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production. We have become Friends, now work is being done
one of the leading countries in not only on the quantity of honey
the world in honey production but also on its purity. Some
and export. Friends, National start-ups are now certifying
Beekeeping and 'Honey Mission' the quality of honey with AI and
have a big role in this positive digital technology. The next
impact. Under this, thousands time you buy honey, do try the
of farmers associated with honey made by these honey
beekeeping were imparted entrepreneurs. Try to buy honey
training, equipment and their from a local farmer; from a
direct access to the market was woman entrepreneur as well.
created. Because every drop of it contains
Friends, this change is not not only taste but also the hard
only visible in figures; it is also work and hopes of India. This
clearly visible on the ground sweetness of honey is the taste
level in the villages. There is of a self-reliant India.
an example of Korea district Friends, while we are talking
of Chhattisgarh, where tribal about the efforts of countries
farmers have created a pure related to honey, I would like to
organic honey brand named tell you about another initiative.
'Sonhani'. Today that honey It reminds us that the protection
is being sold on many online of honeybees is not just a
portals including GeM, that is, protection of the environment,
the hard work of the village is but also that of our agriculture
now going global. Similarly, and future generations. Here’s
thousands of women and an example of the city of Pune,
youth in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, where a beehive was removed
Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal from a housing society - perhaps
and Arunachal Pradesh have on account of security reasons
become honey entrepreneurs. or fear. But this incident forced
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