Lok Sabha Question No. 615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Soil Testing Laboratories
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) & (b): As per information received from State Governments, at    present, 1304 static Soil Testing Laboratories (STLs), 165 Mobile STLs, 6326 Mini Labs & 154 Village Level STLs are working in the country  with an annual analyzing capacity of 150.62 lakh soil samples. State-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure-I .  Apart  from  these,    1076  minilabs  have  been provided  to  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  (KVKs)  and    research  centres    of  Indian  Council  of Agricultural Research under the scheme.
- (c) & (d): New  Soil  testing  laboratories  are  sanctioned  as  per  proposals  of    State Governments under Soil Health Management component of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.615

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  25 TH  JUNE, 2019

## SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES

615.   SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

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 (STL) in the country State-wise;
- (b) the capacity of the said laboratories, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up more such laboratories in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## Annexure-I

## State-wise Soil Testing Labs (STLs) and their annual analyzing capacity as on March 2019

| S. No.   | State             |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                                 |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Total no. of STLs | Total no. of STLs | Total no. of STLs | Total no. of STLs | Total no. of STLs | Annual Analysing capacity (No.) |
| S. No.   | State             | Static            | Mobile            | Mini Lab          | Village level     | Total             | Annual Analysing capacity (No.) |
| 1        | A&N Islands       | 1                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 1                 | 10000                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 47                | 13                | 1328              | 16                | 1404              | 700000                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 5                 | 3                 | 8                 | 0                 | 16                | 9000                            |
| 4        | Assam             | 9                 | 0                 | 214               | 0                 | 223               | 30000                           |
| 5        | Bihar             | 38                | 9                 | 0                 | 0                 | 47                | 425000                          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 33                | 0                 | 170               | 0                 | 203               | 840000                          |
| 7        | D&N Havelli       | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                               |
| 8        | Goa               | 2                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 2                 | 10000                           |
| 9        | Gujarat           | 81                | 2                 | 230               | 0                 | 313               | 800000                          |
| 10       | Haryana           | 35                | 2                 | 50                | 47                | 134               | 445000                          |
| 11       | Himanchal Pradesh | 11                | 10                | 69                | 0                 | 90                | 150000                          |
| 12       | J&K               | 22                | 12                | 0                 | 0                 | 34                | 110000                          |
| 13       | Jharkhand         | 16                | 3                 | 1300              | 0                 | 1319              | 255000                          |
| 14       | Karnataka         | 98                | 1                 | 6                 | 88                | 193               | 1272200                         |
| 15       | Kerala            | 15                | 13                | 152               | 0                 | 180               | 189500                          |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    | 91                | 10                | 626               | 0                 | 727               | 1200000                         |
| 17       | Maharashtra       | 235               | 20                | 17                | 0                 | 272               | 2270000                         |
| 18       | Manipur           | 4                 | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 7                 | 35000                           |
| 19       | Meghalaya         | 3                 | 3                 | 6                 | 0                 | 12                | 19686                           |
| 20       | Mizoram           | 3                 | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 6                 | 27000                           |
| 21       | Nagaland          | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 3                 | 35000                           |
| 22       | Odisha            | 27                | 12                | 0                 | 0                 | 39                | 330000                          |
| 23       | Puducherry        | 2                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 2                 | 3500                            |
| 24       | Punjab            | 52                | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 55                | 535000                          |
| 25       | Rajasthan         | 101               | 12                | 0                 | 0                 | 113               | 1100000                         |
| 26       | Sikkim            | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 3                 | 34000                           |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu        | 31                | 16                | 0                 | 2                 | 49                | 645000                          |
| 28       | Telangana         | 40                | 4                 | 2050              | 0                 | 2094              | 472987                          |
| 29       | Tripura           | 3                 | 3                 | 100               | 0                 | 106               | 26000                           |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh     | 254               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 254               | 2330314                         |
| 31       | Uttarakhand       | 13                | 0                 | 0                 | 1                 | 14                | 93000                           |
| 32       | West Bengal       | 26                | 8                 | 0                 | 0                 | 34                | 660000                          |
|          | Total             | 1304              | 165               | 6326              | 154               | 7949              | 15062187                        |

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