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| UMPLING COOPERATIVE CONSUMER’S STORE |
The R.R. Colony is in the eastern part of Shillong city and
is far from the main market. The people of this colony organized this
Cooperative store to cater to the needs of the consumers.
The store was registered under the Assam Cooperative
Societies Act and numbered as Shill/24 of 1962-63. The area of operation of the
society is the whole of R.R. Colony.
The membership as at present is 13,390 nos. as on
31-3-2007.The store is managed by the Board of Directors consisting of not less
than seven and not more than nine members elected in the General Assembly. A
supervisory committee of three members elected by the General Meeting is also
constituted to examine all books and records of the society.
The store has its own building having its plinth area of 4553 sq. ft. where the consumer store is functioned. It deals with all types of essential commodities, it may be mentioned that this store transacted its business annually more than 20 lakhs. The following statistics in annual turnover during the last four years :-
| Year | Total purchase | Total sale | Net profit |
| 2002-03 | 17,35,358.00 | 18,56,538.00 | 1,39,086.00 |
| 2003-04 | 20,86,475.00 | 22,60,600.00 | 1,13,790.00 |
| 2004-05 | 22,87,632.00 | 24,39,392.00 | 1,42,098.00 |
| 2006-07 | 33,01,510.00 | 35,80,169.00 | 6,89,969.52 |