Lok Sabha Question No. 2617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: National Beekeeping and Honey Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2617

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 14 th  December, 2021

## NATIONAL BEEKEEPING AND HONEY MISSION

2617.  SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ िष और कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  total  number  of  projects  approved/sanctioned  for  funding  so  far  under  National Beekeeping  and Honey  Mission (NBHM),  State-wise including Maharashtra & Karnataka;
- (b) the details of projects approved for implementation in aspirational districts/remote and other difficult areas; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  capacity  building  in  scientific  bee-keeping, empowerment of women through beekeeping and quality improvement under NBHM?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ िष और कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): National  Beekeeping  &  Honey  Mission  (NBHM) is  a  Central  Sector  Scheme approved by Govt. of India for overall promotion and development of scientific beekeeping under  AatmaNirbhar  Announcement  to  achieve  the  goal  of 'Sweet  Revolution' in  the country. Since inception/ implementation of NBHM scheme in 2020-21, total 53 Projects have been sanctioned under NBHM. The State-wise list of projects sanctioned / approved under NBHM is enclosed at Annexure-I .
- (b): The Beekeeping is also being promoted in Aspirational Districts/ remote and other difficult areas. The details of projects approved for implementation in Aspirational Districts/ remote areas is enclosed at Annexure-II.
- (c): Thrust is being given for overall development of scientific beekeeping in the country through capacity building programmes/ seminars, etc. The details of capacity building in scientific bee keeping, empowerment  of women  through beekeeping and quality improvement under NBHM is enclosed as Annexure- III .

The State-wise list of projects sanctioned / approved under NBHM as per proposals:

| S.N.   | Name of Organization/ Institute/ University   |   No. of Projects Sanctioned |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1      | Assam                                         |                            1 |
| 2      | Bihar                                         |                            2 |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh                                  |                            1 |
| 4      | Delhi                                         |                            2 |
| 5      | J&K                                           |                            7 |
| 6      | Karnataka                                     |                            8 |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh                              |                            3 |
| 8      | Rajasthan                                     |                            1 |
| 9      | Gujarat                                       |                            5 |
| 10     | Maharashtra                                   |                            2 |
| 11     | Tamil Nadu                                    |                            5 |
| 12     | Uttarakhand                                   |                            3 |
| 13     | Uttar Pradesh                                 |                            5 |
| 14     | Others ( Indian Bank, ICAR, NAFED,NCCT, QCI)  |                            8 |
|        | Total                                         |                           53 |

Details  of  projects  approved  for  implementation  in  Aspirational  Districts/  remote  & other difficult areas under NBHM:

|   S.N | States           | Districts                                                       |   Number of Projects |
|-------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|     1 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Kupwara                                                         |                    1 |
|     2 | Himachal Pradesh | Chamba                                                          |                    1 |
|     3 | Uttarakhand      | Haridwar                                                        |                    3 |
|     4 | Rajasthan        | Sirohi                                                          |                    1 |
|     5 | Uttar Pradesh    | Fatehpur, Bahraich                                              |                    2 |
|     6 | Bihar            | Purnia, Nawada                                                  |                    2 |
|     7 | West Bengal      | Dakshin Dinajpur                                                |                    1 |
|     8 | Jharkhand        | Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garawah, Gumla, Pakur, Ranchi, Sahibganj |                    7 |
|     9 | Odisha           | Gajapati                                                        |                    1 |
|    10 | Madhya Pradesh   | Damoh, Singrauli                                                |                    2 |
|    11 | Karnataka        | Raichur (3), Yadgir (1)                                         |                    4 |

Annexure- III

Details  of  Capacity  Building/  training  programmes  and  Women  empowerment through beekeeping, sanctioned under NBHM:

| S.N.   | Capacity Building/ Training Programmes on scientific beekeeping   | Numbers   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| A      | Capacity Building/ training programmes                            |           |
| i      | Within State Trainings on scientific beekeeping (WST)             | 812       |
| ii     | Online Trainings                                                  | 159       |
| iii    | Out of State Trainings on scientific beekeeping (OST)             | 30        |
| iv     | Out Side State Training/ Exposure Visit for Officers              | 1         |
| v      | Officers Training within State                                    | 3         |
| vi     | State Level Seminar                                               | 1         |
| vii    | District Level Seminar                                            | 17        |
|        | Total (A)                                                         | 1023      |
| B      | Women empowerment through SHG                                     | 36        |

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