Strategy to Issue Soil Health Card in time bound manner

Introduction Agriculture is the mainstay of Bihar’s Economy contributing about 21% to State GDP & employing 77% of the work force. The State has the natural resources - fertile flat & deep soil, plenty of water & agro climatic conditions-suitable for growing a variety of crops. There are three agro climatic zones in Bihar covered with Plain, Tal, Diara, Rainfed and other areas with various types of soil having different nutrient content. To harness the vast untapped potential in agriculture, Agriculture Road Map is being implemented in the State since 2008. It has given a definite direction & focus to the agriculture development. Under Agriculture Road Map Soil Fertility Management programme is being implemented by the Government of Bihar.

Soil Health Card Scheme - Thurst An exclusive web based software STMS (Soil Test Monitoring System) has been developed for soil health program. It facilitates to impart balanced use of fertilizer to farmers to have not analyzed their soil samples. All analyzed Data of soil sample are uploaded on the website www.biharsoilhealth.com and online-offline (hard copy) SHC generated and issued to farmers. Soil Fertility Map prepared based on the software - data requires up gradation. Up gradation of soil fertility maps the soil sample collection needs to be GPS based. GPS tagging of Soil Samples & automation and mechanization of soil analysis are the future thrust areas for soil testing.

Target and Achievement during 4 years FY Soil Sample Target Soil Sample Collected Soil Sample Analysed Soil Health Card 2011-12 224625 208950 197081 2012-13 359400 246352 231873 2013-14 307081 248713 239930 2014-15 342230 266722 224051 (Under Progress) Note - Soil Health Card is also available on www. biharsoilhealth.com

Content N 187212 (70.19%) P 152058 (57.01%) K 231275 (86.71%) S OC Soil Fertility Status Samples Analyzed during the period (2014-15) : Content Low Medium High Total N 187212 (70.19%) 77669 (29.12%) 1840 (0.69%) 266722 P 112423 (42.15%) 152058 (57.01%) 2240 (0.84%) K 23738 (8.90%) 231275 (86.71%) 11709 (4.39%) S NIL OC 75109 (28.16%) 129387 (48.51%) 62226 (23.33%) EC 263788 (98.90%) 2294 (0.86%) 640 (0.24%) pH 15577 (5.84%) 135735 (50.89%) 115411 (43.27%) Micro-Nutrient Status of Soil Samples Analyzed Micro Nutrient No. of Samples Analyzed Critical Limit (ppm) Low Medium High Zinc 32052 14085 4991 12976 Iron 4825 8622 18605 Manganese 2356 6312 23384 Copper 13810 11686 6556 Boron NIL No. of Water Samples Analyzed : NIL

Future Planning Based on DAC, GOI, guideline for Soil Health Card Scheme has been launched. GPS based Soil Sampling on grid basis with the involvement of farmers and field level staffs. Under the Scheme Soil Health Card will be issued to every farmer in prescribed 3 years of span. Further & continued strengthening of STLs through Capacity Building. Diagnose fertility related constraints and develop Plot level fertilizer recommendation. Promote Soil Test based INM.

Action Plan for SHC Diagnostic Soil Health assessment of farmers field will be taken up periodically so as to issue SHC at least once in 3 years. Norms of Sampling- In the irrigated Areas, samples will be drawn in a Grid of 2.5 ha. In Rain-fed areas sampling will be done in a 10 ha. Grid. Involvement of Science Colleges for Soil Sample analysis after their identification. Distribution- Prompt & time bound distribution of SHC through web based STMS Awareness campaign & display of soil health status at Panchayat Bhawan & e Kisan Bhawan

Annual Action Plan for SHC Scheme - 2014-17 Net Cultivated Area- 63.11 Lakh Ha. Net Irrigated Area- 38.07 Lakh Ha. Net un-irrigated Area- 25.04 Lakh Ha. Total no. of Sample as per Guidelines (GOI) - Type of Land Sampling criteria as per GOI norms Norms of Sampling Total Area No of Samples Irrigated 01 Sample / 2.5 ha. Grid 3806768 1522707 Un-irrigated 01 Sample /10 ha. Grid 2504590 250459 Total 6311358 1773166 Samples per Year 592485 Refree Sample 1% 6000 598485

