Lok Sabha Question No. 2370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Soil Health Cards
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2370

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 rd  AUGUST, 2021

## SOIL HEALTH CARDS

2370 . SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण

मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) across the country;
- (b) various States in the country including Maharashtra and Gujrat; and

the  total  number  of  farmers  who  have  been  provided  Soil  Health  Cards  so  far under  Soil  Health  Management  Scheme  to  enhance  the  agriculture  production the number of soil health testing laboratories established for the testing of soil in

- (c) the number of farmers who have opted for soil testing in the various districts of the country during the last three years and the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a): The total number of farmers provided soil health cards under Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme is as under:

- i.  During Cycle-I (2015-17) - 10.74 crore.
- ii.  During Cycle-II (2017-19) - 11.97 crore.
- iii.  Model Village Programme (2019-20) - 19.64 lakh.

(b): The number of soil  testing  laboratories  established  in  various  States  including Maharashtra and Gujarat is at Annexure - I .

(c): The State-wise number of farmers who opted for soil testing during the last three years is given at Annexure - II .

## State-wise number of Soil Testing Labs

| S. No.   | Name of State/ UT   | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   | Total no. of STLs   |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/ UT   | Static              | Mobile              | Mini Lab            | Village level       | Total               |
| 1        | A&N Islands         | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 1                   |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 47                  | 13                  | 1328                | 5                   | 1393                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 5                   | 3                   | 0                   | 0                   | 8                   |
| 4        | Assam               | 10                  | 0                   | 216                 | 0                   | 226                 |
| 5        | Bihar               | 38                  | 9                   | 1                   | 23                  | 71                  |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh        | 33                  | 0                   | 111                 | 5                   | 149                 |
| 7        | D&N Haveli          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 8        | Goa                 | 2                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 2                   |
| 9        | Gujarat             | 81                  | 0                   | 230                 | 30                  | 341                 |
| 10       | Haryana             | 35                  | 0                   | 0                   | 34                  | 69                  |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh    | 11                  | 9                   | 69                  | 0                   | 89                  |
| 12       | J&K                 | 20                  | 12                  | 0                   | 0                   | 32                  |
| 13       | Jharkhand           | 47                  | 0                   | 3164                | 0                   | 3211                |
| 14       | Karnataka           | 96                  | 1                   | 6                   | 263                 | 366                 |
| 15       | Kerala              | 22                  | 12                  | 0                   | 0                   | 34                  |
| 16       | Ladakh              | 2                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 2                   |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh      | 78                  | 7                   | 503                 | 1                   | 589                 |
| 18       | Maharashtra         | 209                 | 26                  | 48                  | 0                   | 283                 |
| 19       | Manipur             | 1                   | 0                   | 16                  | 2                   | 19                  |
| 20       | Meghalaya           | 3                   | 3                   | 8                   | 0                   | 14                  |
| 21       | Mizoram             | 3                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 3                   |
| 22       | Nagaland            | 11                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 11                  |
| 23       | Odisha              | 30                  | 30                  | 314                 | 0                   | 374                 |
| 24       | Puducherry          | 2                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 2                   |
| 25       | Punjab              | 69                  | 4                   | 0                   | 0                   | 73                  |
| 26       | Rajasthan           | 101                 | 12                  | 0                   | 0                   | 113                 |
| 27       | Sikkim              | 3                   | 0                   | 0                   | 14                  | 17                  |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu          | 36                  | 16                  | 0                   | 0                   | 52                  |
| 29       | Telangana           | 22                  | 4                   | 2050                | 0                   | 2076                |
| 30       | Tripura             | 1                   | 2                   | 100                 | 0                   | 103                 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh       | 254                 | 0                   | 0                   | 6                   | 260                 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand         | 13                  | 0                   | 0                   | 1                   | 14                  |
| 33       | West Bengal         | 26                  | 8                   | 0                   | 0                   | 34                  |
|          | Total               | 1312                | 171                 | 8164                | 384                 | 10031               |

Annexure-II

## State-wise number of farmers opted Soil Testing during last three years

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar |      3894 |      1007 |      3000 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |   3462629 |    226487 |         0 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |     10266 |      5432 |        53 |
| 4         | Assam             |   1157702 |     67493 |         0 |
| 5         | Bihar             |   4151316 |    123866 |    305223 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      |   2811066 |     65341 |       387 |
| 7         | D&N Haveli        |      2838 |         0 |         0 |
| 8         | Goa               |      6282 |     11043 |      6854 |
| 9         | Gujarat           |   4372845 |     63591 |         0 |
| 10        | Haryana           |   2497185 |     30261 |     18972 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh  |     56433 |     19613 |      5168 |
| 12        | J & K             |    546930 |     56357 |    159890 |
| 13        | Jharkhand         |    320914 |     14572 |         0 |
| 14        | Karnataka         |     38538 |     40442 |     40104 |
| 15        | Kerala            |    773204 |    171207 |    118022 |
| 16        | Ladakh            |     16500 |      2103 |         0 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh    |   5388000 |    127000 |    133000 |
| 18        | Maharashtra       |   2792042 |    201837 |         0 |
| 19        | Manipur           |     10357 |     10357 |     10010 |
| 20        | Meghalaya         |    139741 |     45286 |      8531 |
| 21        | Mizoram           |     11986 |      2119 |         0 |
| 22        | Nagaland          |     12000 |     27304 |         0 |
| 23        | Odisha            |    925635 |    431418 |     52056 |
| 24        | Puducherry        |        53 |        32 |        64 |
| 25        | Punjab            |    580000 |    580568 |     19196 |
| 26        | Rajasthan         |     73660 |     23104 |     33347 |
| 27        | Sikkim            |      3300 |      2936 |         0 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu        |   3533971 |    101144 |     32750 |
| 29        | Telangana         |    472987 |    110664 |    165527 |
| 30        | Tripura           |     18034 |     15602 |      9519 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh     |  17472000 |    255517 |     20000 |
| 32        | Uttarakhand       |    445556 |     13645 |      6700 |
| 33        | West Bengal       |    612500 |      4520 |         0 |
| Total     | Total             |  52720364 |   2851868 |   1148373 |

Note: - During 2020-21, soil testing was done by states under state programme (except Uttar Pradesh).

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