Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

With the rise in construction and infrastructural developments, there is little space for the bees to pollinate especially in the urban cityscapes.

Das hails from Odisha, where he was arrested for the first time when he was just 14 years old.

The initiative is part of a greater mission, under which they envision distributing 1.3 lakh bee-boxes across four corners of the country, before November 2018.