District wise samples for analysis & tagging with Laboratory Sl District Divisions District wise samples / yr District wise Tagging of Soil testing Laboratory 1 iVuk 18420 STL Patna, MSTL, KVK Patna & Paliganj Vitrani Krishak Samitee. (NGO). 2 ukyUnk 21117 STL Nalanda & Horticulture college Noorsarai & KVK Nalanda 3 Hkkstiqj 23562 STL Bhojpur & KVK Bhojpur 4 cDlj 17367 STL Buxar & Agriculture College Dumrano (proposed new lab) 5 jksgrkl 33011 STL Rohtas,FRRS Rohtas & KVK Rohtas, MSTL (proposed against new sanction) 6 HkHkqvk 21863 STL Kaimur, ARI Patna 7 x;k ex/k 34153 STL Gaya, MSTL & KVK Jamui, KVK Gaya (proposed new lab) 8 vjoy 5239 STL Arwal 21317 STL Aurangabad, MSTL (proposed against new sanction) & KVK Aurangabad (proposed new lab) 9 vkSjaxkckn 10 uoknk 14111 STL Nawada & KVK Nawada 11 tgkukckn 8376 STL Jhanabad 12 lkj.k 18095 STL Saran , MSTL & KVK Saran (proposed new lab) 13 floku 16901 STL Siwan & KVK Siwan (proposed new lab) 14 xksikyxat 13572 STLGopalgang & MSTL (proposed against new sanction)

District wise samples for Analysis & tagging with Laboratory Sl District Divisions District wise soil samples per year District wise Tagging of Soil testing Laboratory 15 eqt¶Qjiqj frjgqr 19238 STLMuzzafarpur,MSTL & TCA Dholi 16 iw0 pEikj.k 25421 STL E. Cham. , KVK Sariya & MSTL (proposed against new sanction), KVK E.Champaran (proposed new lab) 17 i0 pEikj.k 21146 STL W.C., IRS W.C. & KVK W.C. 18 lhrke<+h 18213 STL Sitamadhi & KVK Sitamadhi 19 f'kogj 2691 STL Sheohar 20 oS'kkyh 13104 STL Vaishali &KVK Vaishali 21 yD[khljk; eqxsj 8585 STL Lakhisarai 22 'ks[kiqjk 5367 STL Shekhpura 23 eqaxsj 7041 STL Munger & MSTL 24 teqbZ 5994 STL Jamui 25 [kxfM+;k 11133 STL Khagaria 26 csxwljk; 13055 STL Begusarai & KVK Begusarai

District wise samples for Analysis & tagging with Laboratory Sl District Divisions District wise samples/ yr. District wise Tagging of Soil testing Laboratory 27 njHkaxk 10574 STL Darbhanga &MSTL 28 e/kqcuh 18999 STL Madhubani & RRS Madhubani, MSTL (proposed against new sanction) 29 leLrhiqj 19231 STL Smastipuri, RAU pusa 30 lgjlk dks'kh 11363 STL Saharsa & MSTL 31 lqikSy 14402 STL Supaul & RRS Saharsa 32 e/ksiqjk 13580 STL Madhepura & IRS Madhepura 33 iwf.kZ;k¡ iwf.kZ;kW 19086 STL Purnea & RRS Purnea, MSTL 34 fd'kuxat 7833 STL Kishangang 35 vjfj;k 14796 STL Araria & IRS Araria 36 dfVgkj 18207 STL Katihar, JRS Katihar & MSTL (proposed against new sanction) 37 Hkkxyiqj 11070 STL Bhagalpur & MSTL 38 ck¡adk 15256 STL Banka & KVK Banka ;ksx   592484

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