- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०४८ BS · 1992 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १२: खाद्य, कृषि, सहकारी तथा भूमि प्रशासन · Volume 12: Food, Agriculture, Cooperative and Land Administration
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2055 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act sets up the National Dairy Development Board, an autonomous corporate body in the Kathmandu Valley, to help make national dairy policy and plans, develop the dairy industry, solve livestock and animal-health problems affecting milk production, coordinate private and public dairy businesses, conduct research and manage pasture.राष्ट्रिय स्तरमा दुग्ध व्यवसायसम्बन्धी नीति र विकास योजना तर्जुमामा सहयोग गर्न, दुग्ध उद्योगको विकास गर्न, दूध उत्पादनमा देखिएका पशु विकास र पशु स्वास्थ्यका समस्या समाधान गर्न, निजी र सरकारी दुग्ध व्यवसायीबीच सामञ्जस्य ल्याउन, अनुसन्धान गर्न र पशुचरनको प्रबन्ध गर्न यो ऐनले काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा रहने स्वायत्त राष्ट्रिय दुग्ध विकास बोर्ड स्थापना गरेको छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 3–5, PDF pp. 2–3
- The Board recommends to the government policies on imports and exports of milk, dairy products and feed and on setting milk prices, advises on producers' and consumers' interests, promotes dairy cooperatives, registers dairy industries, mobilises domestic and foreign assistance and loans, gives technical support, and monitors dairy programmes.बोर्डले दूध, दुग्ध पदार्थ र पशु आहाराको आयात–निर्यात तथा दूधको मूल्य निर्धारणसम्बन्धी नीति बनाई सरकारलाई सिफारिस गर्छ, उत्पादक र उपभोक्ताको हितमा सुझाव दिन्छ, सहकारीमार्फत दुग्ध व्यवसाय प्रवर्धन गर्छ, दुग्ध उद्योग दर्ता गर्छ, स्वदेशी तथा विदेशी सहायता र ऋण परिचालन गर्छ, प्राविधिक सहयोग दिन्छ, र दुग्ध कार्यक्रमको अनुगमन गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 6, PDF pp. 3–4
- An executive committee chaired by the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development — with the ministry secretary, four farmer representatives from dairy cooperatives, three from private dairy associations, and representatives of the FNCCI, the Department of Livestock Services and the Dairy Development Corporation — runs the Board. Its fund comes mainly from government grants (foreign grants need government approval), its accounts follow the government system, and the government can dissolve it, taking over its assets and liabilities.कृषि तथा पशुपन्छी विकास मन्त्रीको अध्यक्षतामा रहने कार्यकारी समितिले — जसमा मन्त्रालयका सचिव, दुग्ध उत्पादक सहकारीका चार जना कृषक प्रतिनिधि, निजी दुग्ध व्यवसायी संघका तीन जना, उद्योग वाणिज्य महासंघ, पशु सेवा विभाग र दुग्ध विकास संस्थानका प्रतिनिधि रहन्छन् — बोर्ड चलाउँछ। यसको कोष मुख्यतः सरकारी अनुदानबाट बन्छ (विदेशी अनुदानमा सरकारको स्वीकृति चाहिन्छ), हिसाब सरकारी प्रणालीअनुसार राखिन्छ, र सरकारले बोर्ड विघटन गरी हक–दायित्व आफूमा लिन सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 7, 11–12, 18, PDF pp. 4–7
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Capacity Repayments of loans from the Board's dairy development fund are overdue. Under its 2056 fund directive loans must be repaid within five years, but Rs 80.18 million was overdue: Rs 32.6 million of principal and interest from 15 organisations with unsecured loans, Rs 31.8 million from 14 with collateral, and Rs 15.8 million of interest from 18 others. The Board also had not prepared consolidated financial statements under the applicable accounting standards.बोर्डको दुग्ध विकास कोषबाट दिइएको ऋण असुल हुन बाँकी छ। २०५६ को कोष सञ्चालन निर्देशिकाअनुसार ऋण बढीमा पाँच वर्षभित्र तिर्नुपर्नेमा धितोबिनाको ऋण लिएका १५ संस्थाबाट रु. ३ करोड २५ लाख ९९ हजार, धितोमा ऋण लिएका १४ संस्थाबाट रु. ३ करोड १८ लाख २२ हजार र अन्य १८ संस्थाबाट ब्याज रु. १ करोड ५७ लाख ६३ हजारसमेत रु. ८ करोड १ लाख ८४ हजार असुल हुन बाँकी छ। बोर्डले प्रचलित लेखामानअनुसार एकीकृत वित्तीय विवरण पनि तयार गरेको छैन। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd report, National Dairy Development Board paras 51–52 (PDF p. 270, printed p. 238)
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.