Lok Sabha Question No. 2012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: New Soil Testing Laboratories
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2012

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  14 TH  MARCH, 2017

## NEW SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES

2012.  SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has allocated/proposes to allocate land and funds to set up new soil testing laboratories;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/Union/Territory-wise;
- (c) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from State Government with regard to soil testing; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) to (c): Soil  Health  Management  (SHM)  Scheme  is  being  implemented  as  a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) to promote soil test based balanced and judicious use  of  chemical  fertilizers,  bio-fertilizers  and  organic  manures.  Under  SHM  there  is provision to set up new soil testing laboratories.

The SHM Scheme is being implemented on 90:10 sharing basis with the North Eastern  Region  States  and  Himalayan  States  and  on  60:40  sharing  basis  with  other States.

Annual proposals are received from the States for setting up new soil testing labs towards  procurement  of  equipments.  Land  and  manpower  are  managed  by  State Governments.

- (d):          The  details  on  State-wise  number  of  soil  testing  labs  sanctioned  is  given  at Annexure.

## Annexure

## Statement of State-wise year-wise Number of Soil Testing labs sanctioned to States in the country from  2014-15 to 2016-17

| Sl. No   | State            | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | Total   | Total   |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|
| Sl. No   | State            | Static    | Mobile    | Static    | Mobile    | Static    | Mobile    | Static  | Mobile  |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 0         | 5         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 0       | 9       |
| 2        | Assam            | 2         | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2       | 2       |
| 3        | Bihar            | 0         | 6         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 6       |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     | 1         | 0         | 8         | 0         | 11        | 0         | 20      | 0       |
| 5        | Goa              | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1       | 1       |
| 6        | Gujarat          | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 2       |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh | 0         | 3         | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 6       |
| 8        | J&K              | 5         | 6         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 5       | 6       |
| 9        | Karnataka        | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 6         | 0         | 6       | 1       |
| 10       | Kerala           | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 2       |
| 11       | Madhya Pr.       | 0         | 10        | 0         | 0         | 265       | 0         | 265     | 10      |
| 12       | Maharashtra      | 0         | 10        | 13        | 0         | 25        | 0         | 38      | 10      |
| 13       | Nagaland         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1       | 0       |
| 14       | Odisha           | 0         | 3         | 3         | 3         | 0         | 0         | 3       | 6       |
| 15       | Rajasthan        | 0         | 0         | 55        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 55      | 0       |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu       | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1       | 0       |
| 17       | Telengana        | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 3       |
| 18       | Tripura          | 0         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 1       | 2       |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh    | 0         | 10        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 10      |
| 20       | West Bengal      | 1         | 4         | 11        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 12      | 4       |
| 21       | Jharkhand        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 0       |
| 22       | Sikkim           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 0       |
| 23       | Uttarakhand      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 0       |
| 24       | Arunachal        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0       | 0       |
| 25       | Pradesh Haryana  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 1       | 0       |
|          | Total            | 10        | 69        | 93        | 8         | 308       | 3         | 411     | 80      |

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