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KVIC’s Honey Mission
- 24 May 2025
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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) celebrated World Bee Day 2025 with the theme “Bee inspired by nature to nourish us all,” highlighting the transformative impact of the Honey Mission.
- World Bee Day: Observed on 20th May, World Bee Day was established by the UN in 2018, to raise awareness of the critical role of bees and pollinators in maintaining ecosystem and human health.
- Honey Mission: The Honey Mission, launched by KVIC in 2017-18 under the Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises, promotes beekeeping to generate self-employment in rural and remote areas.
- Beneficiaries receive bee boxes, colonies, toolkits, and training. As of 2025 KVIC has distributed over 2.29 lakh bee boxes, leading to the production of 20,000 metric tonnes of honey and generating Rs 325 crore income for beekeepers. In FY 2024-25, honey exports under KVIC touched Rs 25 crore.
- Other Initiatives to Boost Beekeeping: The Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) and the National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) support traditional beekeepers by forming clusters and providing training and modern machinery for sustainable employment.
- NBHM aims to achieve the goal of ‘Sweet Revolution’ as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan.
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