Lok Sabha Question No. 3239 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: National Beekeeping and Honey Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Dhanush M Kumar, Ganesan Selvam, DNV Senthilkumar. S., C.N. Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3239

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2023

## NATIONAL BEEKEEPING AND HONEY MISSION

3239.  SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL: SHRI SELVAM G.: SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE: SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOHLI: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

- SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि और षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the main objectives of the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM); (b) whether the NBHM has any plan for the specific support of honey hubs/ clusters, if so, the details thereof and funds allocated therefor; (c) whether there exists a mechanism to register beekeepers and track and trace their practice and if so, the details thereof; (d) the total number of projects approved/ sanctioned for funding so far under NBHM in the country particularly in the States of Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra; (e) the details of projects approved for implementation in aspirational districts along with remote and other difficult areas; (f) whether  the Government  has  taken  steps  for capacity building in scientific beekeeping, empowerment of women through beekeeping and quality improvement under NBHM, if so, the details thereof; and the steps taken/ to be taken by the Government to increase honey production, bee related
- (g) population, conserve bee bio-diversity, scientific beekeeping and building advantages for agricultural productivity and doubling farmers' income?

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि और षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) The  main  objectives  of  National  Beekeeping  and  Honey  Mission  (NBHM)  are promoting scientific beekeeping for holistic growth of beekeeping industry for income & employment generation, providing livelihood support to farm and non-farm households, to enhance  agriculture/ horticulture production, developing infrastructural facilities for postharvest management of honey & other beehive products.

(b) Yes, to support honey hubs/ clusters under NBHM, 100 FPO/ honey clusters have been  identified.  Among  them,  60  honey  FPO/clusters  to  NAFED;  26  FPO/  clusters  to NDDB  and  14  FPO/clusters  to  TRIFED  have  been  allotted  through  NBHM  under 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) scheme of Govt. of India'.

Under  NBHM,  fund  are  sanctioned  directly  to  implementing  agencies  on  the  basis  of projects received to National Bee Board (NBB) as per the norms/ guidelines of NBHM.

- (c) Ye s,  NBHM  has  launched  an  online  system  i.e.  'Madhukranti  Portal'  for  registration  of beekeepers and developing blockchain for traceability of source of honey and other bee products.

(d) To tal  138  number  of  projects  have  been  approved/  sanctioned  for  funding  so  far  under NBHM in the country. Out of which, one (1) project in Odisha, six (6) projects in Tamil Nadu and two (2) projects in Maharashtra have been sanctioned under NBHM till date.

- (e) Total 11 projects have been sanctioned for implementation in aspirational districts under NBHM. The details are annexed at Annexure-I .
- (f) Yes, Govt. has taken various steps for capacity building in scientific beekeeping, empowerment of women through beekeeping and quality improvement with the help of trainings, seminars, workshops, etc. Total 1341 nos. of within/ outside state trainings and exposure  visits  and  164  numbers  of  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  for  empowerment  of women through beekeeping have been sanctioned under NBHM as on date. 4 World Class State of the Art Honey Testing Labs and 31 Mini Honey Testing Labs have

been sanctioned so far to ensure the quality of honey.

- (g) Yes,  various  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  honey production,  bee  population,  conserve  bee  bio-diversity,  building  related  advantages  for agricultural  productivity  and  doubling  farmers'  income  through  various  components  viz.; trainings, seminars, planation of bee friendly flora, technology demonstration on beekeeping, etc.

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| S.N.                                                                                       | State                                                                                      | Name of Distt.                                                                             | No. of Projects sanctioned under NBHM                                                      | Name of Agencies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                            | Kupwara                                                                                    | 1                                                                                          | Project for setting of honey testing and other beehive products lab at KVK- Kupwara is sanctioned to Sheri-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural sciences &Technology, Srinagar, Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                | Haridwar                                                                                   | 4                                                                                          | Project on assessment of role of Indian mustard honey towards management & cure of drugs resistance colon cancer and its metastasis is sanctioned to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Haridwar, Uttarakhand Project on comprehensive and Scientific Validation of Nutritional, Biological and Stability Properties of High Altitude Indian Honey Samples from North-Eastern and Western Himalayan Region is sanctioned to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand Project for setting up of Honey & other beehive products processing unit is sanctioned to Sunlite India Agro Producer Company LTd, Haridwar, Uttarakhand Project for setting up of Custom Hiring Center (CHC) and in- House Testing Lab in Honey Processing Unit is sanctioned to Only and Surely Organic (OSO) Agro Products, Haridwar, Uttarakhand |
| 3                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                  | Sirohi                                                                                     | 1                                                                                          | Project for capacity building in beekeeping in Sirohi district of Rajasthan is sanctioned to Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Sirohi, Jodhpur Agriculture University, Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                | Maldah                                                                                     | 1                                                                                          | Project for setting up of Mini Honey and other beehive products testing laboratory is sanctioned to Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture (CISH), Maldah, West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                               | Narayanp ur                                                                                | 1                                                                                          | Project for trainings on scientific beekeeping & Women Empowerment through beekeeping is sanctioned to Department of Horticulture, Govt. of Chhattisgarh in Distt. Narayanpur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                             | Damoh                                                                                      | 1                                                                                          | Project for setting up of of Honey and other beehive product Testing lab is sanctioned to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Damoh under Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                  | Raichur                                                                                    | 2                                                                                          | Project for Determination of adulteration, thermo-chemical and microbial parameter in honey is sanctioned to University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka Project for Reseach project on Studies on impact on bee pollination in enhancement of yield & improvement in quality of produce in economic crops of TBP area is sanctioned to University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                            | Total                                                                                      |                                                                                            | 11                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |