Lok Sabha Question No. 1163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Soil Health Testing Labs
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. 1163

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  DECEMBER, 2024

## SOIL HEALTH TESTING LABS

1163.  SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष और िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  static,  mobile  and  mini  village  soil  testing  labs  that  have  been established in the State of Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) the number of tests that have been conducted by these labs classified district-wise, during the last five years;
- (c) the maximum capacity of these labs classified district-wise;
- (d)  whether  proposals  have  been  submitted  for  establishment  of  new  labs  classified district-wise during the past five years; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI BHGIRATH CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b): The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has informed that the number of static, mobile and mini soil testing labs that have been established and soil sample tests conducted district-wise in the State of Andhra Pradesh are as under:

|   S. No | Name of the District   |   Static Soil Testing Labs |   Mobile Soil Testing Labs |   Mini Soil Testing Labs |   Sample Tested in last 5 years |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | Srikakulam             |                          1 |                          1 |                       60 |                           15549 |
|       2 | Vizianagarm            |                          2 |                          1 |                       54 |                           17123 |

| 3   | Parvathipuram Manyam   | 2   | -   |   30 |   10626 |
|-----|------------------------|-----|-----|------|---------|
| 4   | Alluri Seetharamaraju  | 2   | -   |   44 |    6772 |
| 5   | Visakhapatnam          | -   | 1   |    8 |    8448 |
| 6   | Anakapalli             | 2   | -   |   48 |    9019 |
| 7   | Kakinada               | 2   | 1   |   40 |   10214 |
| 8   | Konaseema              | 2   | -   |   44 |    5270 |
| 9   | East Godavari          | 1   | -   |   36 |   33668 |
| 10  | West Godavari          | 2   | 1   |   38 |   22823 |
| 11  | Eluru                  | 2   | -   |   56 |   10364 |
| 12  | Krishna                | 2   | -   |   50 |   29729 |
| 13  | NTR                    | 2   | 1   |   36 |   10671 |
| 14  | Guntur                 | 1   | -   |   34 |   33954 |
| 15  | Palnadu                | 2   | -   |   56 |   11162 |
| 16  | Bapatla                | 1   | 1   |   50 |   10482 |
| 17  | Prakasam               | 2   | 1   |   76 |   35502 |
| 18  | SPSR Nellore           | 4   | 1   |   74 |   20541 |
| 19  | Chittoor               | 2   | -   |   62 |   23200 |
| 20  | Tirupati               | 2   | 1   |   68 |    9458 |
| 21  | YSR                    | 2   | 1   |   72 |   23872 |
| 22  | Annamayya              | 2   | -   |   60 |   10990 |
| 23  | Kurnool                | 2   | 1   |   50 |   37369 |
| 24  | Nandyal                | 2   | -   |   56 |   10649 |
| 25  | Ananthapuram           | 1   | 1   |   62 |   51505 |
| 26  | Sri Satya Sai          | 2   | -   |   64 |    7559 |
|     | Total                  | 47  | 13  | 1328 |  476519 |

(c): The maximum analysing capacity of the static, mobile and mini soil testing lab is 10000, 5000 and 3000 soil sample per year respectively.

(d) & (e): The  State  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  has  informed  that  due  to revamping of non-functional labs, no proposal for new soil testing lab has been submitted.

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