New Delhi: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani lights the lamp at the launch of Khadi Gramam Project of Aranmula Heritage Village and distribution of Bee-Boxes to the Beekeepers, in Aranmula, Pathanamthitta, Kerala. Bee-Boxes to the Beekeepers under Major Honey Mission Programme of Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) gave away 1,000 honey-bee boxes to an Assamese tribe in Kaziranga to mark the celebration of World Honey Bee Day today.
KVIC said it has fixed a target of distributing 1,30,000 bee-boxes across the country by November 2018, adding it has so far distributed 27,000 bee-boxes in the country.