Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
SOIL HEALTH CARD SCHEME
Posted On:
22 MAR 2022 6:27PM by PIB Delhi
Soil Health Card help the farmers in the following ways:
- The report generated through soil health card scheme encourages judicious and balanced use of fertilizers.
- The report card also suggested use of bio fertilizers, micronutrients and organic manures to increase soil fertility.
- Farmers training and demonstrations on farmers fields, under the scheme created awareness among the farmers to increase soil fertility.
- Indian council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) also imparts training to educate farmers on soil testing and soil health management.
The State-wise number of soil testing laboratories set up under Soil Health Management (SHM) scheme since2014-15 is given at Annexure.
As per Soil Health Card scheme guidelines, the period of time for soil testing has to be completed by states/UTs within three weeks of receipts of soil samples in the lab and soil testing can be repeated after a time gap of two years after first testing, but farmers can get test as per their requirement.
Annexure
Status of Soil Testing Laboratories set up under Soil Health Management (SHM) scheme since 2014-15
|
S. No.
|
Name of State
|
StaticLabs
|
MobileLabs
|
Village Level Soil Testing Labs
|
MiniLabs
|
|
1.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0
|
9
|
16
|
1328
|
|
2.
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
|
3.
|
Assam
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
200
|
|
4.
|
Bihar
|
0
|
6
|
25
|
0
|
|
5.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
23
|
0
|
5
|
111
|
|
6.
|
Goa
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
7.
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
0
|
30
|
230
|
|
8.
|
Haryana
|
7
|
0
|
36
|
34
|
|
9.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
47
|
|
10.
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1300
|
|
11.
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
1
|
289
|
6
|
|
12.
|
Kerala
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
152
|
|
13.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
265*
|
0
|
6
|
626
|
|
14.
|
Maharashtra
|
24
|
9
|
0
|
299
|
|
15.
|
Manipur
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
16.
|
Meghalaya
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
|
17.
|
Mizoram
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
18.
|
Nagaland
|
13
|
3
|
74
|
0
|
|
19.
|
Odisha
|
4
|
19
|
0
|
0
|
|
20.
|
Punjab
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
21.
|
Rajasthan
|
55
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
22.
|
Sikkim
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
|
23.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
24.
|
Telangana
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2050
|
|
25.
|
Tripura
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
100
|
|
26.
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
27.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
|
28.
|
West Bengal
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
29.
|
A & N Islands
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
30.
|
Puducherry
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
31.
|
J & K
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
|
32.
|
DD & DN Haveli
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
33.
|
Ladakh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total
|
437
|
69
|
506
|
6511
|
* Under Process
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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