Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Progress of Soil Health Card
Posted On:
17 MAR 2017 5:50PM by PIB Delhi
Progress of Soil Health Card
The Government has introduced Soil Health Card Scheme in all States/UTs with an aim to assist all State Governments to evaluate fertility in all farm holdings across the country and issue soil health cards to farmers regularly in a cycle of 2 years. Soil Health Cards provide information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with recommendations on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility.
Against the target of 2.53 crore soil samples, the States have collected 2.71 crore samples and tested 2.05 crore samples to print about 11 crore soil health cards. As on 14.03.2017, 5.66 crore cards have been distributed to farmers. State-wise details are given below.
A study conducted by National Productivity Council (NPC) in 2016 has shown that 84% of farmers have expressed that they have applied the nutrients recommendations suggested in soil health card that have proven to be beneficial to them in reducing the cost of cultivation and improving productivity of crops.
State-wise number of soil samples collected, analysed and number of soil health cards issued to farmers.
|
Sl.No.
|
State
|
Total soil samples target for 2015-16 & 2016-17
|
Soil samples
|
Total soil health card target for 2015-16 & 2016-17
|
Soil Health Card issued
|
|
Collected
|
Tested
|
|
I.
|
SOUTH ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1348382
|
1491304
|
1374653
|
7455204
|
4355143
|
|
2
|
Karnataka
|
1665765
|
1675090
|
1484491
|
9210012
|
3553732
|
|
3
|
Kerala
|
127585
|
219922
|
155843
|
705420
|
199272
|
|
4
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1274536
|
1269784
|
1262281
|
7046911
|
5537237
|
|
5
|
Telangana
|
1034678
|
1023188
|
975680
|
5720737
|
2807095
|
|
II.
|
WEST ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
1589236
|
3334235
|
3050832
|
8786883
|
2414631
|
|
7
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
2313977
|
2315843
|
1825478
|
12793976
|
4387336
|
|
8
|
Maharashtra
|
2347121
|
2614912
|
2424000
|
12977232
|
10105000
|
|
9
|
Rajasthan
|
2308013
|
2343000
|
1217000
|
12761005
|
3210000
|
|
10
|
Chhattisgarh
|
703691
|
776174
|
730573
|
3890709
|
3516045
|
|
11
|
Goa
|
25000
|
25000
|
25000
|
25000
|
20372
|
|
III.
|
NORTH ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
788670
|
788670
|
788670
|
4360555
|
448260
|
|
13
|
Punjab
|
835526
|
534820
|
295779
|
4619621
|
635277
|
|
14
|
Uttarakhand
|
135738
|
128342
|
119318
|
750494
|
567178
|
|
15
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
4770399
|
4846592
|
2370896
|
26391089
|
7258903
|
|
16
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
69635
|
91947
|
89897
|
385011
|
456606
|
|
17
|
J & K
|
165318
|
100142
|
65160
|
914044
|
127633
|
|
IV.
|
EAST ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
Bihar
|
1308778
|
1394248
|
828436
|
7236233
|
2866557
|
|
19
|
Jharkhand
|
115302
|
115302
|
91506
|
637507
|
180968
|
|
20
|
Odisha
|
668635
|
651607
|
546791
|
3696881
|
1617978
|
|
21
|
West Bengal
|
1300349
|
1080000
|
669000
|
7189629
|
2024000
|
|
V.
|
NE ZONE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
20532
|
20262
|
19001
|
113523
|
9670
|
|
23
|
Assam
|
278707
|
181041
|
51119
|
1540968
|
139150
|
|
24
|
Manipur
|
20713
|
9719
|
6380
|
114522
|
5351
|
|
25
|
Meghalaya
|
39372
|
37958
|
34372
|
209561
|
47213
|
|
26
|
Mizoram
|
11986
|
12412
|
9216
|
11986
|
8216
|
|
27
|
Nagaland
|
33423
|
24995
|
20675
|
184797
|
17700
|
|
28
|
Sikkim
|
13217
|
13217
|
13217
|
46000
|
27000
|
|
29
|
Tripura
|
32736
|
33000
|
33000
|
180998
|
78334
|
|
VI.
|
Union Territories
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
1405
|
2176
|
2176
|
7799
|
1918
|
|
31
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
2162
|
0
|
0
|
12000
|
0
|
|
32
|
Puducherry
|
3530
|
4736
|
4736
|
19594
|
1261
|
|
33
|
Chandigarh
|
277
|
544
|
0
|
277
|
0
|
|
Total
|
25354394
|
27160182
|
20585176
|
139996178
|
56625036
|
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Parshottam Rupala, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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