Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

ORGANISATION

Organisation and registration of milk producers cooperative society

• The first and foremost step is the survey of the village. The villages are graded based on the milk potential.
• A milk procurement officer/supervisor from the Union visit the selected village and arranges a meeting presided by a socially respected person. The officer/supervisor explains the advantages of organizing a milk society. Once the decision is taken to start a society, a chief promoter is selected from amongst them. Then the Gram Sabha is organized.
• A general body meeting of the members is called to elect the president of the society and to pass resolution regarding the area of operation, constitute an adhoc managing committee comprising 11 directors for a proposal.

Procedure for registration

• The proposed milk cooperative society is allowed to function as such for three months. Then the union supervisor puts forth the proposal for registration. The proposal is recommended by the milk procurement section’s head and forwarded to the competent authority in the Dairy Development department. Before registering the society
• The application form should be filled as per the acts and rules. Specimen of the form is available in the Act book.
• All the members of the society should sign the application as promoters.
• The application should be submitted along with seven copies of bylaws signed by the chief promoters, a list of members with number of shares held by each of them, one copy of all the resolutions passed at the society’s organization meeting, a copy of accounts for the period it has worked as a proposed society and a certificate regarding jurisdiction of the respective village panchayat.
• The registrar after satisfying that the proposed society is in conformity with the rules and regulation in force and the principles and philosophy of cooperation and the proposed society has a reasonable chance to succeed, appoints a chief promoter who is authorized to collect the share money of Rs.10/- along with Re.1/- as entrance fee for all the members. The amount is then deposited in the bank.
• The society is considered to be registered only when a registration certificate with a registration number is issued by the registering authority.
• After registration, the secretary in consultation with the president of the society calls for a general body meeting to consider certain agendas such as accepting the registered bye-laws, election for a managing committee, regularization of membership, affiliation of the society with the milk producers union and the district cooperative banks and appointment of local auditors for processing of the accounts.