What is NBHM?

Mission of NBHM

The aim of the NBHM is to 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).
This mission was announced as part of the Atma Nirbhar Bharat scheme.
The Government of India approved the allocation of Rs. 500 Crore for National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) for three years (2020-21 to 2022-23) in view of importance of beekeeping as a part of integrated farming system

To promote of holistic growth of beekeeping industry for employment as well as income for farm and non-farm people, to enhance horticulture/ agriculture production, set up of Integrated Beekeeping Development Centre (IBDC), honey testing labs, Bee disease diagnostic labs, custom hiring centers, Api-therapy centers, nucleus stock, bee breeders, etc. and empowerment of women through beekeeping.

Mini Mission

Mini Mission – I

Mini Mission – II

Management of bee keeping, management of bee keeping post-harvest, beehive products, collection, marketing

Mini Mission – III

11 projects and Rs 2560 Lakhs have been sanctioned under NBHM for

Awareness & capacity building in scientific beekeeping
Empowerment of women through beekeeping
Technology demonstration on impact of honey bees on quality improvement and yield enhancement
To make farmers aware about distribution of honey bee of specialized beekeeping equipment for high value honey bee products like Bee Venom, Royal Jelly, Comb Honey etc. and also potential of high altitude honey, special honey of Kannauj & Hathrus Distts. of Uttar Pradesh and Mustard honey for cure colon cancer.

Two World Class State of the Art Honey Testing Labs, one at NDDB, Anand, Gujarat & one IIHR, Bengaluru, Karnataka, have been approved/ set up. Lab at Anand has been accredited by NABL. This Laboratory has started testing of honey sample for all the parameters notified by FSSAI.
10,000 Beekeepers & Honey Societies/Firms/Companies with 16.00 lakhs honeybee colonies have been registered with NBB.
Proposal for developing Traceability Source of Honey and other Beehive Products approved and work initiated/ started.
Scientific training given to farmers / beekeepers for production of high value beehive products, viz.; Bee Pollen, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Bee Venom, etc.
5 FPOs of Beekeeper/honey producers in the States of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & West Bengal have been formed and launched.
Honey production has increased from 76,150 MTs (2013-14) to 1,20,000 MTs (2019-20) which is 57.58 % increase.
Export of honey has increased from 28,378.42 MTs (2013-14) to 59536.74MTs (2019-20) which is 109.80 % increase.
Awareness created about role of honeybees/beekeeping in pollination support of various crops and adoption of scientific beekeeping.
Integrated Bee Keeping Development Centers have been commissioned in Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh.