Honey Mission Programme / Beekeeping

Objective

Technology support, Skill Development and New Enterprises

Key Benefits

• To uplift people leaving in rural areas by introducing and popularizing modern beekeeping techniques
• To create sustainable employment and income opportunities to rural unemployed people
• Supplement the income of farmers, Adivasies

Scheme applicable for

• Farmer,
• Unemployed Youth
• Interested entrepreneurs
• Adivasis
• Migrant Workers

Detailed Information

• Distribution of 10 bee hives and bee colonies to each beneficiary
• Candidates provided training in Beekeeping through State Beekeeping Extension Centers-SBEC(s), Master Trainers and Central Bee Research & Training Institute (CBRTI), Pune, KVIC etc.
• Utilization of abundant variety of flora and fauna available in country.
• Beekeeping is environment friendly.
• Beekeeping can be adopted as a activity of spare time, part time and full time.
• Beekeeping require low investment, infrastructure (KVIC is meeting substantial portion of expenses).
• No requirement of own land.
• Beekeeping enhance productivity levels of Agriculture/Horticulture through pollination.
• Creates many direct and in-direct employment.

How to apply

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