Report of World Soil Day Celebration on 5Th December 2015 ICAR Institutes, Agricultural Universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendras
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Report of World Soil Day Celebration on 5th December 2015 ICAR Institutes, Agricultural Universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendras In the light of the initiatives of Hon’ble Prime Minister for Soil Health Management as a part of Natural Resource Management in the country, the Deptt. of Agricultural Research and Education, New Delhi is implementing Soil Health Card Scheme for the farmers. The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils (IYS) for raising awareness among the people on the importance of soil in sustaining life support system on earth. Keeping this in view, Indian Council of Agricultural Research celebrated World Soil Day on 5th December 2015 across the country. Necessary instructions were given to ICAR institutes/ Agricultural Universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendras to organize events in a befitting manner creating awareness among the farmers about the importance of soil for healthy life. A total of 607 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 80 ICAR institutions/Agricultural Universities have organized the function inviting dignitaries viz. Hon’ble Union Ministers (10), Governor (01), Chief Ministers (03), MPs (97), MLAs (184) etc. Notable among them are as under. Dignitaries Location Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister BAU, Ranchi of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Sh. Shiv Raj Chauhan, Chief Minister of MP IISS, Bhopal Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh IGKV, Raipur Shri Tathagata Roy, Hon’ble Governor of Tripura ICAR RC for NEH, Agartala Shri Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister, Kerala ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Shri Ram Kripal Yadav, Hon’ble Minister of State ICAR Research Complex for Eastern for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India Region, Patna Mr. Anantha Kumar, Union Minister for Chemicals ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural & Fertilisers Insect Resources, Bangalore Shri. Mohanbhai K. Kundaria, Minister of State for ICAR-DOGR, Pune Agriculture, GOI Shri Vijai Kumar Sampla, MOS, Social, Justice & KVK, Hoshiarpur, Punjab Empowerment, GOI Mr. Joseph Med, Agriculture, Zimbabwe KVK, Jhajhar, Haryana Shri Sudarshan Bhagat, MOS, Rural Development KVK Jhajhar, Haryana Shri Upendra Kushwaha, MOS, Human Resource KVK, Rohtas, Bihar Development A total of 249060 Soil Health Cards were distributed to many farmers on this occasion. Details are enclosed Annexure I, Annexure-II & Annexure-III. Annexure-I Distribution of Soil Health Cards by Krishi Vigyan Kendras World Soil Day – 5th December, 2015 State No of KVKs No of No of soil No. of Public Representatives (including farmers health additional participated cards KVKs) distributed Zone –I 70 17141 13366 Central Minister : 02 MP : 02 Sh. Vijay Kr. Sampla, MLA : 13 MOS (SJE); Sh. Sudarshan Bhagat, Minister of Rural Dev. State Minister : 08 Zone-II 81 32982 21260 Central Minister : 02 MP : 18 State Minister : 08 MLA : 42 Zone-III 77 19152 15267 Hon’ble Governor: 01 MP : 03 Sh. Tathagata Roy MLA: 13 Zone-IV 79 19500 16382 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : Zone-V 69 21596 15088 Central Minister : 02 MP : 11 Sh. Mohanbhai MLA : 21 Kundariya, MOS (Ag) Sh. Hansrajji Ahir, MOS (Chem.