Manipur Milk Producers’ Co-operative Union Ltd. was established in the year 1985 and registered with the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Government of Manipur under the Manipur Sate Co-operative              Act 1976, bearing Registration Number: 5 of 1987. It was originally registered as an apex co-operative body in the name and style as ‘Manipur State Co-operative Milk processing & Marketing Federation Ltd.’ It was affiliated by two District Milk Co-operative Unions of two Hill districts viz Ukhrul and Senapati and a number of Village level Primary Dairy Co-operative societies spread over the entire valley areas of the state. In pursuit of its objectives, the state dairy Federation, in the initial years, started milk business by collection and selling of fresh milk produce of some of its affiliated village dairy co-operative societies. However, the business could not sustain due to lack of milk processing and storage facilities