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Operation of Beekeeping and Honey Mission in India

22 March 2025, New Delhi: National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) is a Central Sector Scheme for promoting scientific beekeeping for holistic growth of beekeeping sector to enhance agriculture production.

The NBHM has sub-schemes  – Mini Mission I, II and III.   Under Mini Mission-I projects for production and productivity improvement of various crops through pollination assisted by adoption of scientific bee keeping are given;  under Mini Mission – II  post harvest management of bee keeping is supported and under Mini Mission – III  research and technology generation is provided.

The financial assistance is provided  as per the scheme guidelines.  Some projects are individual and some serve the bee keeper community, value chain and research, so producer wise data is not maintained, but project, year wise and State wise data is as under : 

Sl. No.States / UTs2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Total
1.Andhra Pradesh——1——01
2.Arunachal Pradesh—113308
3.Assam1273417
4.Bihar2—11206
5.Chhattisgarh—22—307
6.Gujarat34—1210
7.Haryana—4—3310
8.Himachal Pradesh222—309
9.Jammu & Kashmir7—41618
10.Jharkhand———11112
11.Karnataka7532320
12.Kerala—4——105
13.Madhya Pradesh—422210
14.Maharashtra2—21914
15.Manipur—121105
16.Meghalaya————202
17.Mizoram——————
18.Nagaland———2406
19.Odisha—1—1103
20.Punjab—31—509
21.Rajasthan221—1015
22.Sikkim—1——102
23.Tamil Nadu5—21109
24.Telangana—144413
25.Tripura—1——203
26.Uttar Pradesh331221030
27.Uttarakhand2851723
28.West Bengal—1131116
29Andaman & Nicobar Islands————101
30.National/Central Level Agencies5261—14
Grant Total41525944102298

This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mr. Ramnath Thakur a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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