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Eighth Plan promises unprecedented development for Shaa people

ཟླ་༣ 21, 1998 14 mins read

WITH a budget exceeding the! combined outlays of the Sixth and the Seventh Five Year Plans for their dzongkhag, the people of Wangduephodrang have every reason to be happy with the development programmes that will be implemented in their geogs during the Eighth Five Year Plan.

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