The government has put its plan for Bhutan to graduate from the United Nation’s category of Least Developed Country (LDC) in 2023 on the back burner due to the COVID-19-induced economic disruptions.

The country was supposed to cross the last mile economic challenges in all sectors during the 12th Plan. But the government believes that economies would have gone back by decades and that bringing back the development activities back on track would not be easy.

Addressing the 75th UN General Assembly virtually from Thimphu, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering last week requested the UN to reset the LDC graduation path to help the country regain its grip on a smooth transition from the LDC category.

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