The East Khasi Hills District Cooperative Milk Union Ltd., Shillong was established on the 15th September 2009 and registered as SHILL/25 of 2009 dated 15th September 2009 under Section II of the Meghalaya Cooperative Societies Act (Assam Act I of 1950 as adapted by Meghalaya) with its area of operation within East Khasi Hills District. All milk procurement and marketing in the district is being made through the Union.

It started functioning as a business module on 1^st September 2017.

The formation of the Union was form based on the Anand Model (AMUL Model) with the Dairy Cooperative Societies being the primary village level organisation comprising of Dairy Farmers who  federated to form a District Milk Union.

The main role of the Union is to look into the welfare of the Dairy Farmers by making Dairying a sustainable source of income. The Union take the role of procuring the excess milk produced by the Dairy Farmers which otherwise would have gone wasted,  process and market the milk and milk products thereby preventing the Dairy farmers  from being exploited by the middlemen.

The Union is also currently a member of the INDIAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

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Meghalaya is located in the North-Eastern part of India bounded by the state of Assam from the north and east and by Bangladesh from the South. The State has a total area of 22,429 sq. Km with a  population of 2,964,007 lakhs (2011 Census) and a density of population with 130/km². The State is divided into eleven districts namely: (i) East Khasi Hills (ii) Ri Bhoi (iii) West Khasi Hills (iv) South West Khasi Hills (v) East Jaintia Hills (vi)West Jaintia Hills (vii) North Garo Hills (viii) East Garo Hills (ix) West Garo Hills, (x) South West Garo Hills and (xi) South Garo Hills.

 Meghalaya itself is a predominantly agrarian economy. Dairy farming in the state started as a traditional family business which today has grown into a huge organized dairy industry with technological specializations. There is a tremendous growth of dairy farming in the state with modern dairy equipment to manage their herds. This huge boost in the industry has further brought a lot of development to the state as a whole.

NPDD: Under the National Programme for Dairy Development scheme, assistance is received for upgrading the processing capacity of dairy plant from 10 TLPD to 50 TLPD.  Also, the project envisages improving procurement facilities by installing bulk milk coolers with electronic testing equipment at milk collection centres and providing transport vehicles for transporting milk from collection centres to main dairy plant.  The project aims to provide assistance to the existing 14 DCS in the project area and formation of new DCS through which total DCS network will reach to 21 in East Khasi Hills during the project period. The total approved cost of the project is ₹1103.46 lakhs (including ₹1019.32 lakhs as Central Share and ₹84.14 lakhs as Organisational Share). The Government of India had released the First Instalment of the Central Share amounting to ₹3,86,59,000/- (Rupees Three Crores Eighty Six Lakhs Fifty Nine Thousand only), on July 2017 and Second Installement of the Central Share amounting to ₹4,27,77,000/- (Rupees Four Crores Twenty Seven Lakh Seventy Seven Thousand only), on December 2018 to the East Khasi Hills District Co-operative Milk Union through the Public Finance Monitoring System (PFMS).

Meghalaya Milk Mission: The Mission aims at taking the state to a new level by integrating the AMUL model and the community approach. Initially, the Mission will be to assist the present Dairy farmers in increasing their Milk Production and parallelly, encouraging the new farmers in the development of Community Farming based Dairy Cooperative Society and development of Community Ranches. Development of modern infrastructure for Community Farms/Ranches for Breeding, Feed and Fodder, milk production, procurement, processing and cost effective marketing strategy will be done by the Union. The State Level Dairy Development Agency will develop an efficient system for capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, with the objective of achieving genetic up-gradation of the Indigenous breeds. The proposed scheme is to be implemented in East Khasi Hills District, Ri-bhoi District, Jaintia Hills, West and East Garo Hills District with a total financial outlay of ₹21,548.27 lakhs over a period of 4 years(2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21& 2021-22) by extending the assistance to the traditional farmers community. Later, the scheme will also be implemented in other districts as well.

Project Details can be downloaded from downloads accesible by clicking More icon on the Right.

The Union currently outsources the Services of Home Delivery to The TYNRAI MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. It is a cooperative society registered with the Cooperation Department of the Government of Meghalaya under the Meghalaya Cooperative Societies Act 2015 bearing registration no. SHILL-2 of 2019-20. Its Outlet is situated at Pynthorbah and it is currently catering to the main parts of Shillong City.

Na Ri Essentials are the Retail Outlets of Na Ri Milk and Milk Products currently located at different areas of the East Khasi Hills and Ri Bhoi District of Meghalaya.

Following are the list of presently operational Na Ri Essentials Outlets:

1. Na Ri Essentials cum Savourit Outlet located at Umsning, Ri Bhoi.

2. Na Ri Essentials (D. P. Store) located at Mawlai Mawapkhaw, Shillong.

3. Na Ri Essentials (Tynrai Store) located at Pynthorbah, Shillong.

4. Na Ri Essentials operated by the Employees of Na Ri located at Mawlai Mawiong, Shillong.

5. Sweven Food & Beverage located at Jaiaw Pdeng, Shillong.

6. Na Ri Essentials (T. Marwein Store) at Mawlai Mawdatbaki, Shillong.

7. Na Ri Essentials (P. K. Retailer Store) Saitsohpen, Sohra.

8. Na Ri Essentials (M. K. Retailer Store) Smit.

Upcoming Na Ri Essentials Outlet:

1. Na Ri Essentials at New Shillong.

2. Na Ri Essentials at 7^th Mile Upper Shillong.

ISO 22000:2018 is a Food Safety Management System which involve policies, procedures, controls and documentation that ensures the food sold by a business is safe to eat and free from contaminants.

ISO 22000:2018 can contribute to the quality of life in general by more efficient and dynamic food safety hazard controls safe food, systematic management of prerequisite programmes, increased potential for economic growth and development, better quality and safer jobs in the food industry and efficient validation and documentation of techniques, method and procedures.

Therefore, it’s a proud moment for the East Khasi Hills District Cooperative Milk Union Ltd, Shillong, (Na Ri) and for the State on its 50^th Year of Statehood to be the first Dairy Plant in the State to be ISO 22000:2018 certified.