<span style="color: #222222;">The National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) aims at promoting Beekeeping and providing self-sustaining employment opportunities among farmers and unemployed youth in rural India. Under the programme, beneficiaries are provided with bee boxes, live bee colonies, tool kits and training.<br />''<br />''In pursuance of the programme, District Administration, Anantnag in South Kashmir has established a processing and bottling plant at Achabal at a cost of over 11 lakh rupees with a capacity to process more than 600 kilograms of honey daily. District Magistrate Dr Piyush Singla said, due to the setting up of this unit, farmers can now realise higher prices for their produce.   <br />''       <br />''Chief Agriculture Officer Aijaz Ahmad Dar said, there are over 200 bee-keepers and nearly 25,000 bee colonies in Anantnag district. The Administration is creating awareness among people to take up beekeeping. He said lately, educated youth have also evinced interest in beekeeping as a source of livelihood.<br />''<br />''Beekeeping is also being promoted in Shopian district. Waseem Rafiq Bhat is a resident of Aglar village of the district. He said, he received active support from the Department of Agriculture in his venture. He owns nearly 1,000 bee colonies. Apart from ensuring a sustainable livelihood for himself, he engaged more than 10 youth of his village in beekeeping. Now, they, too, have their own colonies.</span><br />