Eastern Indian states are unique in their own way, much appreciated much maligned. The are constantly in news right from Independence or before, riots, partition and economic ills. Beekeeping is a program that was popularized well though late. Initiated by eminent Gandhians, Satish and Khitish Dasgupta in Bengal, Gopabandhu Chowdhury, Nabakrushna Chowdhury, Manmohan Chowdhury etc., in Odisa and Babu Rajendra Prasad, Jai Prakash Narain etc., in Bihar. It may be said all bee species such as Apis Cerena and Florea, both domesticated and Apis Dorsata the wild one are found in these states. The European species Apis Melifera was first introduced in Bihar then in West Bengal. When Chinese honey was rejected in Europe in the year 2002 due to higher pesticide level it was these states which supplied Europe. This caused further growth and now this Zone leads in Honey production. Attachments gives Bee Flora of these states proving potentialities. Cluster program was implemented first with support from UNDP and later by Government of India under SFURTI scheme. But considering potentiality much more can be done. We can plan clusters in every district and we may even think of uniflora honey consideing information given in attached document. We may also think of other bee products like Royal Jelly, Bee Venom etc. There is need for someone to take initiative. These states can give sweetness, cure and light to entire world.

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I remember these floral calenders were prepared by the initiatives, interest and support of Gopi Kanta Ghosh sir. Now the SFURTI Clusteres further expanded into five catogouries viz. Heritage, Large, Medium, Small and Micro Clusters. Heritage cluster will cover any number of benificaries with project duration of 5 years with a turnover of Rs. 500 Lakhs. Project outlay will upto Rs. 10 Crores. Two are more institutions can join together for arriving to the turnover and run the project on joint venture basis. Under heritage a number of prominant activities are being carried out traditionally in many parts of the country over the centuries promoting certain products and related activties. These activities can be similar to Muslin of Bengal, Ponduru and Kalankari of Andhar Pradesh, Kanjivaram of Tamilnadu, Phulkari of Punjab, Chikan Embroidery of U.P., Wood Craft of Saharanpur, etc. Support provided under replacement of tools and equipments / implements, establishment of Common Facilities Centers (CFC), Capacity Building, Design and Development, Marketing Promotion. Working Capital Support is also included as revolving capital not exceeding 20% of the overall project cost with due justification. Oeverall traget is 15 Clusters with finacial outlay of Rs. 150 Crores. With the help of Mr. Bhoomayya  I could upload the modalities and some annexures that minght be helpful more.

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I am aware Sridhar Rao about changes. We have a member now who loves beekeeping. But what is fate of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram cluster being dragged since 2005

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