,113

22,51223,151

23,909

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1990

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1992

1993

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1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

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2002

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2004

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2006

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1998

842

628

214

1999

1201

395

806

2000

1270

670

600

2001

1180

561

619

2002

1487

1288

199

2003

1200

284

916

2004

1263

309

954

2005

1234

267

967

2006

1,35

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311

6720

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2864

558

320

081,

335

298

1037

2009

1744

546

1198

2010

1796

436

1360

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1729

1219

510

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192

111

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119

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1,20

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1,18

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263

1,23

41,

350

1,22

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335

1,74

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395

670

561

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284

309

267

183

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298

546

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583

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CIVIL SERVANTS BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER

CIVIL SERVANTS MEETING MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT

CIVIL SERVANTS BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER

MALE FEMALE

With cl-10 With cl-12With Master With BachelorEX3 - EX1 With Bachelor Degree 83.52%ES3 - ES1 With Masters Degree

84.52%P5 - P1 With Bachelor Degree

53.87%S5 - S1 Class XII with Diploma/ Certificate

42.28%O4 - O1 With Class X

38.46%

83.52% 84.52%

53.87%

42.28%

38.45%

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20-24 yrs 866 85325-29 yrs 3717 254230-34yrs 3944 225235-39 yrs 2515 103940-44yrs 1976 55245-49 yrs 1427 31050-54 yrs 1073 13755-60 yrs 589 57

Above 60yrs 54 1Total 0 0 0 16,164 0 0 0 7,745

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A dynamic and professional Civil Service committed to promoting Good Governance in the pursuit of Gross National Happiness.

VISION

MISSION

Ensure an independent and apolitical civil service that will discharge its public duties and services in an ef icient, transparent and accountable manner.

Ensure that civil servants render professional service guided by the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

Ensure that uniform rules and regulations on recruitment, appointment, staf ing, training, transfers and promotion prevail throughout the Civil Service.

Continue to maintain a small, compact and an ef icient Civil Service that is merit based.

Enhance Civil Service competence through planned Human Resource Development Program.

Maintain up-to-date personnel information on all civil servants.

Enhance e-governance in Civil Services Management.


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CIVIL SERVICE VALUESAccountability: A civil servant is responsible for his/her decisions and actions and must

be accountable to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to his/her Of ice as prescribed by law and the BCSR.

Honesty: A civil servant shall be honest and declare any private interests relating to his/her of icial duties and to take steps to resolve any con licts arising in a way that protects the public interest.

Impartiality: A civil servant shall be fair, neutral, not favour one person more than an-other in carrying out public business, including making public appoint-ments, awarding contracts, or recommending individuals for awards and bene its.

Integrity: A civil servant shall not place himself/herself under any inancial or oth-er obligation to outside individuals or organizations that may in luence him/her in the performance of his/her of icial duties.

Leadership: A civil servant shall at all times uphold and promote the principles of leadership by example.

Loyalty: A civil servant shall at all times be true, loyal and faithful to the Tsa-wa-sum.

Openness: A civil servant shall be as open as required about all the decisions and actions that he takes. He/she shall give reasons for his/her decisions and restrict information to protect the wider public interest and con identi-ality of the matter.

Professionalism: A civil servant shall practice his/her profession with the highest stan-dards of ethics and courtesy.

Sel lessness: A civil servant shall always take decisions solely in terms of the public interest. He/she shall not do so in order to gain inancial or other mate-rial bene its for himself/herself, his/her family, his/her relatives, or his/her friends.

(Civil Service Act of Bhutan, 2010, Section 37)


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CIVIL SERVANTS BY MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS

CIVIL SERVANTS BY AGENCY

AGENCY TOTALJUDICIARYRoyal Court of Justice 296LEGISLATIVENational Assembly 33National Council 22CONSTITUTIONALRoyal Audit Authority 202Election Commission 69Royal Civil Service Commission 56Anti-Corruption Commission 49EXECUTIVEMinistry of Education 8,857Ministry of Agriculture & Forests 3,445Ministry of Health 3,223Ministry of Works & Human Settlement 1,698Ministry of Finance 1,635Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs 1,321Ministry of Economic Affairs 576Ministry of Info. & Communications 747Ministry of Labour & Human Resources 357Ministry of Foreign Affairs 155AUTONOMOUS & OTHER AGENCIES 1,168