& Ferti) State Minister : 04 Zone-VI 71 30319 18577 Central Minister : 02 MP : 22 Sh. Sanwarlal Jat; MLA : 29 Sh. Mansukh Vasava State Minister : 07 Zone-VII 99 63415 108380 Chief Minister : 02 MP : 27 Sh. Shivraj Singh, MLA : 60 Sh. Raman Singh State Minister : 06 Zone-VIII 61 11372 10631 Central Minister : MP : 14 State Minister : 01 MLA : 06 Grand Total 607 215477 218951 Central Minister : 08 MP : 97 Governor : 01 MLA: Chief Minister : 02 184 State Minister : 34 State-wise distribution of Soil Health Cards by Krishi Vigyan Kendras State No of KVKs No of No of soil No. of Public Representatives (including farmers health additional participated cards KVKs) distributed Zone-I Central Minister : 01 MP : 01 Punjab 20 4683 4768 Sh. Vijay Kr. MLA : 01 Sampla, MOS (SJE); State Minister : 02 Haryana 18 7705 4352 Central Minister : 01 MP : Sh. Sudarshan MLA : 07 Bhagat, Minister of Rural Dev. State Minister : 03 Delhi 01 225 250 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : Himachal 12 1437 1393 Central Minister : MP : 01 Pradesh State Minister : MLA : 01 Jammu & 19 3091 2603 Central Minister : MP : Kashmir State Minister : 03 MLA : 04 Total 70 17141 13366 Central Minister : MP : 02 02 MLA : 13 State Minister : 08 Zone-II Central Minister : 01 MP : 13 Bihar 37 15020 10569 Sh. Upendra MLA : 20 Kushwaha State Minister : 04 Jharkhand 23 12989 5953 Central Minister : 01 MP : 02 Sh. Radha Mohan MLA : 15 Singh, Hon’ble AM State Minister : 02 West Bengal 18 4538 4364 Central Minister : MP : 03 State Minister : 02 MLA : 07 AN Islands 03 435 374 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : Total 81 32982 21260 Central Minister : MP : 18 02 MLA : 42 State Minister : 08 Zone-III Central Minister: Nil MP : Nil Arunachal 14 2553 1723 State Minister : Nil MLA : Pradesh Assam 25 6219 5827 Central Minister MP : 02 State Minister MLA: 08 Manipur 09 5589 2250 Central Minister : MP : 01 State Minister : MLA : 02 Meghalaya 05 1357 1263 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : 02 Mizoram 08 1552 1917 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : Nagaland 08 1031 1670 Central Minister: MP : 01 State Minister : MLA :01 Sikkim 04 353 176 Central Minister: MP : State Minister : MLA : Tripura 04 498 441 Hon’ble Governor MP : Sh. Tathagata Roy MLA : Total 77 19152 15267 Hon’ble Governor: MP : 03 01 MLA: 13 Zone-IV Central Minister : MP : 01 Uttar Pradesh 66 16800 13808 State Minister : MLA : Uttarakhand 13 2700 2574 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : 04 Grand Total 79 19500 16382 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : ZONE-V Central Minister : MP : 04 Andhra Pradesh 17 5170 3404 State Minister : MLA : 09 Telangana 12 4317 2388 Central Minister : MP : Pradesh State Minister : MLA : 01 Maharashtra 40 12109 9296 Central Minister : 02 MP : 07 Sh. Mohanbhai MLA : 11 Kundariya, MOS (Ag) Sh. Hansrajji Ahir, MOS (Chem.& Ferti) State Minister : 04 Total 69 21596 15088 Central Minister : 02 MP : 11 State Minister : 04 MLA : 21 Zone-VI Central Minister: 01 MP : 12 Rajasthan 42 14512 10596 (Sh. Sanwarlal Jat) MLA : 17 State Minister : 02 Gujarat 29 15807 7981 Central Minister: 01 MP : 10 (Sh. Mansukh MLA : 12 Vasava) State Minister : 05 Total 71 30319 18577 Central Minister : MP : 22 02 MLA : 29 State Minister : 07 Zone-VII Chief Minister : 01 MP : 14 Madhya Pradesh 46 31572 66775 Sh. Shivraj Singh, MLA : 36 State Minister : 03 Chhatisgarh 20 17565 16981 Chief Minister : 01 MP : 08 Sh. Raman Singh MLA : 18 State Minister : 03 Odisha 33 14278 24624 Central Minister : MP : 05 State Minister : MLA : 06 Total 99 63415 108380 Chief Minister : 02 MP : 27 State Minister : 06 MLA : 60 Zone-VIII