• Home
  • About TPiE
    • Evolution
    • Composition
    • Functions
    • Parliamentary Session
    • The Successive TPiE
      • Seventeenth TPiE
      • Sixteenth TPiE
      • Fifteenth TPiE
      • Fourteenth TPiE
      • Thirteenth ATPD
      • Twelfth ATPD
      • Eleventh ATPD
      • Tenth ATPD
      • Ninth ATPD
      • Eighth ATPD
      • Seventh ATPD
      • Sixth CTPD
      • Fifth CTPD
      • Fourth CTPD
      • Third CTPD
      • Second CTPD
      • First CTPD
    • Successive Chairman and Speaker
    • Successive Vice-Chairman and Deputy Speaker
    • Standing Committee
    • Parliamentary Secretariat
      • Secretary General
      • Current Staff
      • Former Staff
    • Local Tibetan Assembly
    • Tibetan Freedom Movement sub-committees/BRDL
  • Resolutions
    • Seventeenth TPiE
      • Eigth Session
      • Seventh Session
      • Sixth Session
      • Fifth Session
      • Fourth Session
      • Third Session
      • Second Session
      • First Session
    • Sixteenth TPiE
      • Tenth Session
      • Ninth Session
      • Eighth Session
      • Seventh Session
      • Sixth Session
      • Fifth Session
      • Fourth Session
      • Third Session
      • Second Session
      • First Session
    • Fifteenth TPiE
      • Eleventh Session
      • Tenth Session
      • Ninth Session
      • Eighth Session
      • Seventh Session
      • Sixth Session
      • Fifth Session
      • Fourth Session
      • Third Session
      • Second Session
      • First Session
  • Proceeding Reports
    • Seventeenth TPiE
      • Ninth Session
      • Eighth Session
      • Seventh Session
      • Sixth Session
      • Fifth Session
      • Fourth Session
      • Third Session
      • Second Session
      • First Session
    • Sixteenth TPiE
      • Tenth Session
      • Ninth session
      • Eighth Session
      • Seventh Session
      • Sixth Session
      • Fifth Session
      • Fourth Session
      • Third Session
      • Second Session
      • First Session
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Announcement
  • Charter and other rules
  • Contact
    • Members Of Parliament
    • Parliamentary Secretariat
  • Statements
    • Tibetan Uprising Day
    • His Holiness Birthday
    • Tibetan Democracy Day
    • Nobel Peace Prize Day
    • Statements in Hindi
  • Virtual Tour
  • བོད་ཡིག

Ninth-day of the third session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

TPiE
3 years ago
The ninth day of the third session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Dharamsala: The ninth day of the third session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile began with the continuation of deliberation over the second reading of the legislative amendment on the rules of the Public Service Commission. The amendment proposed in clause 16, clause 19 (3) (4) (6) passed for the third reading with two-third votes in the house. However, amendments to clause 17 (3) and clause 19 (5) of the Public Service Commission were repealed after they failed to receive the required number of votes in the house.

Following that, Legislative Procedure-First and Second Reading on amendment of Article 63 (II)(C) of the Charter of Tibetans-in-Exile, the amendment proposed by Sikyong Penpa Tsering and supported by Kalon Gyari Dolma was also repealed after it failed to receive the required number of votes from the members of Parliament.

Thereafter, the deliberation on the budget of the Department of Religion and Culture continued from the previous day’s agenda with Parliamentarians raising questions and Sikyong Penpa Tsering, Kalon of the Department of Religion and Culture, providing requisite clarifications on the workshop on the Tibetan language provided by the LTWA, on increasing stipend for hermits of the mountains of Dharamsala, and on many others.

Similarly, proposed budgets of the  Department of Health (DoHe), Tso-Jhe hospital (hospitals under DoHe); Delhi Health Clinic (under DoHe), Sonada Health Clinic (Under DoHe), Ngeonga Schoola (a school for Tibetan Children with Special Need under DoHe), Sambhota Tibetan Schools Society (STSS), Tibetan Reception Centres of Nepal, Delhi, Sonauli & Dharamsala, the Department of Home, the Chief Representative Office of South Zone and five Tibetan Settlements without Local Tibetan Assemblies (Tibetan Settlement offices of Delhi, Sharkhum, Dickeylarsoe, Darjeeling, and Lugsam) were approved after due deliberation.

Thereafter, Surkyol budget of the Department of Education, the budget of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, and Special Recurring Budget of the Tibetan Election Commission which were left open from a previous seating were also sanctioned.

Parliamentarians applauded the frontline workers, institutes, NGOs, and individuals for their immense sacrifices and for their valuable contributions during the pandemic caused by Covid-19. Questions raised in the house by the Parliamentarians with regard to the undertaking of the Department of Health (DoHe) were answered by Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the incumbent Kalon of DoHe clarifying doubts on the Tibetan Medicare System (TMS), various projects of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), challenges from COVID-19, substance abuse problem in the Tibetan community, mental health issues, providing sanitary napkins to Tibetan school girls, waste management, and others.

Today’s session adjourned at 7:30 pm until 9:30 am tomorrow.

Sikyong Penpa Tsering, incumbent Kalon of the Department of Health.
Kalon Tharlam Dolma, Department of Education.
Parliamentarian Ngodup Dorjee, Chairman of the Budget Estimate Committee.
Parliamentarian Lobsang Thupten, member of Budget Estimate Committee.
Parliamentarian Phurpa Dorjee Gyaldhong, member of the budget estimate committee

 

 

 

LATEST STORIES

Parliamentarians Geshe Lharampa Gowo Lobsang Phende and Wangdue Dorjee Call Upon MLA Sanbor Shullai of Meghalaya
May 11, 2025
Tibetan Parliament Members Geshe Lharampa Gowo Lobsang Phende and Wangdu Dorjee Begin Official Tour of Northeast India
May 11, 2025
Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Congratulates His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
May 11, 2025
Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Launches Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche’s E-Biography
May 9, 2025

© 2023 Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile