Is Soil Health Card the Magic Pill for Agricultural Woes?

by Arshi Aadil and Vijay Ravi
Apr 18, 2017
1 min

This note focusses on the Soil Health Cards , introduced by GOI for farmers in 2016 under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture to promote judicious use of fertilisers amongst the farming community.

One of the most common reasons for declining agricultural productivity is deteriorating soil quality due to over-use of chemical fertilisers which are easily available at subsidised rates. The Government of India introduced Soil Health Cards (SHC) for farmers in 2016 under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture to promote judicious use of fertilisers amongst the farming community.