Success Stories

1. District Ex.-Serviceman Cooperative Consumer Store Limited Udhampur (Hrq.) Chinar.

The Store was registered in 1985 .The Share Capital of the Store consists of Rs.11300/- from 111 individual members and 120000 from the Govt. The Store is in profit for the last many years and the profit during the year 2003-04 was Rs. 394246.44 /- Its annual sales are round about 30 lakhs a year.. It has only two retail counters, one in Chinar complex (Army area) and one medicine shop in Distt. Hospital. The Society has started an educational school at Tikri, Block Udhampur.The Society paid dividend of Rs 12,000/-to the Govt.. The affairs of the Society are being run by an elected board and the General Body Meetings are being held every year. The Society is functioning in smooth manner without any embezzlement or audit objection

The Society has been selected for the Cooperative Excellence Award of NCDC for the year 2004. The award was given by Hon'ble Prime Minister in a special function on 18-11-2004.

2. The Bami-Duniya Cooperative Consumer Store Leh.

The name and title of Leh District Cooperative Consumer Store is, "The Bami Dunya Cooperative Consumer Store Ltd. Leh (Ladakh) " Bami Dunya in Persian means the roof of the world. This Cooperative was registered in the year 1958 It is a federation 46 Cooperative Societies and is run by an elected managing committee. This store is the distributor of Gujarat cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, Mother Dairy Food Processing Ltd., Seminis Vegetable Seeds India Ltd. ,Philips India Ltd. for institutional sale of Compact Florescent Lamps (CFL). The store stocks most essential commodities for the six long winter months and regulate their sale so that there is no scarcity of any item and the market price line is also kept in check. The total capital of the store comprises of Rs. 7.29 lacs as individual share capital and its accumulated profit is Rs. 34.54 lacs. For year 2003-04, the total sale, profit earned and cost of establishment were Rs. 410.75 lacs , 17.48 lacs and Rs. 1.11 lacs respectively. It has two retail counters in Leh town and the rest of the business is done purely on wholesale basis to Cooperative Societies and private retailers. This Cooperative was awarded National Excellence Award for the year 2002 instituted by National Cooperative Development Cooperation Govt. of India.

3. Jammu and Kashmir Milk Producers' Cooperative: Jammu and Kashmir Milk Producers' Cooperative has been registered involving 5538 farmers of the State. This Cooperative has taken over the defunct Milk Plants at Chashma Shahi and Satwari and transformed them into modernized units with the technical, financial and managerial support of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation. At present 50,000 liters of milk is handled collectively by both the plants.

4.The Tulmulla Ganderbal Milk Producers and Dairy Cooperatives Society Ltd.

The Society was registered in the year 1982 with the main objective to eliminate the middleman between poor producers and consumers and to provide feed of good quality at reasonable rates. The Society has Share Capital of RS. 312150/- and a membership of 282 individuals and the Govt. The Society procures 2500 Lts, to 3000 Lts. of Milk per day from Srinagar District and transports it to the concerned sale outlets in the out skirts of Srinagar City with the help of the two vehicles owned by it. The assets of the Society include chilling plant, godown and husking Mill. The Society has earned net profit of Rs. 4195/- during the year 2003- The Society has disbursed an amount of Rs. 425970/-Its business turnover during the year 2001-02 is 35.19

5. State Engineers Cooperative Limited, Hyderpora, Srinagar was set up in 2003 by 12 members all of whom are Engineers. Its area of operation is the entire state of Jammu & Kashmir. The Cooperative is using its expertise in soil investigations and surveys for Railways (IRCON INTERNATIONAL LTD.) in Srinagar. The Cooperative has so far received a remuneration of Rs 45 lac for the works done and after accounting for its expenses, has earned a net profit of Rs 9 lac. The Cooperative is expected to take up another project for Rs 2 cr. with Power Grid Corporation of India and another project from Rites Ltd. for Rs 60 lac in Udhampur District.

6. Petals and Ferns - A women cooperative in floriculture sector has opened new vistas in the floriculture business in Kashmir valley. For Contact please dial 0194-2313189.

7. Tiara - A women empowerment cooperative involved in handicraft activity has earned a profit of Rs 2.50 lac during the last financial year. This cooperative was specially deputed by NCDC to exposure visits outside the State this year. This Cooperative is functioning profitably and is also actively engaged in imparting handicrafts training to young women at Soura, Srinagar. Last year, the Cooperative imparted training to 120 women.

8. Kashmir Co-operative Printing Press being Modernized: Kashmir Co-operative Printing Press has been serving the Co-operative Institutions of the state and was earlier named as Mazdoor Co-operative Printing Press,. Efforts are on to install a modern off set printing press and fully automatic Desktop Publishing System. The Press shall be meeting the requirements of the Co-operative Institutions of the state by way of offering quality service on affordable rates. For Contact please dial 0194-2471081.

Upcoming Cooperatives:

Sham Vegetable and Fruit Growers’ Cooperative Marketing Society, Leh.

• Using Solar Technology for drying fresh apricot and packed in Thermocole trays.
• A trial run of the plant found sufficient demand/market at Leh and Delhi.
• Net profit of Rs 20 per pack.
• Plans to start commercial production shortly.
• Approximately 30,000 kg of fresh apricot would be dried and sold in local and outside markets, and the expected net profit would be Rs 10 lac.

All Chang Thang Pashmina Grower’s Cooperative Marketing Society, Leh.

• The Society set up in early 80s comprises of members who characteristically are nomads all round the year.
• They rear sheep, goats and yaks and obtain raw pashmina wool from them.
• The dehairing plant at Leh has an investment of Rs. 2 Cr. which has been funded under the UNDP by the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India and the Autonomous Hill Development Council at Leh and the Border Area Development Fund Schemes.
• The Society has received a revolving fund of Rs 80 lac from the Govt. Besides individuals, it has 19 Multipurpose Cooperative Societies as its members. It is presently managed by the Nominated Board headed by the local Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
• Last year trial run with 5000 kg of raw dehaired pashmina yielded 1500 kg of fine pashmina. Commercial run during the current year is expected.