Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Soil Health Card Scheme


Launch Date:  17.2.2015
Objective: To help farmers improve productivity by issuing them soil health card completely free of cost, this can be renewed every three years. Soil Health Cards to be issued to all farmers by 2018
Achievements:
  • 6.93 crore soil Health Cards distributed.
  • 2.80 crore soil samples collected till 25.4.2017.
  • Under Soil Health Management Scheme, Rs. 840.52 crores released to the States during 2014-17 against Rs.27.76 crores during 20011-14
  • Under Soil Health Cards Scheme, Rs.253.82 crores released to the states during 2014-17
  • 9063 Soil Testing Laboratories including 8572 Mini Labs sanctioned to the States between 2014-17 against 15 during 2011-14.

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