Lok Sabha Question No. 2510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Soil Testing Laboratories
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2510

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  3 RD  DECEMBER, 2019

## SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES

2510.  SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of soil testing laboratories in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of soil testing laboratories in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to set up at least one soil testing laboratory in each district of the country; and
- (d) if so, the time by which the same will be set up and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): As  per  the  information  received  from  the  State  Governments,  there  are  7949  soil testing labs including 1293 static Soil Testing Laboratories (STLs), 165 Mobile STLs, 6337 Mini  Labs  &  154  Village  Level  STLs  in  the  country.  State-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure- I.
- (b): There are 254 soil testing labs (243 static labs & 11 mini labs) in Uttar Pradesh.  The district -wise information is given at Annexure- II.
- (c) & (d): The  vision  document  (15th  Finance  Commission  period)  of  Department  of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) envisages for establishment of at least  one  soil  testing  lab  in  each  district  of  the  country.  However,  Under  Soil  Health Management scheme, new soil testing laboratories are sanctioned as per requirement of the State Government after receiving   the proposals duly approved by executive committee.

## State-wise Soil Testing Labs (STLs)

| S.No   | States            |   Static STLs |   Mobile STLs |   Mini STLs |   Village Level STLs |   Total |
|--------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------|
| 1      | A & N Island      |             1 |             0 |           0 |                    0 |       1 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |            47 |            13 |        1328 |                   16 |    1404 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh |             5 |             3 |           8 |                    0 |      16 |
| 4      | Assam             |             9 |             0 |         214 |                    0 |     223 |
| 5      | Bihar             |            38 |             9 |           0 |                    0 |      47 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      |            33 |             0 |         170 |                    0 |     203 |
| 7      | D & N Haveli      |             0 |             0 |           0 |                    0 |       0 |
| 8      | Goa               |             2 |             0 |           0 |                    0 |       2 |
| 9      | Gujarat           |            81 |             2 |         230 |                    0 |     313 |
| 10     | Haryana           |            35 |             2 |          50 |                   47 |     134 |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh  |            11 |            10 |          69 |                    0 |      90 |
| 12     | J&K               |            22 |            12 |           0 |                    0 |      34 |
| 13     | Jharkhand         |            16 |             3 |        1300 |                    0 |    1319 |
| 14     | Karnataka         |            98 |             1 |           6 |                   88 |     193 |
| 15     | Kerala            |            15 |            13 |         152 |                    0 |     180 |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh    |            91 |            10 |         626 |                    0 |     727 |
| 17     | Maharashtra       |           235 |            20 |          17 |                    0 |     272 |
| 18     | Manipur           |             4 |             3 |           0 |                    0 |       7 |
| 19     | Meghalaya         |             3 |             3 |           6 |                    0 |      12 |
| 20     | Mizoram           |             3 |             3 |           0 |                    0 |       6 |
| 21     | Nagaland          |             3 |             0 |           0 |                    0 |       3 |
| 22     | Odisha            |            27 |            12 |           0 |                    0 |      39 |
| 23     | Puducherry        |             2 |             0 |           0 |                    0 |       2 |
| 24     | Punjab            |            52 |             3 |           0 |                    0 |      55 |
| 25     | Rajasthan         |           101 |            12 |           0 |                    0 |     113 |
| 26     | Sikkim            |             3 |             0 |           0 |                    0 |       3 |
| 27     | Tamil Nadu        |            31 |            16 |           0 |                    2 |      49 |
| 28     | Telengana         |            40 |             4 |        2050 |                    0 |    2094 |
| 29     | Tripura           |             3 |             3 |         100 |                    0 |     106 |
| 30     | Uttar Pradesh     |           243 |             0 |          11 |                    0 |     254 |
| 31     | Uttarakhand       |            13 |             0 |           0 |                    1 |      14 |
| 32     | West Bengal       |            26 |             8 |           0 |                    0 |      34 |
|        | Total             |          1293 |           165 |        6337 |                  154 |    7949 |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure - II

