It has been agreed to pay the arrears of milk to the dairy farmers by the end of June 2082 within October 5, 2082.
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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. Pashupati Dhungana, joint secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and officials of the Central Dairy Cooperative Association, Dairy Industry Association, and Nepal Dairy Association have agreed on 6 points on Wednesday.
It has been agreed to pay the arrears of milk to the dairy farmers by the end of June 2082 within October 5, 2082. It has been agreed to pay the arrears up to the end of July and the arrears up to the end of August by October 30, 2082. After that, it has been agreed that the remaining money will be paid regularly.
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 the farmers are still outstanding during the dry season. But at this time, DDC is trying to find land in Pokhara, neglecting to give money to DDC farmers. Dairy farmers have yet to collect about 3 billion rupees dues from government and private.
Dairy Industry Association, Nepal Dairy Association and Dairy Development Institute should be held accountable for the industrialists who do not pay according to the agreement, said Amber Bahadur Kunwar, President of the Central Dairy Cooperative Association. Farmers who have not received money are in a lot of trouble. They have come to a situation where they have to protest, he said.
After a discussion with Agriculture Minister Ramnath Adhikari, Kunwar says that he has agreed to suspend the movement for the time being. It has been postponed after the industrialists agreed to pay immediately.'' Prahlad Dahal, president of the association, said in a joint press conference that the payment problem was due to the deterioration of the overall cycle. However, he says that money has not been stopped to the farmers.
'It is not that money was not given to farmers. Instead of giving 10 lakhs, 7-8 lakh rupees went. The problem is because the cycle has broken," Dahal said. "Even if the farmers don't protest, we are in favor of paying the farmers because Dasain has come." He also urged not to put all the industrialists in the same basket. Some industrialists may have arrears. But not all industrialists," he said, "now there is stock of dairy products. The industrialists have tried to solve it with a single effort, but the government did not support it.
Chairman of the Dairy Industry Association Rajkumar Dahal also emphasized that the industrialists who do not pay should be found. The only thing that has come is that the industrialists did not give. Which industrialist did not give, had to find that first. But fishing has been done here in murky water,' he said, 'most of them have paid.' According to the
association, milk production and collection is high in October, November, January, February and Chait. Milk produced in excess of market demand is stored by making butter and powder. Due to the balance, payment to farmers is delayed. After Baisakh, the milk dry season begins. To avoid shortage of milk, they meet the market demand through stock powder milk. But even though the dry season is going on now, the farmers have not received the money.
