The Doaba Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd., Jalandhar was set up in the year 1972 with Regd.No.193 dated 4.11.1972 under Cooperative Sector with the financial assistance provided by State Government and N.C.D.C. The .Doaba Milk Plant was established in the year 1976 with a capital cost of Rs. 110 lakhs.

The primary objectives of the Union were to provide ready market to the Milk Producers for sale of Milk in the villages through Cooperatives on the one hand and to provide wholesome hygienic good quality processed milk and milk products to the urban consumers at remunerative price on the other hand.  The Milk Union has saved the milk producers from the unfair trade practices of middlemen, Dodhies and Milk Contractors there by Improving their economic condition tremendously.

The Milkshed area of Milk Union comprises districts of Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshar. It consists of 7 Tehsils namely Jalandhar, Nakodar, Phillaur, Kapurthala, Sultanpur Lodhi, Phagwara and Nawanshahar covering 1834 villages in 18 blocks. It Started with 100 Milk Producers Cooperative Societies in the year 1972 which have grown upto 846 societies having membership of 38943.

Our Union have got three chilling center namely Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala,, Shahkot in Jalandhar District and Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahar district with capacity of milk handling 20000 LPD, 30000 LPD and 40000 LPD respectively.  Moreover, Khat-Kar-Kalan is a very famous village of Shaheed-E-Ajam S.Bhagat Singh and the name of the MCC.Khatkar Chilling Centre has been named in the memory of S.Ajit Singh uncle of Shaheed-E-Ajam S. Bhagat Singh.

Milk Plant of the Union was initially set up in the year 1976 with a handling capacity of 50,000 liters. Milk/ day.  Subsequently, the Plant was expanded in the year 1985 to 1.00 lakh liters of milk/ day and in year 1991 to 3.00 lakh liters of milk per day besides facilities to manufacture milk products like Ghee, Butter, Skimmed Milk Powder, Whole Milk Powder, Dairy Whitener, Verka Vigour, Paneer, Curd, etc.  The Milk products manufactured at the Plant under the brand name “Verka” have already established good name in the market throughout the country. Milk Union Jalandhar is also meeting the requirement of Defence Forces.

The Milk Plant has a mission to provide above stated technical support activities to each farmer at his doorstep and to bring them out from clutches of Dojhies and other middlemen.  So many private milk plants/ milk contractors are operating in our Milkshed area and are collecting milk.  The private contractors and private milk plants allure the farmers and bind them by giving advances and pay fewer prices for their milk produce.

An ISO-9002 and IS-15000 (HACCP) certification has been accredited to Doaba Milk Union by the Bureau of Indian Standards on dated 16.5.2000.This endeavour to improve the overall quality of its product and services on line of Total Quality Management was further recognized by Bureau of Indian Standards by conferring commendation certificate for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award ,2001.

The award was given by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Sh. Shard Yadav in a glittering ceremony on 17 th December,2002 at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi .By receiving this award ,the Milk Union has paralleled itself with the Reliance Industries, Birla Cellulosic, JK tyre, Tata Consultancy Services, the other award winners of the year 2001.

The award was given by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Sh. Shard Yadav in a glittering ceremony on 17 th December,2002 at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi .By receiving this award ,the Milk Union has paralleled itself with the Reliance Industries, Birla Cellulosic, JK tyre, Tata Consultancy Services, the other award winners of the year 2001.

Verka Dairy Jalandhar is a trusted vendor for supplying Verka Milk and Fresh Milk Products to the following reputed Institutions in Jalandhar District and around.A few eminent institutions being Central Jail (Jal),Pingla Ghar, Mayor World School, Capitol Hospital, CRPF Lidhra, CRPF Sarai Khas, BSF Canteen, Javahar Navodaya Vidyala Jalandhar and Kapurthala, KMV College, Red Cross, SP Office (Nawashaher), Sainik School (Kapurthala),Army camps in Jalandhar Cantt,Sura Nussi, Adampur, Kapurthala, IVY School (Jal),Lovely Professional University, NIT Jalandhar, GNA Institutes Jalandhar, Sant Baba Bhag Singh Institutes, PAP Phillour, GN Enterprises, Ajit News Paper, SH Nursing and convent school, Civil Hospitals of Jalandhar, Phillour & Nakodar, DC Office Jalandhar, Kapurthala & Nawashaher, KCG Institutes, Gurudwara Shri Talhan sahib, Gurudwara Raja Sahib, and many renowned HoReCa clients like Leo Inn, Kamal Palace, Prithvi Planet, Haveli, Hyatt Resort, JD Restaurant, I.T.B.P, Hotel Ambassador and many more.



Sr. No.MILK HANDLING AND PRODUCT CAPACITIES – MILK UNION JALANDHAR
1City Supply200000 Litres per day
2Dahi50 MT/day
3Lassi150 MT/day
4Paneer1500 KGs per day
5Kheer800 KGs per day
6Ghee10 MT/day
9Panjiri (CDPO)8.2 MT/day
10White Butter12 MT/day
TOTAL MILK HANDLING CAPACITY550000 Litres per day

 


 

Sr. NoZoneName and DesignationAddressContact
1JalandharSh. Rameshwar Singh
(Chairman)
Village & P.O. Sarai Khas, Patti Chella9814150425
2Noor MehalSh. Hardip Kumar
(Vice Chairman)
Village & P.O. Kandola Kalan9888723523
3NawashaharSh. Jaswant Singh
(Director)
Village & P.O. Jabbowal7589053437
4BehramSh. Amrik Singh
(Director)
Village & P.O. Jhandar Kalan9815986572
5AurSh. Rashpal Singh Atwal
(Director)
Village & P.O. Musapur8288865244
7087945717
6PhagwaraSh.Pardeep Kumar Joshi
(Director)
Vijllage & P.O. Moli9878659327
7GorayaSh. Ajmail Singh
(Director)
Village & P.O. Partap Pura9815146330
8ShahkotSh. Mukhtiar Singh
(Director)
Village & P.O. Phul Khuddowal9779856404
9Sultanpur LodhiSh. Mukhtar Singh
(Director)
Village Basti Bhgatpur Maseeta9815006891
10BholathSh. Paramjit Singh
(Director)
Village & P.O Raipur Pir Bux Wala9814054520
11BhogpurSh. Sardool Singh
(Director)
Village Jande Sarai, P.O. Boparai9814376847
12AdampurSmt. Jaswinder Kaur
(Director)
Village Kohja, P.O. Kotla9915310130
9815366384
13Progessive Dairy FarmersSh. Manjit Singh
(Director)
Village Jamalpur, P.O. Sudana9878123992
9463533473