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Soil Health Card An Innovation in Agriculture Sector

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Soil Health Card

*Ghanshyam Goel
**Samrat Bandopadhyay
Soil Health Card Scheme has been introduced in current year to assist State Governments to issue
soil health cards to all farmers in the country. It is likely to develop an application software for the States for
online generation of soil health cards and fertilizer recommendations. Dissemination of soil testing results
through SMSs will be enabled.
The aims and objectives of the Scheme are:
i.
To issue soil health cards every 3 years, to all farmers of the country, so as to provide a basis to address
nutrient deficiencies in fertilization practices.
ii.
To strengthen functioning of Soil Testing Laboratories (STLs) through capacity building, involvement of
agriculture students and effective linkage with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) / State Agricultural
Universities (SAUs).
iii.
To diagnose soil fertility related constraints with standardized procedures for sampling uniformly across
states and analysis and design taluqa / block level fertilizer recommendations in various districts.
iv.
To develop and promote soil test based nutrient management in the districts for enhancing nutrient use
efficiency.
v.
To build capacities of district and state level staff and of progressive farmers for promotion of nutrient
management practices.
The number of Soil Health Cards likely to be issued in 3 years time is as follows:
State-wise number of Soil Health Cards likely to be issued in three years
Sl.
No.

State

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

Year -I

Year-II

Year-III

Total

1727317

3028344

2995128

7750789

24773

43433

42953

111159

616535

1080911

1069055

2766501

3669761

6433848

6363276

16466885

849139

1488708

1472380

3810227

13053

22889

22637

58579

1073904

1882777

1862125

4818806

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Haryana

366560

642657

635607

1644824

Himachal Pradesh

217799

381845

377657

977301

10

Jammu & Kashmir

328502

575935

569616

1474053

11

Jharkhand

613976

1076426

1064618

2755020

12

Karnataka

1775161

3112216

3078079

7965456

13

Kerala

1548189

2714299

2684527

6947015

14

Madhya Pradesh

2010914

3525548

3486875

9023337

15

Maharashtra

3104859

5443451

5383739

13932049

16

Manipur

34138

59849

59194

153181

17

Meghalaya

47481

83246

82333

213060

18

Mizoram

20825

36508

36112

93445

19

Nagaland

40305

70659

69885

180849

20

Odisha

1057879

1854678

1834334

4746891

21

Punjab

238561

418246

413656

1070463

22

Rajasthan

1561259

2737205

2707181

7005645

23

Sikkim

16984

29775

29445

76204

24

Tamil Nadu

1840034

3225958

3190575

8256567

25

Telangana

1258807

2206942

2182734

5648483

26

Tripura

125027

219200

216794

561021

27

Uttar Pradesh

5196916

9111255

9011319

23319490

28

Uttarakhand

206850

362655

358677

928182

29

West Bengal

1614492

2830530

2799483

7244505

31200000

54699993

54099994

139999987

Total

or say
14 crore

*Ghanshyam Goel is ADG (M&C), PIB and Samrat Bandopadhyay is Assistant Director (M&C), PIB New Delhi
(PIB Features)
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