{"id":6434,"date":"2020-02-22T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2020-02-22T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T10:18:00","slug":"soil-health-card-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/soil-health-card-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Health Card Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevance: Prelims\/Mains: G.S paper II: Polity: Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soilha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6439\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soilha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soilha.jpg 385w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soilha-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soilha-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government is making efforts to set up Soil Testing Labs (STLs) on the patterns of Model Village.<\/li>\n<li>Tomar informed that under the scheme, soil health cardsare being provided to all farmers at an interval of two years.<\/li>\n<li>The cards contain status of soil health and also soil test based nutrients recommendations for important crops.<\/li>\n<li>He appealed to farmers to adopt the recommendations of soil health cards for efficient use of fertilisers and improving farm income.<\/li>\n<li>The government will soon launch a Tilahan (oilseeds) mission to make the country self-reliant in oil seed production.<\/li>\n<li>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).<\/li>\n<li>The government has spent more than Rs 700 crore on SHC scheme since its launch five years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soil-health-card-and-its-uses-9-638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6436\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soil-health-card-and-its-uses-9-638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soil-health-card-and-its-uses-9-638.jpg 638w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soil-health-card-and-its-uses-9-638-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/soil-health-card-and-its-uses-9-638-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">For more such<\/span><strong> Notes, Articles, News &amp; Views<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">join our telegram channel:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\" title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Clink the<\/span> <strong>link below<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">to see the details about<\/span> <strong>UPSC-CIVILS Courses<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">offered by\u00a0<\/span><strong>TriumphIAS<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\" title=\"Courses in Triumph IAS\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims\/Mains: G.S paper II: Polity: Governance Why in news? 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