Progress of Soil Health Card
The Government
has introduced Soil Health Card Scheme in all States/UTs with an aim to assist
all State Governments to evaluate fertility in all farm holdings across the
country and issue soil health cards to farmers regularly in a cycle of 2
years. Soil Health Cards provide information to farmers on nutrient status of
their soil along with recommendations on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be
applied for improving soil health and its fertility.
Against the
target of 2.53 crore soil samples, the States have collected 2.71 crore samples
and tested 2.05 crore samples to print about 11 crore soil health cards. As on
14.03.2017, 5.66 crore cards have been distributed to farmers. State-wise
details are given below.
A study conducted by
National Productivity Council (NPC) in 2016 has shown that 84% of farmers have
expressed that they have applied the nutrients recommendations suggested in
soil health card that have proven to be beneficial to them in reducing the cost
of cultivation and improving productivity of crops.
State-wise number of soil samples collected, analysed and number
of soil health cards issued to farmers.
|
Sl.No.
|
State
|
Total soil samples target for 2015-16 & 2016-17
|
Soil samples
|
Total soil health card target for 2015-16 & 2016-17
|
Soil Health Card issued
|
|
Collected
|
Tested
|
|
I.
|
SOUTH ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1348382
|
1491304
|
1374653
|
7455204
|
4355143
|
|
2
|
Karnataka
|
1665765
|
1675090
|
1484491
|
9210012
|
3553732
|
|
3
|
Kerala
|
127585
|
219922
|
155843
|
705420
|
199272
|
|
4
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1274536
|
1269784
|
1262281
|
7046911
|
5537237
|
|
5
|
Telangana
|
1034678
|
1023188
|
975680
|
5720737
|
2807095
|
|
II.
|
WEST ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
1589236
|
3334235
|
3050832
|
8786883
|
2414631
|
|
7
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
2313977
|
2315843
|
1825478
|
12793976
|
4387336
|
|
8
|
Maharashtra
|
2347121
|
2614912
|
2424000
|
12977232
|
10105000
|
|
9
|
Rajasthan
|
2308013
|
2343000
|
1217000
|
12761005
|
3210000
|
|
10
|
Chhattisgarh
|
703691
|
776174
|
730573
|
3890709
|
3516045
|
|
11
|
Goa
|
25000
|
25000
|
25000
|
25000
|
20372
|
|
III.
|
NORTH ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
788670
|
788670
|
788670
|
4360555
|
448260
|
|
13
|
Punjab
|
835526
|
534820
|
295779
|
4619621
|
635277
|
|
14
|
Uttarakhand
|
135738
|
128342
|
119318
|
750494
|
567178
|
|
15
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
4770399
|
4846592
|
2370896
|
26391089
|
7258903
|
|
16
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
69635
|
91947
|
89897
|
385011
|
456606
|
|
17
|
J & K
|
165318
|
100142
|
65160
|
914044
|
127633
|
|
IV.
|
EAST ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
Bihar
|
1308778
|
1394248
|
828436
|
7236233
|
2866557
|
|
19
|
Jharkhand
|
115302
|
115302
|
91506
|
637507
|
180968
|
|
20
|
Odisha
|
668635
|
651607
|
546791
|
3696881
|
1617978
|
|
21
|
West Bengal
|
1300349
|
1080000
|
669000
|
7189629
|
2024000
|
|
V.
|
NE ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
20532
|
20262
|
19001
|
113523
|
9670
|
|
23
|
Assam
|
278707
|
181041
|
51119
|
1540968
|
139150
|
|
24
|
Manipur
|
20713
|
9719
|
6380
|
114522
|
5351
|
|
25
|
Meghalaya
|
39372
|
37958
|
34372
|
209561
|
47213
|
|
26
|
Mizoram
|
11986
|
12412
|
9216
|
11986
|
8216
|
|
27
|
Nagaland
|
33423
|
24995
|
20675
|
184797
|
17700
|
|
28
|
Sikkim
|
13217
|
13217
|
13217
|
46000
|
27000
|
|
29
|
Tripura
|
32736
|
33000
|
33000
|
180998
|
78334
|
|
VI.
|
Union Territories
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
1405
|
2176
|
2176
|
7799
|
1918
|
|
31
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
2162
|
0
|
0
|
12000
|
0
|
|
32
|
Puducherry
|
3530
|
4736
|
4736
|
19594
|
1261
|
|
33
|
Chandigarh
|
277
|
544
|
0
|
277
|
0
|
|
Total
|
25354394
|
27160182
|
20585176
|
139996178
|
56625036
|
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri
Parshottam Rupala, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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SS
(Release ID :159441)