Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal took the decision while presiding over a meeting with senior officers of state Horticulture and Agriculture department here, according to an official release.
Badal directed the state's Financial Commissioner Development (FCD) to work out the modalities for imparting training to the youth for enabling them to take up agriculture and allied activities like dairy farming and fisheries.
He asked the FCD to look into the ways and means for establishing the state board for promotion and development of bee-keeping in a mission mode, appointing a senior officer not below the rank of Joint or Additional Director of the Horticulture department as its mission director.
It was informed in the meeting that there were nearly 33,000 bee-keepers in the state.
Badal directed the officials to tie up with the Markfed- Asia's largest Cooperative network to provide assured marketing facilities to the bee-keepers under its premium brand 'Sohna'.