18. Dairy Society Plus-  Scheme for Financing Dairy Socities 
                 
                  Purpose 
                   
                Bank finance dairy societies for modernization of the societies and for creating infrastructures like  
                • Construction of “milk house or society office” 
                • Purchase of “Automatic milk collection system” 
                • Purchase of transport vehicles. 
                • Purchase of Bulk chilling unit 
                 
                 Eligibility 
                 
                • ‘A’ grade milk societies – Registered & affiliated to district milk union. 
                • No adverse remarks in the audit report of previous 2 years. 
                • Supplying 1000 lit/day to milk union. 
                • Audited balance sheet for at least previous 2 years. 
                • Earning pre tax profits for the last two years. 
                • Borrowing from other banks, if any - prior liquidation and no due certificate are necessary. 
                • Borrowing powers as per bye-laws of the Society and Resolution to borrow from the bank. 
                 
                  Loan Amount:  
                   
                Upto 85% of the cost or four times the average profit of previous 2 years with a maximum of Rs 10.00 lacs 
                 
                1.	Milk house or society office	Rs. 2 lakh 
                2.	Automatic milk collection system	Rs. 1 lakh 
                3.	Milk transportation	Rs. 3 lakh 
                4.	Chilling Unit	Rs. 4 lakh 
Security:                   Hypothecation of assets. And Mortgage of landed property (or) Guarantee of milk union. 
                   
                  Repayment: 
                  The loan is repayable in 5 years with gestation of 6 months with monthly installments’. 
                 
                  
                    | Source: http://www.statebankofindia.com/portal/agri | 
                   
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