Tuesday 31 July 2018

Fertility of Soil

Fertility of Soil
         A dedicated scheme on “Soil Health Card” has been launched to take care of Soil Health for the first time in a uniform manner to evaluate the soil fertility across the country by the GOI in cooperation with state governments Soil Health Card contains the status of soils with respect to 12 parameters, namely – N, P, K (Macro-nutrients), S (Secondary-nutrients), Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, B (Micro-nutrients) and pH, EC, OC (Physical Parameters). It also provides crop wise fertiliser recommendations. Soil Health Card helps farmers to improve productivity by maintaining soil health. SHC also promotes the judicious use of the fertilisers thus reducing the cost of cultivation. 

         In all, 10.73 crore Soil Health Cards have been distributed during Cycle-I (2015-17) whereas 4.71 crore Soil Health Cards have been distributed to the farmers across the country during Cycle-II (2017-19).
                                            A GPS based unified criteria for Collection of Soil Samples at a grid of 2.5 ha in irrigated and 10 ha in rainfed areas are being adopted throughout the country as per suggestion of ICAR.
To evaluate the extent of nutrient deficiencies in the soils, Soil Fertility Assessment and Nutrient Mapping is being done by the NRSC, Hyderabad, using soil health card data. Besides, based on soil test results available, nutrient maps are also being generated by the NIC which can be drilled down to the block / village and farmer level. Moreover, the ICAR through Indian Institute of Soil Science and All India Coordinated Research Projects (AICRPs) on Soil Test Crop Response (STCR),Micro- and Secondary Nutrients and Pollutant Elements (MSNP) in soils and Plants,Long Term Fertilizer Experiments (LTFE) and Network Project on Soil Biodiversity-Biofertilizers are providing technological backstopping to various schemes related to soil fertility and fertilizer use in the country including Maharashtra. The ICAR imparts training, organises Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) to educate farmers on soil test based balanced and integrated nutrient management through conjunctive use of both inorganic and organic sources (FYM, compost, biofertilizers etc.) of plant nutrients to improve soil fertility.

             A new scheme, “Soil Health Card” for every farmer at an interval of 2 years has been launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 19th February, 2015 with an aim to assist state government and union territory 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 dosages of fertilizers including micro-nutrients, bio-fertilizers, manures as well as soil ameliorants so as to check the declining fertility of agriculture land and improve the fertility of soils to increase productivity across the country including Maharashtra besides enhancing farmers income.

      Government is implementing Soil Health Management and Soil Health Card Scheme to improve soil health and fertility.  Under these schemes financial assistance are provided to State Governments and not farmers directly.  State-wise fund released for the last three years and current financial year is given at Annexure-I & IIrespectively.

      A statement showing state-wise number of soil testing Centres are given at Annexure-III.


     Annexure-I
State-wise Fund Released   under Soil Health Management
 



 
(Rs. In lakh)
Sl. No
State
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Total
Released
Released
Released
Released
Released
1
Andhra Pr.
289.05
652.21
1221.80
1393.06
3556.12
2
Arunachal Pr.
0.00
51.14
17.05
0.00
68.19
3
Assam
102.33
0.00
138.38
0.00
240.71
4
Bihar
151.88
0.00
0.00
0.00
151.88
5
Chhattisgarh
225.00
619.95
124.25
0.00
969.20
6
Goa
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7
Gujarat
0.00
0.00
338.76
0.00
338.76
8
Haryana
0.00
258.07
450.00
0.00
708.07
9
Himachal Pr.
90.60
180.71
56.30
0.00
327.61
10
J & K
25.31
0.00
0.00
0.00
25.31
11
Jharkhand
16.88
337.13
0.00
0.00
354.00
12
Karnataka
292.50
927.16
432.36
711.89
2363.90
13
Kerala
40.48
0.00
0.00
0.00
40.48
14
Madhya Pr.
0.00
3877.14
0.00
0.00
3877.14
15
Maharashtra
319.50
1721.07
0.00
0.00
2040.57
16
Manipur
0.00
0.00
67.50
0.00
67.50
17
Meghalaya
0.00
41.57
0.00
0.00
41.57
18
Mizoram
0.00
44.35
0.00
0.00
44.35
19
Nagaland
40.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
40.50
20
Odisha
196.88
0.00
298.12
114.75
609.75
21
Punjab
0.00
0.00
246.76
11.25
258.01
22
Rajasthan
771.30
0.00
0.00
0.00
771.30
23
Sikkim
15.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
15.00
24
Tamil Nadu
305.76
60.00
0.00
250.13
615.89
25
Telengana
167.50
441.00
802.05
0.00
1410.55
26
Tripura
28.40
288.74
0.00
0.00
317.14
27
Uttar Pr.
838.13
0.00
0.00
0.00
838.13
28
Uttarakhand
19.75
0.00
24.75
48.46
92.96
29
West Bengal
478.13
0.00
0.00
0.00
478.13
30
Puducherry
0.00
50.00
0.00
0.00
50.00
31
FACT Kochi
24.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
24.02
Total
4438.89
9550.22
4218.07
2529.54
20736.72
       


     Annexure-II
State-wise fund released  under Soil Health Card Scheme
     
(Rs. In lakh)
Sl. No
State
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Total
Released
Released
Released
ReleasedReleased
1
Andhra Pra.
457.75
1394.47
1225.67
672.98
3750.87
2
Arunachal Pr.
17.18
37.37
20.79
49.40
124.74
3
Assam
142.07
365.03
0.00
0.00
507.10
4
Bihar
488.17
0.00
0.00
0.00
488.17
5
Chhattisgarh
281.03
342.72
888.12
350.05
1861.91
6
Goa
12.42
0.00
0.00
0.00
12.42
7
Gujarat
603.46
528.69
1990.36
0.00
3122.51
8
Haryana
288.22
0.00
1065.05
800.23
2153.50
9
Himachal Pr.
47.34
29.42
136.34
113.09
326.19
10
J & K
77.16
0.00
0.00
246.54
323.70
11
Jharkhand
53.97
64.18
0.00
0.00
118.15
12
Karnataka
650.25
1029.80
1135.63
835.33
3651.01
13
Kerala
60.93
0.00
0.00
0.00
60.93
14
Madhya Pr.
888.05
1373.54
2669.47
2097.56
7028.62
15
Maharashtra
932.30
1910.73
1066.77
1560.21
5470.01
16
Manipur
17.58
0.00
0.00
0.00
17.58
17
Meghalaya
20.60
0.00
40.26
30.48
91.34
18
Mizoram
13.79
6.15
12.25
17.48
49.67
19
Nagaland
22.46
17.55
0.00
40.03
80.04
20
Odisha
269.89
304.48
451.33
341.96
1367.66
21
Punjab
304.98
0.00
0.00
0.00
304.98
22
Rajasthan
875.79
1108.29
0.00
2109.67
4093.75
23
Sikkim
11.81
0.00
13.51
66.35
91.67
24
Tamil Nadu
469.51
644.92
868.91
964.64
2947.98
25
Telengana
352.92
468.25
705.39
0.00
1526.56
26
Tripura
22.71
59.21
33.48
26.42
141.82
27
Uttar Pr.
1716.42
2442.05
2256.36
2319.31
8734.13
28
Uttarakhand
65.19
144.70
92.54
163.85
466.27
29
West Bengal
480.12
1094.96
591.01
637.18
2803.27
30
Puducherry
0.00
0.00
13.64
0.00
13.64
31
A&N Island
0.00
0.00
0.00
5.78
5.78
32
D&N Haveli
0.00
0.00
0.00
6.26
6.26
Total
9644.07
13366.49
15276.87
13454.78
51742.20
       
Annexure-III

Statement of State-wise number of Soil Testing Labs

Sl. No
State
Number of STLs
1
Andhra Pradesh
97
2
Karnataka
71
3
Kerala
28
4
Tamil Nadu
50
5
Puducherry
2
6.
A & N Islands
1
7.
Telangana
3
8
Gujarat
141
9.
Madhya Pradesh
338
10
Maharashtra
206
11
Rajasthan
114
12.
Chhattisgarh
33
13
Goa
4
14
Haryana
41
15
Punjab
71
16
Uttarakhand
16
17
Uttar Pradesh
291
18
Himachal Pradesh
21
19
Jammu & Kashmir
24
20.
Delhi
1
21.
Bihar
45
22.
Jharkhand
8
23
Orissa
33
24.
West Bengal
36
25.
Assam
15
26.
Tripura
10
27.
Manipur
8
28.
Meghalaya
6
29.
Nagaland
4
30.
Arunachal Pradesh
8
31.
Sikkim
6
32.
Mizoram
6
 Total
1738

This Information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
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