It has been agreed to pay the remaining amount by the end of June 2082 by October 5. The amount for July and August will be paid by October 30 and mid-October respectively.
An agreement has been reached between the protesting dairy farmers, the dairy industry and the government. With the agreement to pay the outstanding amount before Dasain, the farmers have suspended the agitation. On Wednesday, Pashupati Dhungana, joint secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, and officials of Central Dairy Cooperative Association, Dairy Industry Association, and Nepal Dairy Association reached an agreement on 6 points.
It has been agreed to pay the remaining outstanding amount of milk to the dairy farmers by the end of June 2082 within the 5th of August 2082 .
Similarly, it has been agreed to pay the outstanding amount up to the end of July by the 30th of October 2082, and the remaining outstanding amount up to the end of August by the end of November. After that, it has been agreed that the rest of the money will be paid regularly and the businessmen who pay regularly will do so accordingly .
The arrears owed by DDC to dairy farmers alone is about one billion rupees. Since 2078, DDC has repeatedly taken loans of 1.25 billion from the Ministry of Finance to pay the arrears of milk. But the arrears of farmers are still outstanding during the dry season. But at this time, neglecting to give money to the farmers, DDC is trying to find land in Pokhara. Dairy farmers have yet to collect about 3 billion rupees in arrears from the government and private sector. This is the consensus
