Lok Sabha Question No. 1847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Soil Mapping
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1847

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14/03/2017

## SOIL MAPPING

## 1847.  SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k ,oa fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  detailed  mapping  of  soil  varieties  in  the country and conducted study on soil degradation and soil erosion in the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details and the outcome thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) whether the areas having major degradation have been identified in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k ,oa fdlku dY;k.k ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h

## (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) & (b): Yes  Madam,  the  ICAR-National  Bureau  of  Soil  Survey  &  Land  Use Planning, Nagpur has initiated  detailed Land Resource Inventory (LRI) and  mapping of soil  resources    in  the  country  on  1:10000  scale  using  Geospatial  Techniques.  Presently, LRI for 75 blocks ( Annexure-I )  across the country is in progress. The Institute has also initiated a study on mapping and assessment of land degradation in 5 major ecosystems of India using geospatial technique.

The  Government  under  Watershed  Development  Component  (WDC)  of  the 'Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (WDC-PMKSY)'  is  implementing  soil  and water  conservation  measures  to  tackle  soil  degradation  due  to    erosion  throughout  the country. The Government is implementing National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) since April  2014  with  a  component  of  Reclamation  of  degraded  soils  namely saline, alkali and acid soils.

- (c) Yes, Madam.  The State-wise details are given in Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I

## [Part (a) & (b) to Lok Sabha USQ No.1847 for 14-03-2017]

Table : Blocks under Land Resource Inventory

|   Sr. No. | State             | Block              |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Bukkaraya-samudram |
|         2 | Telangana         | Indervalle         |
|         3 | Telangana         | Thimajipet         |
|         4 | Telangana         | Gajwel             |
|         5 | Tamil Nadu        | Kangayam           |
|         6 | Gujarat           | Ankaleswar         |
|         7 |                   | Dholka             |
|         8 |                   | Khedbrahma         |
|         9 |                   | Deesa              |
|        10 |                   | Porbandar          |
|        11 |                   | Jhadadia           |
|        12 |                   | Amod               |
|        13 |                   | Vagva              |
|        14 |                   | Jamusar            |
|        15 |                   | Valia              |
|        16 |                   | Bharuch            |
|        17 |                   | Hansat             |
|        18 |                   | Netrang            |
|        19 |                   | Mandvi             |
|        20 |                   | Mangrol            |
|        21 |                   | Umarpada           |
|        22 |                   | Olpad              |
|        23 |                   | Kamrej             |
|        24 |                   | Palsana            |
|        25 |                   | Bardoli            |
|        26 |                   | Surat City         |
|        27 |                   | Chorasi            |
|        28 |                   | Mahuva             |
|        29 | Odisha            | Titlagarh          |
|        30 | Odisha            | Basudevpur         |
|        31 | Odisha            | Ganjam             |
|        32 | Bihar             | Kadwa              |
|        33 | Bihar             | Mushahari          |
|        34 | Jharkhand         | Dumka              |
|        35 | Jharkhand         | Borio              |
|        36 | Arunachal Pradesh | Diyun              |
|        37 | Meghalaya         | Umling             |
|        38 | Meghalaya         | Umsning            |
|        39 | Meghalaya         | Jirang             |
|        40 | Uttar Pradesh     | Jagner             |
|        41 | Himachal Pradesh  | Nagrota Bagwan     |

|   Sr. No. | State          | Block             |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------|
|        42 | Maharashtra    | Darwha            |
|        43 | Madhya Pradesh | Dhanora           |
|        44 | Chattisgarh    | Bemetara          |
|        45 | West Bengal    | Deshapran         |
|        46 | West Bengal    | Kultali           |
|        47 | West Bengal    | Canning II        |
|        48 | West Bengal    | Namkhana          |
|        49 | West Bengal    | Gosaba            |
|        50 | West Bengal    | Ramnagar-I        |
|        51 | West Bengal    | Hasnabad          |
|        52 | Haryana        | Odhan             |
|        53 | Punjab         | Rajpura           |
|        54 | Uttar Pradesh  | Baragaon          |
|        55 | Uttarakhand    | Chamba            |
|        56 | Assam          | North West Jorhat |
|        57 | Nagaland       | Medziphema        |
|        58 | Nagaland       | Chantongya        |
|        59 | Nagaland       | Chuchuyimlang     |
|        60 | Nagaland       | Kubolong          |
|        61 | Nagaland       | Longchem          |
|        62 | Nagaland       | Mangkolemba       |
|        63 | Goa            | Tiswadi           |
|        64 | Goa            | Bardez            |
|        65 | Goa            | Pernem            |
|        66 | Goa            | Bicholim          |
|        67 | Goa            | Sattari           |
|        68 | Goa            | Ponda             |
|        69 | Goa            | Sanguem           |
|        70 | Goa            | Dharbandora       |
|        71 | Goa            | Canacona          |
|        72 | Goa            | Quepem            |
|        73 | Goa            | Salcete           |
|        74 | Goa            | Murmgoa           |
|        75 | West Bengal    | Rajnagar          |

Table: State-wise extent of land degradation in India

| S.No.   | State                      | Degraded lands ('000 ha)       |
|---------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile) | 9193                           |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh          | 2154                           |
| 3       | Assam                      | 4571                           |
| 4       | Bihar                      | 1371                           |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh               | 4784                           |
| 6       | Goa                        | 122                            |
| 7       | Gujarat                    | 3129                           |
| 8       | Haryana                    | 551                            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh           | 1065                           |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir             | 2094                           |
| 11      | Jharkhand                  | 3943                           |
| 12      | Karnataka                  | 8093                           |
| 13      | Kerala                     | 2608                           |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh             | 14095                          |
| 15      | Maharashtra                | 9728                           |
| 16      | Manipur                    | 1768                           |
| 17      | Meghalaya                  | 1732                           |
| 18      | Mizoram                    | 1163                           |
| 19      | Nagaland                   | 1550                           |
| 20      | Orissa                     | 3722                           |
| 21      | Punjab                     | 494                            |
| 22      | Rajasthan                  | 20424                          |
| 23      | Sikkim                     | 60                             |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                 | 2997                           |
| 25      | Tripura                    | 785                            |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh              | 14405                          |
| 27      | Uttarakhand                | 1435                           |
| 28      | West Bengal                | 2140                           |
| 29      | Delhi                      | 28                             |
| 30      | Andaman &Nicaobar Islands  | 71                             |
| 31      | Others*                    | 125                            |
|         | Total                      | 120400 (i.e. 120.4 million ha) |

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