Lok Sabha Question No. 3238 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Issuance of Soil Health Cards
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, Meenakashi Lekhi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3238

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  MARCH, 2021

## ISSUANCE OF SOIL HEALTH CARDS

3238 . SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM: SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a) the rules and criteria laid down for the issuance of Soil Health Card;
- (b) the number of farmers who have been issued Soil Health Card in the country, Statewise especially Gujarat along with total number of farmers in Gujarat;
- (c) whether the Government has received any complaints from farmers facing difficulties with regard to issuance to Soil Health Cards particularly in Gujarat during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government has taken note of  the fact  that  a large  number of  farmers could not be issued Soil Health Cards, if so, necessary steps taken by the Government in this regards; and
- (e) the  details  of  Soil  Health  Laboratories  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the number of proposed soil health laboratories in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR )

- (a): Grid  based  soil  testing  methodology  i.e.  2.5-hectare  grid  for  irrigated  areas  and  10hectare grid for rain fed areas was adopted initially (cycle I: 2015-2017 and cycle ll: 20172019)  to  assess  the  status  of  12  soil  health  parameters  viz.  primary  nutrients  (NPK); secondary nutrient (S); micronutrients (B, Zn, Mn, Fe, & Cu); and physical parameters (pH, EC & OC). Farm holding based soil testing was adopted for 6957 model villages (one in each

revenue block) during 2019-20. Scientifically sound crop-wise Integrated Nutrient Management recommendations based on General Fertiliser Recommendations(GFR) / Soil Test  Crop  Response  (STCR)  are  provided  to  all  the  farmers  in  the  country  through  Soil Health Cards to address nutrient deficiencies of the soil.

(b): State-wise number of farmers issued Soil Health Cards including Gujarat is given at

Annexure - I . (c) & (d): No complaint from farmers on issuance of Soil Health Cards has been received from States including Gujarat in the last three years. The  State-wise  details  of  Soil  Testing  Laboratories  in  the  country  is  given  at .    Soil  testing  labs  are  sanctioned  as  per  requirement  of  state  governments proposed in their annual action plan. So far, 11531 new labs (491 static, 107 mobile, 8811 minilabs and 2122 village level labs) and strengthening of 829 labs have been sanctioned to

(e): Annexure-  II the states.

## State-wise number of farmers issued Soil Health Cards

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        |   Cycle-I (2015-17) |   Cycle-II (2017-19) |   Model Village Programme (2019-20) |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar |               10000 |                 5950 |                                1007 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |             7455204 |              6967162 |                              226487 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |               20532 |                   55 |                                 225 |
| 4         | Assam             |             1300901 |              1300901 |                               58500 |
| 5         | Bihar             |             6469650 |              6027738 |                              122119 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      |             3890709 |              4746670 |                               59302 |
| 7         | D & N Haveli      |                2222 |                12994 |                                   0 |
| 8         | Goa               |               25000 |                16127 |                                1950 |
| 9         | Gujarat           |             5108923 |              8694942 |                               63591 |
| 10        | Haryana           |             4227238 |              4058394 |                               25235 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh  |              385011 |               960765 |                               19671 |
| 12        | J & K             |              692062 |              1018051 |                               70246 |
| 13        | Jharkhand         |              637507 |               641828 |                               58572 |
| 14        | Karnataka         |             7832189 |              7832189 |                               65034 |
| 15        | Kerala            |              763435 |              2209717 |                                   0 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    |             8872377 |              8907385 |                              127585 |
| 17        | Maharashtra       |            12977232 |             13098115 |                              201837 |
| 18        | Manipur           |              114522 |               114522 |                               10010 |
| 19        | Meghalaya         |              209561 |               246879 |                                3243 |
| 20        | Mizoram           |               11986 |                16458 |                                2119 |
| 21        | Nagaland          |              184797 |                12000 |                               27304 |
| 22        | Odisha            |             2374233 |              1363921 |                               99567 |
| 23        | Puducherry        |               19594 |                 7074 |                                2508 |
| 24        | Punjab            |             1251726 |              1160568 |                               17793 |
| 25        | Rajasthan         |             6886000 |             11860699 |                               86341 |
| 26        | Sikkim            |               46000 |                21470 |                                2936 |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        |             7000000 |              6974843 |                               58317 |
| 28        | Telangana         |             5720737 |              4842509 |                              110664 |
| 29        | Tripura           |              117723 |               117723 |                               15602 |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh     |            17014573 |             20354551 |                              255517 |
| 31        | Uttarakhand       |              750494 |               882797 |                               13645 |
| 32        | West Bengal       |             5040510 |              4200000 |                                4520 |
| Total     | Total             |           107412648 |            118674997 |                             1811447 |

## Annexure - I

Annexure -II State-wise number of Soil Testing Labs in the country

| S. No.   | State             | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|          |                   | Static              | Mobile              | Mini Lab            | Village level       | Total               |
| 1        | A&N Islands       | 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 Havelli       | 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       | Telangana         | 40                  | 4                   | 2050                | 0                   | 2094                |
| 29       | Tripura           | 3                   | 3                   | 100                 | 0                   | 106                 |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh     | 254                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 254                 |
| 31       | Uttarakhand       | 13                  | 0                   | 0                   | 1                   | 14                  |
| 32       | West Bengal       | 26                  | 8                   | 0                   | 0                   | 34                  |
|          | Total             | 1304                | 165                 | 6326                | 154                 | 7949                |

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