1. SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, HARYANA

2. SOIL HEALTH-HARYANA Major & Secondary Nutrients:- L M H
Nitrogen : 89.27% % %
Phosphorus : 88.28% % %
Potash : 10.61% % %
Sulphur : 8.32% Deficient
Micronutrients:-
Zinc : 19.70% deficient
Iron : 28.20% deficient
Manganese : 8.90% deficient

3. SOIL TESTING PROGRAMME
Soil Testing services are provided free of cost to the farmers of the State.
ADO’s are given targets for collection of soil samples before sowing of Rabi and Kharif Crops.
The samples are sent to the concerned laboratory for analysis.
Analysis reports with fertilizer recommendations are sent to the extension
workers for follow up action.
Special soil testing campaigns are launched to collect representative
samples.
District wise Digital Fertility maps are prepared and sent to DDAs.
Water samples are also analyzed in the laboratories for assessing its quality.
Targeted 3.55 lakh Soil Health Cards to be provided to the Farmers annually.

6. SOIL AND WATER TESTING SERVICE
Present Set up:-
- 34 Soil & Water Testing Laboratories in the State
Mobile Soil testing Laboratories.
- 22 STLs are equipped for Micronutrient testing.
Soil Parameters being Analysed :-
- pH & EC to check the alkalinity & Salinity in soils for reclamation
- Major nutrient - N: P : K
- Secondary Nutrient-Sulphur
- Micronutrients (Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu)
Capacity :-
- 10,000 soil sample a year of each Laboratory
- Total of 3.55 lac soil samples by all the STLs
soil samples for micronutrients (Zn, Fe and Mn)

7. LOCATIONS OF 34 SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES
MSTL

8. DISTRICT WISE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENT AREAS 2011-12
S.No
Districts
Zn (ha)
Fe (ha)
Mn (ha) 1
Panchkula
30600
29700
19800 2
Ambala
10976
7840
7800 3
Kurukshetrak
37400
49325
5524 4
Karnal
48600
31400
6125 5
Sonipat
21700
53000
8410 6
Panipat
17752
13948
1902 7
Kaithal
62114
63547
9523 8
Hisar
59000
64316
12092 9
Jind
51984
57456
8103 10
Sirsa
98370
112000
5000 11
Fatehabad
45300
63000
4316 12
Rohtak
21684
28350
3203 13
Bhiwani
107079
209900
33000 14
Mohindergarh
66465
123400
10300 15
Rewari
15590
29621
9120 16
Gurgaon
26100
49100
11200 17
Mewat
39354
43102
8340 18
Faridabad & Palwal
38714
36550
8750 19
Yamunagar
2138 20
Jhajjar
23000
24100
9540
Total
8,43,466
11,18,005
1,84,186
Percentage
24%
31%
5.20%

9. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
CREATION OF LOCATION -SPECIFIC INFORMATION (GPS-Based)
Use of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for -
Fertility Maps of each village
Identification of saline & Alkali soils
Web based Application – Inter-active maps
On-line Soil Health Cards on the departmental web-page (
Dissemination is free of cost. 9

10. Preparation of Soil Fertility Map district wise-Nutrient wise
District wise soil fertility maps depicting village level information are available.
GIS maps of all nutrients (major & micro) are prepared based on GP location.
The maps are provided to the all DDAs and uploaded on the Web also.
Village wise as well as farmers Data are also available on the WEB.
19.10 lakh Soil Health Cards have been distributed up to March, 2014

13. Status of Potash in Soils of Haryana

17. GROUND WATER QUALITY-HARYANA
EC BASED 17

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19. CLASSIFICATION OF SALT AFFECTED SOILS
Bhiwani
Jind 19

20. MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH
Promotion of Green Manuring.
Promotion of Summer Moong.
Banning the cultivation of summer Paddy by enacting Legislation.
Management of Crop Residues (Use of Rotavator, Zero Till Machine, Happy Seeder etc.)
Reclamation of Saline and Waterlogged Soils by laying Sub Surface Drainage system.
Balanced use of fertilizers as per recommendations.
Promotion of Bio fertilizers and Single Super Phosphate fertilizer.
Identified critical villages for all the micronutrients.
75% on micronutrients (Zn, Fe & Mn) are provided to the farmers. Demonstrations are being laid under the NPMSHF and ATMA schemes.
Gypsum is being provided to reclaim Alkali Soils as well as to mitigate sulphur deficiency at 50% subsidized rate.

21. IMPROVEMENT IN SOIL HEALTH CARD
Area and crop specific recommendation of fertilizers.
Inclusion of Copper, Boron and Molybdenum.
Categorization of Sulphur and Micronutrients with Low, Medium and High Categories as per recommendation of IISS, Bhopal.

22. Thank You