Soil Health Card Scheme

Relevance: Prelims/Mains: G.S paper II: Polity: Governance

Why in news?

  • Agriculture Minister said soil health card scheme has helped in surplus foodgrains production, and announced that the government will soon launch a mission to boost oilseeds output.
  • He said the soil health is vital to boosting agricultural production and asked farmers to follow the recommendations provided in the card. The vagaries of weather pose a new challenge before the country.

Key highlights:

  • The government is making efforts to set up Soil Testing Labs (STLs) on the patterns of Model Village.
  • Tomar informed that under the scheme, soil health cardsare being provided to all farmers at an interval of two years.
  • The cards contain status of soil health and also soil test based nutrients recommendations for important crops.
  • He appealed to farmers to adopt the recommendations of soil health cards for efficient use of fertilisers and improving farm income.
  • The government will soon launch a Tilahan (oilseeds) mission to make the country self-reliant in oil seed production.
  • During phase I (2015-17), 10.74 crore SHCs were distributed to farmers, while 11.74 crore SHCs were distributed during phase-II (2017-19).
  • The government has spent more than Rs 700 crore on SHC scheme since its launch five years ago.

 

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