Soil Health Cards issued to over 17 lakh farmers in Haryana

The Haryana government has issued Soil Health Cards to 17.87 lakh farmers, so far, in the state to make farming more effective by taking right type of crops and inputs for better yields.
The farmers in the state will have facility to search for the agriculture-related information online based on soil-mapping of their villages or areas.
Haryana has emerged as a model state in the country by mapping soil fertility for each village, a Haryana Agriculture Department official said.
He said that based on the fertility mapping, the department has initiated a series of steps to address the criticality of soil health in the state.

The subsidy has been hiked to 75 per cent from 50 per cent on micro-nutrients such as zinc sulphate, ferrous sulphate and manganese sulphate.
"As many as 20 soil testing laboratories equipped for micro-nutrients testing have been set up in the State. Apart from this, three Mobile Soil Testing labs are operational in the state. So far, 1.5 lakh soil samples have been analysed annually for micro-nutrients," he added.