{"id":432270,"date":"2026-07-07T18:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=432270"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:03:25","slug":"quality-of-ddc-products-improve-profit-margin-on-rise-after-directives-from-the-pmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/07\/07\/432270.html","title":{"rendered":"Quality of DDC products improve, profit margin on rise after directives from the PMO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kathmandu<\/strong>: Following the directives from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the quality of raw milk collected by the state-owned Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) has now improved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The DDC has adhered to the strict implementation of the required standards for improving the quality of raw milk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to DDC General Manager Dr Sharan Kumar Pandey, following the directives from the Prime Minister’s Office, suspicious milk consignments were removed while the standards of provision of ‘fat’ and ‘SNF’ in milk procurement have been revised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may be noted that following a directive of the Prime Minister’s Office, the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has tested a sample of DDC milk and found that the milk carried ‘fat’ and ‘SNF’ lower than those mentioned in the details on the packet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking this into consideration, the Prime Minister’s Office instructed the PMO to take action against the guilty and to adopt immediate corrective steps to prevent such activities from recurring in the future, shared the Prime Minister’s press and research expert, Deepa Dahal. After the shortcomings were found in the test by the DFTQC, the head of the Bharatpur chilling centre in Chitwan has been removed from his responsibilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An explanation has been sought from the heads of other chilling centres within three days. Similarly, Manahari Sharma, an employee working in the DDC laboratory, has also been removed from his position after being found to have indulged in irregularities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DDC has stated that further action will be taken against the employees involved after receiving clarification from the concerned. About 3,000 litres of substandard, adulterated milk were destroyed. The DDC has stated that about 3,000 litres of substandard and adulterated milk have been destroyed following laboratory testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, there has been uniformity in the quality of milk received by the DDC from dairy producers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, there has been a significant improvement in payments made to dairy farmers. The payment time to 235 dairy cooperatives across the country has been reduced from eight months to three months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Manager Pandey said that work is underway with the goal of reducing the payment period to 25 days by the first week of the upcoming month of Bhadra. He informed that about Rs 400 million has been paid to dairy farmers in the last two months alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the publicity generated since Prime Minister Balendra Shah endorsed DDC products, the corporation has stated that the sale of DDC’s dairy products has increased by more than 50 percent compared to the previous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspended ice cream production has been resumed, while yoghurt production and sales have increased by 75 percent. With the appointment of 10 new distributors, it is projected that there will be an additional daily sale of about Rs 5 million. The revenue from daily sales has increased by about Rs 2 million and the target is to reach Rs 13 million daily revenue from the month of Shrawan. Meanwhile, final preparations are underway for an agreement to export a minimum of 50 metric tons of ghee annually to Gulf countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is expected to generate an annual turnover of about Rs 50 million. The process of exporting ghee to China has also been taken forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the corporation has stated that preparations are underway to double production by establishing a new cheese production plant in Pashupatinagar of Koshi Province and resuming operation of the cheese production center in Nagarkot of Bhaktapur, which has been closed for 10 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DDC is also going to launch a web-based digital membership and online procurement system, and to expand dedicated sales counters in Kathmandu valley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to General Manager Pandey, studies and research are being conducted by various agencies to identify the problems seen within the DDC. Based on the outcome, a three-month institutional reform action plan is being implemented, while additional reform plans will be enforced after identification of the problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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