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ANB scheme. NBHM aims for the overall promotion & development of scientific beekeeping in the
country to achieve the goal of ‘Sweet Revolution’ which is being implemented through National Bee
Board (NBB). Total 45 projects for assistance of ₹ 88.87 crores have been approved/sanctioned for
funding under NBHM as on 17.12.2021.

Beekeeping is an agro-based activity which is being undertaken by farmers/ landless labourers in
rural area as a part of the IFS. Beekeeping has been useful in pollination of crops, thereby, increasing
income of the farmers/beekeepers by way of increasing crop yield and providing honey and other high
value beehive products, viz.; bee wax, bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly, bee venom, etc. Diversified
agro climatic conditions of India provide great potential and opportunities for beekeeping/honey
production and export of honey. India’s export of honey has increased by about 110 per cent between
2013-14 to 2019-20.

SITUATION ASSESSMENT SURVEY

7.32 National Statistical Office (NSO) in its 77th round of survey, conducted during the period
1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019, carried out a survey on “Land and Livestock Holdings
of Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households” (henceforth referred as
SAS in this Chapter) in the rural areas of India. The Report was released in September, 2021.
The last SAS was published in 2014.

7.33 The SAS reports, apart from various other socio-economic aspects of agricultural
households, they also reveal insights on their income and its sources. The SAS, 2021 reveals
that the average monthly income per agricultural household, as per paid out expenses approach,
works out to be ₹ 10218. The average monthly income per agricultural household was ₹ 6426
as per the last SAS Report of 2014 estimated by the same approach. The sources of the incomes
as per the two SAS Reports are presented in Figure 16.

Figure 16: Composition of Average Monthly Income of Agricultural Households

Source: Based on data of SAS, 2014 and SAS, 2021.
7.34 The SAS Report, 2021 also shows class-wise distribution of sources of incomes (Figure
17) among the agricultural households. The net receipts from the crop production alone has