GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR KHARIF CAMPAIGN 2015
GROUP - I
STRATEGY TO ISSUE SOIL HEALTH
CARDS IN TIME BOUND MANNER
(7th – 8th APRIL 2015)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
TELANGANA
Targets & Achievements under Soil Testing
Programme during 2014-15 upto 15th March 2015
Name of the
Item
Target
Achievement
Soil Health Cards
despatched
Soil Samples
for
Macronutrients
99000
103716
95951
Soil Samples
for
Micronutrients
57600
13528
IrrigationWater
samples
8880
8632
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“Soil Health Card” scheme
under NMSA
• The Department of Agriculture has planned
to issue Soil Health Cards to all the farmers
in the State in a phased manner, over a
period of three years.
• This project will be taken up
i) initially in 1/3rd of the villages
ii) rest of 2/3rd villages during subsequent
two years.
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Plan of Action:
Area
Extent (lakh No. of samples to be
collected & analyzed
ha)
Rainfed area 28.80
@ 1 sample for 2.9 lakhs
10 ha
Irrigated area 17.74
@ 1 sample for 7.1 lakhs
2.5 ha
10.00 lakhs
Total
These 10 lakhs samples have to be analyzed
in 3 years @ 3.3 lakh samples per year.
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Budget releases during 2014-15:
• GoI releases: Rs 93.48 lakhs
• Funds released by State: Rs 230.80 lakhs *
* As the budget was released during fag end of the year, bills were not
honored.
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Mode of collection:
• The grid points for collection of soil
samples will be marked by NBSS & LUP
on the digitized cadastral maps.
• According to the grid points MAOs will
collect soil samples.
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Mode of analysis:
• 1.5 lakh samples- will be analyzed by
Departmental STLs
• 1.8 lakh samples - will be analyzed through
private agencies on payment basis.
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• Guidelines issued to the districts for
collection of soil samples
• Soil Health Card (SHC) was designed with
few changes in the original card and
software was also developed for entering
the results in the (SHC) online.
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Efforts to Issue Soil Health Cards in
Time
• Farmer Participatory Approach
• Delivery of Soil Health Cards through
a) Toll Free Number
b) Internet
c) Mobile
d) Kiosks
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Land Resource Inventory of
Telangana
• In addition to Soil Health Card scheme
• Department of Agriculture entered into MoU with NBSS &
LUP
i) To conduct soil survey on 1:10,000 scale
ii) For efficient crop planning and resource management.
• This project is taken on pilot basis in 3 mandals of 3 districts
which will be completed by April 2015.
• The rest of the State will be completed in 4 years commencing
from May 2015 to April 2019 in a phased manner.
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Soil Profile studies of Pilot Mandals
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Soil Profile studies of Pilot Mandals
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Soil Profile studies of Pilot Mandals
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Thank You
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