Union agri min inaugurates honey testing labs, processing units in five states

World Bee Day celebrated in Gujarat 

World Bee Day was recently celebrated with the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stating that the government is working seriously to bring about a ‘Sweet Revolution’ in the country. On this occasion, a national level function was organised in Tent City-II, Ekta Nagar, Narmada, Gujarat in the presence of Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister. Tomar inaugurated an exhibition at the venue of event as well as honey testing laboratories and processing units at Pulwama, Bandipura and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir, Tumkur in Karnataka, Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Pune in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand in a virtual mode from Gujarat. 

The centrally funded scheme, ‘National Beekeeping and Honey Mission’ aims to establish five big regional and 100 small honey and other bee products testing laboratories, out of which three world class state-of-the-art laboratories have been setup, whereas 25 small laboratories are in the process of being set up.