Incident Reports

Protest against increase in agricultural reform fee on wheat import

2020-06-18

Nepal Flour Industry Association has protested against the increase in agricultural import duty on wheat imports from 5 percent to 9 percent. 

The association has stated that their request to reduce the increased agricultural reform fee on wheat import by 9 percent has not addressed by the minister, finance secretary, revenue secretary, and others. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to commodity availability, prices, and subsidies
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Labor organization, trade unions and other organizations based on economic demands
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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