CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Manoj Kumar, Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Government of India, distributed boxes to beekeepers under Honey Mission in village Devra.

Detailed explanation-2: -He added that KVIC has distributed 800 bee-boxes, equipment and bee colonies to 80 beekeepers under the “Honey Mission” program in the state of Karnataka during the last financial year.

Detailed explanation-3: -To provide a booster shot to Sweet Revolution, the government launched the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission in 2020 (a central sector scheme under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) as part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat scheme.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first successful attempt was made by Reverend Newton in Kerala when he developed a specifically designed hive and started training rural people during 1911–17 to harvest honey from beekeeping. The design became popularly known as “Newton hive".

Detailed explanation-5: -The National Honey Mission of KVIC is an aggressive nationwide programme, which has already resulted in the increase of bee population by around 7500 million individuals and is helping the nation to take honey production to the level of 400 Million US Dollars.