Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

ORGANISATION

Organisation and registration of District Co-operative Milk Producers Union

• The district level milk producers union comprises of minimum 25 organised and registered village societies, which form the basic unit of the union. The organizational function is regulated by the approved byelaws of the District Registrar of the cooperative societies at district level.
• In some cases the implementing agency (Government/Corporation/Federation) may nominate the union directors to organize the societies. The application for registration is made on the prescribed form available with the District Registrar along with 7 copies of bye-laws duly signed by promoter and members along with a copy of the minutes of the organization meeting, bank balance certificate, etc.
• After the registration, the chief promoter must issue an agenda indicating the date, time, purpose and place of the meeting to all the eligible member societies for holding the first general body meeting of the union.
• The meeting’s agenda should be the selection of president, acceptance of registered byelaws, election of regular board, approval of accounts, fixing the borrowing limits of the union and other works. The office bearers are elected according to the norms prescribed in the bye-laws/ Rules and Acts of the state.
• The dairy cooperative union is controlled by a board of directors of 17 members of which 12 are elected representatives of the village societies. The remaining 5 members comprise the managing director, an official of the union as a member secretary, a representative of the registrar of cooperative societies, a representative of the state federation and one or two representatives of financial institutions. These 5 members are not eligible in contesting for the post of the chairman.
• The general policy of the union is framed by the board. The board employs the managing director. While the board determines the number, type and scale of the post, it is the managing director who appoints the staff.