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National Mission on Himalayan Studies
Implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC)
Nodal and Serving hub with G.B. Pant "National Institute of Himalayan Environment"(NIHE)

Project Title:

Entrepreneurship Development Among Tribal Men & Women Through Scientific Bee keeping in District Rajouri, (J&K)

1. Project Details
Sanction Date: 26-02-2018
Project Category MG
Batch Year 2017-2018
Project Duration 3 Years + 8 Months Extension
BTA : Livelihood Options and Employment Generation
Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: Rajouri District in J&K
Organization/ Implementation Agency:

School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, BGSB University Rajouri, J&K

Project Partners: S.No. Name Roles & Responsibilities
1.
Apiculture wing of Department of Agriculture, Government of Jammu and Kashmir Shall provide technical assistance
Lead Proponent:

Dr. Sajad Hussain Parey

Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Baba Ghula Shah Badshah University Rajouri, J&K

Project Brief Description: Unemployment has been a pressing problem in Hill districts of Jammu and Kashmir including Rajouri and it has only aggravated the political turmoil in the state. Every year the number of educated youth in J&K state witnesses an increase and with them swells the problem of unemployment. These educated but unemployed youth stay jobless because the government jobs are very few and the private sector is almost non-existent in the region. In such a grim scenario, beekeeping can be a vibrant source of employment in J&K particularly among the tribal men and women. Bee keeping, it has remained a tradition in rural areas and forest area population and learnt by people from generation to generation. It neither requires high technology nor capital investment or comprehensive infrastructure. Therefore, Bee keeping can become a key to revolutionize horticulture sector in the state and particularly districts Rajouri and Poonch in the Pirpanchal Himalayan. It has immense potential to provide employment avenues in the region confronted with huge challenge of unemployment of youth. Attention needs to be given and awareness needs to be created about this environment friendly economic activity with so tremendous potential. The activity needs to be integrated with the initiative of State Govt. to double the horticulture production within a decade. It can be also linked to implementation of the pronounced goal of union Govt. to double the income of farmers by 2022. The project work shall highlight all these aspects to help flag potential of this promising sector. In addition to the direct avenues adequate bee activity would help in improving crop yields by nearly 100 per cent.
Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders:

� People from tribal areas

� Educated unemployed youth

� Tribal women can get skill training programmes in keeping honeybee colonies for starting an independently source of income.

� Also the overall infrastructure of university shall get boost by developing modern laboratory facilities for research and training programmes on scientific beekeeping.

Activity Chart (For 3 Years): Click Here


2. Financial Details
Total Grants (in Rs.) Rs.57,38,880.00/- (Rupees Fifty Seven Lakh Thirty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty only)
1st Installment (in Rs.) : Rs. 29,06,000.00/- (Rupees Twenty Nine Lakh Six Thousand only)
2nd Installment (in Rs.) : Rs. 13,44,000.00/- (Rupees Thirteen Lakh forty-Four Thousand only)
3rd Installment (in Rs.) : Rs. 8,08,935.00/- (Rupees Eight Lakh Eight Thousand Nine Hundred And Thirty Five Only)


3. Project Objectives, Deliverables and Monitoring Indicators
Project Objectives Quantifiable Deliverables Monitoring Indicators
Providing training to unemployed youth, tribal people, farmers, beekeepers and financially backward people for technology transfer, employment generation and increase the income of those people; Establishment of independent skill development models/micro-enterprises among tribal men and women through scientific Beekeeping (100 stands); No. of New Database/ Datasets generated on the identified dynamics (No.);
Providing guidance to Beekeepers about production of bee products; Development of pollination service concept among the people; No. of New Demonstrative Technology, new Micro-enterprise(s) developed and Skill Development Trainings;
Crop pollination through beekeeping; Establishment of medium-sized honey processing enterprises concept among people; No. of Stakeholders benefitted (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, and Total No. of Beneficiaries) with update on Income generation (Rs./ person);
Breeding & multiplication of honeybee colon. Establishment of well-organized beekeeping disease diagnostic centre in university. Other Publications and Knowledge Products (Nos.).
S.No. Name Qualification Designation Salary
1. Aquib Majeed M.Sc JPF 16,000/- +HRA
2. Tehmina Kouser M.Sc TA 10,000/-+HRA
3. Gorav Sharma M.A PA 10,000/- +HRA
S.No. Name of Equipment Details Cost (in INR)
1. Desktop HP/4440G3 74,812/-
2. Printer/ Scanner/ Copier HP/ 180n 42,500/-
3. Camera Canon/ EOS77D 62,600 /-
4. Projector Sony/ EX-430VPL 39,000/-
5. Advanced Stereozoom Microscope Rescholar 2,98,000/-
6. Sterozoom Tinocular Microscope Olumpus 5,48,733/-
7. Apis mellifera (Boxes with bees) Ambrosia 1,28,400 (per box Rs. 4280)/-
8. Beehives Ambrosia 36,736 (per box Rs. 1640)/-
9. Honey bee processing unit Ambrosia 4,48,000/-
10. Hive tool Ambrosia 645/- (per tool Rs. 48)
11. Bee gloves Ambrosia 2,675/- (per gloves Rs. 398)
12. Smoker Ambrosia 3,696/- (per Rs. 550)
13. Bee brush Ambrosia 538/- (per Rs. 40)
14. Bee veil Ambrosia 2,688/- (per Rs. 300)
15. Beekeeping suit Ambrosia 5,600/- (per Rs. 2,500)
16. Uncapping knife Ambrosia 1,008/- (per Rs. 150)
17. Bee feeder Ambrosia 11,603/- (per Rs. 148)
18. Honey extractor Ambrosia 10,976/-
19. Nucleus hive Ambrosia 5,287/- (per Rs. 1,180)
20. Pollen trap Ambrosia 2,621/- (per Rs. 390)
21. Hive stand Ambrosia 10,976/- (per Rs. 140)
22. Queen rearing kits Ambrosia 10,752/- (per Rs. 4,800)