Lok Sabha Question No. 1526 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Soil Health Card
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1526

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## SOIL HEALTH CARD

1526.      DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the details and the total number of farmers who have been provided with Soil Health Cards  under  Soil  Health  Management  Scheme  for  increase  in  the  agricultural  production across the country during the last three years, State-wise, including Jharkhand; and
- (b) the  number  of  Soil  Health  Testing  Laboratories  set  up  for  soil  testing  in  Santhal Pargana in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The details on number of farmers provided soil health card during last three years, State-wise including Jharkhand is given at Annexure .
- (b): Santhal Pargana have two State Government Soil testing Labs (STLs), one at Dumka and another at Sahibganj.

Two STLs were set  up  at  Godda  and  Pakur.  Apart  from  these  245  Minilabs  have been set up under Soil Health Management (SHM) scheme during 2016-17.

## State-wise number of farmers provided soil health card during last three years

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs             | No. of farmers provided soil health card   | No. of farmers provided soil health card   | No. of farmers provided soil health card   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs             | 2017-18                                    | 2018-19                                    | 2019-20                                    |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar      | 1625                                       | 4325                                       | 340                                        |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         | 1011863                                    | 5955299                                    | 226487                                     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0                                          | 55                                         | 225                                        |
| 4         | Assam                  | 0                                          | 1300901                                    | 0                                          |
| 5         | Bihar                  | 1209510                                    | 4810118                                    | 122119                                     |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh           | 1640830                                    | 3105840                                    | 59302                                      |
| 7         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 8         | Delhi                  | 0                                          | 860                                        | 0                                          |
| 9         | Goa                    | 4223                                       | 8927                                       | 1355                                       |
| 10        | Gujarat                | 0                                          | 8694942                                    | 63591                                      |
| 11        | Haryana                | 61258                                      | 3997136                                    | 25605                                      |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh       | 333657                                     | 627108                                     | 18701                                      |
| 13        | J & K                  | 71281                                      | 946770                                     | 55628                                      |
| 14        | Jharkhand              | 96367                                      | 197184                                     | 14370                                      |
| 15        | Karnataka              | 1674528                                    | 6157661                                    | 65034                                      |
| 16        | Kerala                 | 0                                          | 2209717                                    | 0                                          |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh         | 2914500                                    | 5992885                                    | 127585                                     |
| 18        | Maharashtra            | 3552598                                    | 9545517                                    | 201837                                     |
| 19        | Manipur                | 0                                          | 64522                                      | 10010                                      |
| 20        | Meghalaya              | 41077                                      | 205802                                     | 3243                                       |
| 21        | Mizoram                | 557                                        | 15901                                      | 2119                                       |
| 22        | Nagaland               | 6000                                       | 6000                                       | 27304                                      |
| 23        | Odisha                 | 509685                                     | 854236                                     | 94190                                      |
| 24        | Puducherry             | 0                                          | 7074                                       | 2508                                       |
| 25        | Punjab                 | 0                                          | 1160568                                    | 17793                                      |
| 26        | Rajasthan              | 1403000                                    | 10457699                                   | 86341                                      |
| 27        | Sikkim                 | 0                                          | 21470                                      | 2936                                       |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu             | 1777518                                    | 5197325                                    | 58317                                      |
| 29        | Telangana              | 616504                                     | 3543702                                    | 110664                                     |
| 30        | Tripura                | 21623                                      | 96100                                      | 13513                                      |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh          | 12005904                                   | 8348647                                    | 255517                                     |
| 32        | Uttarakhand            | 358360                                     | 524437                                     | 13645                                      |
| 33        | West Bengal            | 902000                                     | 3298000                                    | 0                                          |
| Total     | Total                  | 30214468                                   | 87356728                                   | 1680279                                    |

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