Sweet Revolution in India: Honey Cures Corona!!?
Last year, the country exported honey worth Rs 716 crore. Many plans are being worked on to increase its production.
New Delhi. Efforts are on to promote 'Sweet Revolution' in the country. Sweet revolution means increasing the production of honey. Honey has immunity power against corona infection.
A vision of sweet revolution
Prime minister Narendra Modi has brought forward the vision of The 'Sweet Revolution' through the promotion of beekeeping and allied activities.
Under this, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is emphasizing promoting exports through quality products and expanding the market to new countries to increase the export potential of honey.
9th place in the world
In 2020, 736,266.02 MT of honey was exported worldwide. india ranks 8th and 9th among honey producing and exporting countries respectively.
In the year 2019, the world's honey production stood at 1721 thousand metric tons. This includes honey obtained from all pollen-related sources, wildflowers, and forest trees.
Implementation of Sweet Revolution
The objective of NBHM is to promote and develop beekeeping in a scientific manner in the country in a holistic manner to achieve the goal of 'Sweet Revolution' which is being implemented through the National Bee Board (NBB).