Lok Sabha Question No. 3314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Soil Health Cards
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3314

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2023

## SOIL HEALTH CARDS

3314. SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of farmers who have been provided with Soil Health Cards in Andhra Pradesh;

(b)  the  number of Soil Health Testing Laboratories established and functioning in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;

(c) the details of number of farmers who got their soil tested in the centres during the last three years, district-wise; and

(d) the benefits of getting a soil test for the farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a):      Total numbers of 1,35,91,963 Soil Health Cards have been provided to farmers in Andhra Pradesh.
- (b): Total sixty (60) numbers of soil testing laboratories have been established in Andhra Pradesh. The district-wise details of Soil Testing laboratories are at Annexure-I.

(c): The details of number of farmers who got their soil tested in the centres during the last three years, district-wise are at Annexure-II.

(d): The  Soil  Health  Card  scheme  under  National  Project  on  Soil  Health  and  Fertility launched in the year 2015 with an aim to assist the States/Union Territories to provide Soil Health Cards for all farm holdings across the country. Soil health card provides information to the farmers on fertility status of their soils to enables them to apply soil health card based recommended  balanced  doses  of  fertilizers  in  an  integrated  way  in  conjunctive  use  of chemical  fertilizers,  organic  fertilizers  and  bio-fertilizers  so  as  expected  to  reduce  the consumption of chemical fertilizers and increase use of organic sources of plant nutrients which in turn improve the soil fertility as well as nutrient use efficiency.

## Annexure-I

District-wise details of Soil Testing laboratories functioning in Andhra Pradesh

| S. No   | Name of the district   |   Number of soil testing laboratories |
|---------|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Srikakulam             |                                     2 |
| 2.      | Vizianagarm            |                                     3 |
| 3.      | Parvathipuram Manyam   |                                     2 |
| 4.      | Alluri Seetharamaraju  |                                     2 |
| 5.      | Visakhapatnam          |                                     1 |
| 6.      | Anakapalli             |                                     2 |
| 7.      | Kakinada               |                                     3 |
| 8.      | Konaseema              |                                     2 |
| 9.      | East Godavari          |                                     3 |
| 10.     | West Godavari          |                                     1 |
| 11.     | Eluru                  |                                     2 |
| 12.     | Krishna                |                                     3 |
| 13.     | NTR                    |                                     2 |
| 14      | Guntur                 |                                     1 |
| 15.     | Palnadu                |                                     2 |
| 16.     | Bapatla                |                                     2 |
| 17.     | Prakasam               |                                     3 |
| 18.     | SPSR Nellore           |                                     5 |
| 19.     | YSR                    |                                     3 |
| 20.     | Annamayya              |                                     2 |
| 21.     | Kurnool                |                                     3 |
| 22.     | Nandyal                |                                     2 |
| 23.     | Ananthapuram           |                                     2 |
| 24.     | Sri Satya Sai          |                                     2 |
| 25.     | Chitoor                |                                     3 |
| 26.     | Tirupati               |                                     2 |
| Total   | Total                  |                                    60 |

Annexure-II Details of district-wise number of farmers who got their soil tested during the last three years,

| S.No.   | District      |   Soil sample tested during 2019-20 to 2021-22 |
|---------|---------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Srikakulam    |                                           5305 |
| 2.      | Vizianagarm   |                                           7210 |
| 3.      | Visakhapatnam |                                           6300 |
| 4.      | East Godavari |                                          22368 |
| 5.      | West Godavari |                                          12657 |
| 6.      | Krishna       |                                          18952 |
| 7.      | Guntur        |                                          23625 |
| 8.      | Prakasam      |                                          25271 |
| 9.      | Nellore       |                                          12708 |
| 10.     | Chittoor      |                                          12677 |
| 11.     | Kadapa        |                                          12082 |
| 12.     | Ananthapur    |                                          40782 |
| 13.     | Kurnool       |                                          26550 |
|         | Total         |                                         226487 |

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