Central Minister : MP : 07 Kerala 12 1617 1433 State Minister : 01 MLA : 03 Karnataka 28 6203 5895 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : Tamil Nadu 19 3257 2915 Central Minister : MP : 06 State Minister : MLA : 02 Goa 1 130 250 Central Minister : MP : 01 State Minister : MLA : 01 Puducherry 1 165 138 Central Minister : MP : State Minister : MLA : Grand Total 61 11372 10631 Central Minister : MP : 14 State Minister : 01 MLA : 06 Grand Total 607 215477 218951 Central Minister : MP : 97 08 MLA: Governor : 01 184 Chief Minister : 02 State Minister : 34 ANNEXURE-II List of ICAR institutes distributed Soil Health Card to farmers S. Name of the Institute Venues No. of Soil health No farmers cards attended the distributed functions 1. ICAR-Indian Institute of Auditorium of IISR 480 280 Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 2. ICAR - Central Research KothaThanda 418 308 Institute for Dryland & Gaddamall-aiahguda, Agriculture (CRIDA) Yacharam Mandal, Ranga Hyderabad Reddy dist Telangana 3. ICAR-IINRG Ranchi, ICAR-IINRG Campus - 263 Jharkhand 4. ICAR- Central Coastal ICAR-CCARI Campus - 250 Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa, Goa 5. ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Puttur, Karnataka 213 20 Research, Puttur 6. ICAR RC NEH, Meghalaya Umiam 350 250 7. ICAR RC, Agartala 150 60 Tripura Centre 8. ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi ICAR-IGFRI Campus 82 59 9. ICAR – ICAR Research Campus - 250 Complex for Eastern Region 10. ICAR- IISWC, Dehradun Campus - 250 11. ICAR-IISWC, Research Panchkula, at Plaza Place , 250 250 Centre, Chandigarh Barwala 12. ICAR-Directorate of Soybean Kasturbagram, Indore - 1182 Research, Indore 13. ICAR-National Rice Campus 290 130 Research Institute, Cuttack (Odisha) 14. ICAR- NCIPM Hezamara Village (Tripura) 61 61 15. ICAR-NRC on Pomegranate, Surdi village, Taluka Barshi, - 250 Solapur Dist. Solapur 16. ICAR-IISS, Bhopal Campus 25,000 360 17. ICAR- National Research Campus 350 10 Centre for Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim 18. ICAR-CRIJAF Panchkahania, Haringhata, 300 256 Nadia 19. ICAR-Directorate of Simasi; Taluka-Mendarda; 300 75 Groundnut Research, District-Junagadh Junagadh 20. ICAR-Central Institute for Campus 270 250 Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow 21. ICAR-Central Soil Salinity ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal; 476 294 Research Institute, Karnal- Regional Station, 132001 Lucknow (UP); Regional Station Bharuch (Gujarat) at village Samni (Bharuch district); Regional Station, Canning Town (West Bengal) at Chandkhali village, South 24 Parganas district (West Bengal) 22. ICAR- IIFSR, Modipuram Campus - 260 23. ICAR-Indian Institute of Banswara, Rajasthan, in 250 50 Maize Research, New Delhi collaboration with MPUAT, Udaipur Mehboobnagar (Telangana) 380 35 in collaboration with MPUAT, Udaipur Basireddyapalle (V), Pargi 380 39 (M), Ranga Reddy (D) of Telangana RMR& SPC Guest house 88 59 complex, Vishnupur Begusarai 24. ICAR - National Research Campus 100 100 Centre for Banana, Tiruchirapalli 25. IIWM, Bhubaneswar Khurda, Odisha 265 250 26. ICAR-NBSS&LUP, HQrs, Manikpur village, Warud 200 100 Nagpur Teshil, Amravati district, Maharashtra 27. ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Regional Thondagerekaval village, - 500 Centre, Bangalore Tumkur District, Karnataka 28. ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Regional Titauli, tehsil, district 350 125 Centre, Delhi Rohtak, Haryana Buraka and Panchgaon of 150 125 Tauru Tehsil, district Mewat, Haryana 29.