Grand Total 23,909

2,138 Medical Services

Library, Archives & Museum Services

Legal, Judiciary and Legisla ve Services

Educa on & Training7,526

3,993 General Administra on & Support

2,630 Architectural & Engineering

1,544 Finance & Audit Services

1,324 Forestry & Environment Protec on Services

1,154 Agriculture & Livestock Services

854 Laboratory & Technical Services

437 Informa on Communica on & Technical Services

424 Planning & Research Services

377

369

351 Human Resource Services

255 Execu ve & Specialists Services

237 Transporta on & Avia on Services

118 Trade, Industry & Tourism Services

92 Arts, Culture & Literary Services

63 Foreign Services

23 Sports & Youth Services

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FEMALE CIVIL SERVANTS (1996 - June 2012)

CIVIL SERVANTS BY GENDER AND POSITION CATEGORY

year Number of Female civil Servants1996 21801997 22711998 23781999 27232000 28972001 32222002 35052003 39822004 43762005 48002006 52572007 54992008 58912009 65232010 70592011 7,421

June 2012 7,7452,18

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2,37

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2,72

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2,89

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3,22

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CODE OF CONDUCT OF A CIVIL SERVANT

A civil servant shall not:

(a) be eligible to be a candidate for any election conducted under the electoral laws of the Kingdom or hold any paid or unpaid post in any political party;

(b) canvass for the political party or any candidate in an election conducted under the electoral laws of the Kingdom;

(c) engage in any corrupt activities;

(d) be a member of, belong to or take part in a society, assembly or association, except as may be permitted under the rules and regulations;

(e) instigate, involve or participate in a strike, demonstration, marches or other similar activities;

(f) engage in proselytization;

(g) engage in sexual harassment; and

(h) act against the interest of Tsa-Wa-Sum.

(Civil Service Act of Bhutan, 2010, Section 38)

23,024REGULAR

NATIONALS

CONTRACT843

EXPATRIATES/VOLUNTEERS709

CIVIL SERVANTS ON SECONDMENT

67

CIVIL SERVANTS LOCATED OUT SIDE

BHUTAN85

TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE STRENGTH: 23,909

FEMALES: 7,745

MALES: 16,164

STATISTICS

AT A GLANCE

JUNE 2012


DISTRIBUTION OF CIVIL SERVANTS BY DZONGKHAG

Sarpang ZhemgangSamdrup Jongkhar

Mongar

GASA

Paro

ChhukhaTsirang

Wangdue-phodrang

Bumthang

LhuentseTrashi-yangtse

Trashigang

Pemagatshel

Trongsa

Punakha

Thimphu

HAA

SAMTSE

Dagana

7,8777,877

1,6681,668

3663661,4061,406

1,3531,353

1,3791,379

1,2591,259

702702573573

684684

234234

1,0461,046

1,0161,016

903903

577577

801801

463463

510510

510510

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CIVIL SERVANTS BY POSITION CATEGORY AND POSITION LEVEL

Position Category and Position Level

Total Strength as on 30th June 2012

Constitutional Offi ces* 9

Executive Position Category

EX-1 30

EX-2 30

EX-3 109

Total 169

Specialist Position Category

ES-1 3

ES-2 7

ES-3 74

Total 84

Professional & Management Position Category

P1 376

P2 770

P3 1,795

P4 3,296

P5 5,716

Total 11,953

Supervisory & Support Position Category

S1 1,917

S2 2,364

S3 1,565

S4 1,620

S5 2,065

Total 9,531

Operational Positon Category

O1 688

O2 429

O3 411

O4 635

Total 2,163

Grand Total 23,909* As Chairpersons and members of the Constitutional Offi ces, and eminent members of the Parliament

Professional & Management

49.99%

[11,953][11,953]

Males: 67.61%Females: 32.39%

Specialist0.35%

[84]Executive

0.74%

[169]

Operational9.05%

[2,163]

Supervisory & Support39.86%

[9,531]

CIVIL SERVANTS BY POSITION CATEGORY AND GENDER

34.59%

12.89%

16.17%

22.39%

5.14%5.47%

0.08%3.27%

Regular civil servants by Qualifi cation(%)

Ph.DMasterPG Dip/PG Certifi cateBachelor

DiplomaCertifi cateClass XII & XFunctional Qualifi cation

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