## District-wise  Soil Testing Laboratories (STLs) in Uttar Pradesh

| S. No   | Districts         |   No. of Static Soil Testing Laboratory |   No. of Mini Lab |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1       | Gorakhpur         |                                       6 |                 0 |
| 2       | Maharajganj       |                                       4 |                 0 |
| 3       | Deoria            |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 4       | Kushinagar        |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 5       | Mirzapur          |                                       4 |                 0 |
| 6       | Sonbhadra         |                                       2 |                 0 |
| 7       | Bhadohi           |                                       1 |                 0 |
| 8       | Bareilly          |                                       6 |                 0 |
| 9       | Budaun            |                                       4 |                 0 |
| 10      | Shahjhanpur       |                                       4 |                 0 |
| 11      | Pilibhit          |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 12      | Ayodhya           |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 13      | Ambedkar Nagar    |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 14      | Sultanpur         |                                       2 |                 0 |
|         | Barabanki (Sodh)  |                                       1 |                 0 |
| 15      | Barabanki         |                                       5 |                 0 |
| 16      | Amethi            |                                       4 |                 0 |
| 17      | Bijnor            |                                       5 |                 0 |
| 18      | Moradabad         |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 19      | Amroha            |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 20      | Rampur            |                                       5 |                 0 |
| 21      | Sambhal           |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 22      | Varanasi          |                                       1 |                 1 |
| 23      | Chandauli         |                                       1 |                 2 |
| 24      | Ghazipur          |                                       1 |                 3 |
| 25      | Jaunpur           |                                       1 |                 5 |
| 26      | Meerut            |                                       4 |                 0 |
| 27      | Baghpat           |                                       1 |                 0 |
| 28      | Ghaziabad         |                                       2 |                 0 |
| 29      | Hapur             |                                       2 |                 0 |
| 30      | Gautam Budh Nagar |                                       1 |                 0 |
| 31      | Bulandhahr        |                                       5 |                 0 |
| 32      | Agra              |                                       6 |                 0 |
| 33      | Mathura           |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 34      | Firozabad         |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 35      | Mainpuri          |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 36      | Saharanpur        |                                       4 |                 0 |
| 37      | Muzafarnagar      |                                       3 |                 0 |
| 38      | Shamli            |                                       1 |                 0 |

| 39    | Aligarh              |   5 |   0 |
|-------|----------------------|-----|-----|
| 40    | Etah                 |   3 |   0 |
| 41    | Hathras              |   3 |   0 |
| 42    | Kasganj              |   2 |   0 |
| 43    | Azamgarh             |   5 |   0 |
| 44    | Mau                  |   3 |   0 |
| 45    | Ballia               |   4 |   0 |
| 46    | Jhansi               |   4 |   0 |
| 47    | Lalitpur             |   3 |   0 |
| 48    | Jalaun At Orai       |   4 |   0 |
| 49    | Kannauj              |   2 |   0 |
| 50    | Farrukhabad          |   2 |   0 |
| 51    | Auraiya              |   2 |   0 |
| 52    | Kanpur Nagar         |   3 |   0 |
| 53    | Kanpur Dehat         |   4 |   0 |
| 54    | Etawah               |   3 |   0 |
| 55    | Lucknow              |   1 |   0 |
| 56    | Unnao                |   4 |   0 |
| 57    | Rae Bareli           |   5 |   0 |
| 58    | Sitapur              |   6 |   0 |
| 59    | Hardoi               |   4 |   0 |
| 60    | Kheri                |   5 |   0 |
| 61    | Hamirpur             |   3 |   0 |
| 62    | Mahoba               |   3 |   0 |
| 63    | Banda                |   4 |   0 |
| 64    | Chitrakoot           |   2 |   0 |
| 65    | Fatehpur Sadar       |   3 |   0 |
| 66    | Prayagraj Sadar      |   7 |   0 |
| 67    | Kaushambi Manchanpur |   2 |   0 |
| 68    | Pratapgarh Sadar     |   4 |   0 |
| 69    | Basti                |   3 |   0 |
| 70    | Siddharth Nagar      |   4 |   0 |
| 71    | Santkabeer Nagar     |   1 |   0 |
| 72    | Gonda                |   4 |   0 |
| 73    | Balrampur            |   3 |   0 |
| 74    | Bahrich              |   3 |   0 |
| 75    | Shrawasti            |   1 |   0 |
| Total | Total                | 243 |  11 |

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