Lok Sabha Question No. 4043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Mobile Soil Testing Laboratories
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4043

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  MARCH 2025

## MOBILE SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES

## 4043. SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a) the details regarding the total number of samples tested in soil testing laboratories, State wise and district-wise for the State of Andhra Pradesh; (b) the details regarding the total number of farmers benefitted, classified, State-wise and district-wise for the State of Andhra Pradesh; (c) whether the Government has received any proposals for sanctioning more mobile soil

- testing laboratories; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and current status of the proposals, State-wise?

## ANSWER

- THE STATE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR) (a)  &  (b):  Government  is  implementing  Soil  Health  and  Fertility  Scheme  to  assist  State Governments to issue Soil Health Cards (SHCs) to farmers in the country. In cycle-I (201516 to 2016-17) and cycle-II (2017-18 to 2018-19), the soil sampling & testing was done on grid basis i.e 2.5 ha grid in irrigated areas and 10 ha grid in rain-fed area. The details of State-wise soil samples tested  till  date are at Annexure-I .  The  district  wise  data  of  soil samples  tested  and  SHCs  generated/  farmers  benefitted  till  date  as  informed  by  State Government of Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure-II .
- (c) & (d):  In 2024-25, 5 States were sanctioned 25 new labs (Bihar-10, Madhya Pradesh-9, Maharashtra-2, Telangana-2 & Tripura-2).

## Annexure-I

State wise soil samples tested and Soil Health Cards (SHCs) generated/ farmers benefitted informed by State Government of Andhra Pradesh under Soil Health and Fertility Scheme

| S. No.   | States/UTs                           | Samples tested   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar                    | 21609            |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 3858795          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 121018           |
| 4        | Assam                                | 1524928          |
| 5        | Bihar                                | 5101933          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                         | 2066280          |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 5641             |
| 8        | Goa                                  | 76020            |
| 9        | Gujarat                              | 4045344          |
| 10       | Haryana                              | 3594289          |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 325046           |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 762708           |
| 13       | Jharkhand                            | 532945           |
| 14       | Karnataka                            | 4159407          |
| 15       | Kerala                               | 598344           |
| 16       | Ladakh                               | 2298             |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 6391607          |
| 18       | Maharashtra                          | 6175049          |
| 19       | Manipur                              | 63723            |
| 20       | Meghalaya                            | 126604           |
| 21       | Mizoram                              | 42981            |
| 22       | Nagaland                             | 217500           |
| 23       | Odisha                               | 2587650          |
| 24       | Puducherry                           | 21875            |
| 25       | Punjab                               | 1992710          |
| 26       | Rajasthan                            | 6198174          |
| 27       | Sikkim                               | 108945           |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                           | 3774214          |
| 29       | Telangana                            | 2329160          |
| 30       | Tripura                              | 142879           |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 11840107         |
| 32       | Uttarakhand                          | 538276           |
| 33       | West Bengal                          | 3136714          |
| Total    |                                      | 7,24,84,773      |

Annexure-II District wise soil samples tested, Soil Health Cards generated/ farmers benefitted in Andhra Pradesh under Soil Health and Fertility Scheme

| S. No   | Name of the district   | Soil Samples tested   | Farmers benefitted   |
|---------|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | Srikakulam             | 222028                | 1036699              |
| 2       | Vizianagaram           | 187174                | 898466               |
| 3       | Visakhapatnam          | 149116                | 847376               |
| 4       | East Godavari          | 294062                | 976418               |
| 5       | West Godavari          | 306517                | 1008125              |
| 6       | Krishna                | 300925                | 1054653              |
| 7       | Guntur                 | 405980                | 1406063              |
| 8       | Prakasam               | 270345                | 1419299              |
| 9       | Nellore                | 279881                | 942107               |
| 10      | Chittoor               | 201697                | 765115               |
| 11      | Kadapa                 | 204529                | 878486               |
| 12      | Ananthapur             | 337630                | 1350768              |
| 13      | Kurnool                | 374355                | 1349513              |
| 14      | Manyam                 | 15794                 | 15794                |
| 15      | Alluri Sita Ramaraju   | 13754                 | 13754                |
| 16      | Anakapalli             | 27547                 | 27547                |
| 17      | Konaseem               | 24957                 | 24957                |
| 18      | Kakinada               | 26494                 | 26494                |
| 19      | Eluru                  | 33242                 | 33242                |
| 20      | NTR                    | 22007                 | 22007                |
| 21      | Palnadu                | 28221                 | 28221                |
| 22      | Bapatla                | 28083                 | 28083                |
| 23      | Aaanmayya              | 28318                 | 28318                |
| 24      | Thirupathi             | 27874                 | 27874                |
| 25      | Nandyal                | 20579                 | 20579                |
| 26      | Sri Sathya Sai         | 27686                 | 27686                |
| Total   |                        | 38,58,795             | 1,42,57,644          |

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