The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Environment has issued a 9-point directive aimed at reforming the Dairy Development Corporation (DDC). Minister Gita Chaudhary has instructed measures to bring fundamental improvements in the DDC’s management, financial transparency, and service delivery. According to the directive, the DDC will implement electronic record-keeping for all processes, including milk collection, sales distribution, accounting systems, and employee attendance, within three months. Kathmandu, 7 Jestha.
The directive includes the following points: 1. Submit authentic monthly data on milk collection, sales distribution, and income-expense details for the past five years to the ministry within 15 days, and ensure monthly reports are sent to the ministry within seven days of the following month. 2. Collect outstanding dues as per prevailing laws and inform the ministry within one month. 3. Integrate all processes, from milk collection, dairy product sales and distribution, billing, accounting, asset, and inventory status into electronic record-keeping following the Government of Nepal’s approved 100-point reform plan within three months.
4. Mandate electronic attendance for all employees and workers, and provide payment for regular and overtime work only when verified by such electronic attendance. 5. Provide services strictly as per existing laws, issue a code of conduct for employees and workers, and enforce it rigorously. 6. Update the valuation of the institution’s physical assets and prepare a business plan accordingly. 7. Assign performance targets to each employee, prepare evaluation indices based on work descriptions, and implement a structured performance evaluation system. 8. Document the list of tasks performed by the institution and those outsourced, map workflow and processes, prepare a Business Process Reengineering plan, and submit improvement measures to the ministry. 9. Set milk collection and dairy product sales targets for each distribution and production center chief and staff under the DDC, evaluate their performance, and ensure the institution maintains profitability from these operations.
