National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM)

About the mission:

• It is a program with an allocation for Rs. 500 crore for three years (2020-21 to 2022-23).
• The mission was announced as part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat scheme.
• NBHM aims for the overall promotion & development of scientific beekeeping in the country to achieve the goal of ‘Sweet Revolution’ which is being implemented through National Bee Board (NBB).

Objectives:

• To enhance apiculture and honey production.
• Developing infrastructural facilities, including setting up of Integrated Beekeeping Development Centre (IBDC)s, honey testing labs, bee disease diagnostic labs, custom hiring centres, Api-therapy centres, nucleus stock, bee breeders, etc
•  Empowerment of women through beekeeping.
• Create awareness about post-harvest management of beekeeping, beehive products, including collection, processing, storage, marketing, value addition, etc.
• Research & Technology generation in beekeeping.
• Make farmers aware about the distribution of specialized Beekeeping equipments for production of high value products, viz. Royal Jelly, Bee Venom, Comb Honey, etc

Madhukranti portal

• The Madhukranti portal is operated under the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission.
• The portal has been developed to achieve the traceability source of honey and bee hive products on the digital platform.
• Also, the platform will help in checking the quality and source of adulteration of honey.

Prelims Question

Consider the following statements regarding National Beekeeping and Honey Mission:
1.It was announced as part of AtmaNirbhar Bharat scheme. 
2.Madhukranti portal has been created under the mission.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to the Prelims Question