According to the Black Market Act, no businessman can take more than 20 percent profit on goods and business, but ”lobbying” of networking businessmen to arrange that they can take up to 42 percent profit on sales.
A week ago, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli directed the secretaries to scrap conflicting/unwanted guidelines and procedural standards. His instructions were to keep only what is needed for daily performance and discard the rest. But after the instructions of the Prime Minister, the networking businessmen are on the move.
They have started 'lobbying' to cancel the directive on direct selling of goods.
They have started 'lobbying' to cancel the guidelines that are not suitable for them, saying that the guidelines and regulations regarding the direct sale of goods are conflicting. They are getting their work done by meeting Congress-UML leaders and even ministers. It is said that they started the game after meeting the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supply, Damodar Bhandari.
It is mentioned that 42 percent of the profit of the purchase can be taken in the direct sale of goods. The regulation provides for up to 42 percent of sales. After the Prime Minister's directive came, 'lobbying' has started to cancel the directive as soon as possible, if it is not canceled, to make profit on the basis of sales," said an official of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply. "The political pressure is also increasing for this. Political party leaders are also invested in networking. For that reason, pressure has been created to keep profit in the selling price.'
According to the Black Market and Some Other Social Crimes and Punishment Act 2032, no businessperson can take more than 20 percent of the profit in general, according to the goods and business practices. Taking more profit automatically attracts the Black Market Act. But networking professionals are still charging 42 percent profit.
Jyoti Baniyan, President of Consumer Interest Protection Forum Nepal, said that it is a crime by the government to decide in favor of businessmen who cheat the common people. He said that if they kill common people by misusing their power, they will be punished. "Anyone who commits a crime will not be exempted, sooner or later they must come to the legal sphere," Banian said, "The first thing is to take 42 percent profit is a crime. On top of that, circumventing the Black Market Act is a crime. If there is a profit on the selling price, no matter how much the selling price is shown, it will increase the trend of cheating the common people.'' At the same time, he said that the general public will be cheated even more when it is arranged to take 42 percent profit from sales in the guidelines. "Government should not run at the behest of businessmen. The government that does not follow the instructions and policy rules given by itself should not act against the interests of the consumers by helping the 'lobbying' and manipulation,' he said It is said that the Department of Conservation is clear. The department has been giving instructions to get 42 percent profit of the purchase price. But the staff says that the department is under pressure for revision. "Recently, 42 percent of the purchase profit is said when renewing. But the pressure is on sales," said an employee of the department, "but the pressure is from the upper body along with the businessmen."
Due to pressure from businessmen, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has also collected suggestions to amend the law related to direct sale of goods. According to the decision of the secretary level on November 8, 2081, a 5-member suggestion collection committee was formed under the coordination of Deputy Secretary Nimesh Mishra to amend the laws related to direct sale of goods (laws, rules, guidelines and instructions) in a timely manner. The
committee has submitted a report with suggestions to reduce the bail amount from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 25 lakh. "When the bond amount was high, only the big businessmen were able to do business, and the small ones were not able to do business, that's why it was suggested to reduce the bond amount," said an employee They have started 'lobbying' to cancel the directive.
20 point instructions were issued on 26 Jan 2079. It is stated in the 11th point, "Not to perform any work responsibility or role as a direct or indirect branch or director of any foreign company that does direct sales of goods or networking or any other type of work." The
directive places a complete ban on direct sales of goods or networking to direct or indirect branches or operations of foreign companies. Businessmen are 'lobbying' that this 20-point directive should also be repealed. The 20-point directive is a decision made by the Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection.
The then director general Mahesh Bhattarai issued the directive. Now they are trying to cancel the guidelines along with the guidelines," said an officer of the department. Currently, about two dozen companies have received permission in the name of direct sale of goods. Some old networking company owners have taken permission in the name of goods and direct sales. Most companies are networking in a pyramid style. But monitoring is not effective. Experts say that many have been cheated by
networking. Complaints have also been made to the department. But the department staff say that the government should appoint an officer for monitoring, but it has not been appointed yet. Direct Sale of Goods Act 2074 and Direct Sale of Goods Regulations 2076 became. The Act calls for appointing an authority to monitor the commercial sector of direct selling of goods. But it has not been appointed yet, that's why the case could not be prosecuted," said the department staff, "We have requested the ministry with a file to appoint a monitoring officer a week ago. The ministry gets the authority only after the decision is made by the cabinet.
Rajan Paudel, Director General of the Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection said that without the directive of the ministry, 42 percent profit cannot be given on the basis of cancellation of the directive or sale. The department has decided 42 percent on the basis of procurement. If the Taluk Ministry cancels the guidelines or talks about profit based on sales, it is a separate matter, otherwise there is no possibility of immediate cancellation," said Paudel.
