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 , 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 , 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 , MOS, Human Resource KVK, Rohtas, 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 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. ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Regional Agradoot Sporting Club 347 250 Centre, Kolkata Ground, Bali Islands, Gosaba Block, South 24- Parganas, West Bengal 30. ICAR-NBSS & LUP, Bahphalagaon village, North 300 250 Regional Centre, West Jorhat Development Jamuguri Road, Rawriah, Block, Jorhat district, Assam Jorhat

31. ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Kerala University Senate 1500 1767 Research Institute, Hall, Thiruvananthapuram, Sreekariyam, Kerala 32. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chadayamangalam, Kollam 45 Dt., Kerala 33. Pidavoor, Punalur, Kollam 120 Dt., Kerala 34. Kottarakkara, Kollam Dt., 50 Kerala 35. Kundara, Kollam Dt., 52 Kerala 36. ICAR- CIARI, Port Blair, Sippighat, South Andaman 150 149 37. Andaman and Nicobar Nimbudera, North & Middle 101 101 Islands Andaman

38. ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundry CTRI RS, Hunsur, Mysore 140 250 dt, Karnataka 39. ICAR – Directorate of Weed Pipraudh, Katni district 500 65 40. Research, Jabalpur Hiratikkur, Mandla district 350 65 41. Simariya, Narasinghpur 250 69 district 42. Nagan Deori, Seoni district 150 55 43. Directorate of Mushroom Campus 200 185 Research, Chambaghat, Solan 44. CPRI, Shimla Village Cheog, Tehsil 70 70 Theog, Distt Shimla 45. CPRI Regional Centre, CPRIC, Modipuram 150 102 CPRIC, Modipuram Campus 46. CPRI Regional Centre, CPRS, Piprakothi, East Champaran 500 250 Patna (Bihar) 47. CPRI Regional Centre, CPRS, CPRS, Jalandhar Campus 115 110 Jalandhar 48. ICAR Research Complex for Campus 400 200 49. Eastern Region, Patna Lalganj, Buxar 300 250 50. ICAR-IISR, Kozhikode Peruvannamuzhi, 125 125 Kozhikode 51. ICAR- National Bureau of College of Agriculture, 200 30 Agricultural Insect University of Agricultural Resources, Bangalore Sciences, Bangalore 52. ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal Campus/Jamunia Village - 110

53. ICAR-DOGR Narayangaon 250 250 54. ICAR-National Research ICAR-NRC on Litchi 110 100 Centre on Litchi, Musahari, Campus Muzaffarpur, Bihar 55. ICAR-Indian Institute of ICAR-IIWBR campus - 277 Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 56. ICAR-Central Agroforestry ICAR-CAFRI Campus 100 44 Research Institute, Jhansi (UP) 57. ICAR-VPKAS, Campus, VPKAS,Almora 131 265 Almora 58. NIASM, Baramati Nandurpar, Navapur 500 263 59. ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur Campus - 300 60. ICAR-CAZRI Regional Campus - 250 Centre Bhuj 61. ICAR-CAZRI Regional Campus - 250 Centre Pali 62. Total 13203 Annexure-III List of State Agricultural Universities distributed Soil Health Card to farmers

Sr. Name of the Institute Venues No. of farmers Soil Health No attended the Cards . functions distributed 1. BAU, Ranchi Campus - 500 2. CCS, HAU, Hisar Village Kharawar, - 250 District Rohtak 3. BHU, Varanasi Campus 60 4. Dr.YSRHU, Campus 535 250 Venkataramannagudem 5. CAU, Imphal Pyllun, Meghalaya 350 310 6. College of Fisheries, 43 - CAU(I), Lembucherra, Tripura 7. CAU CAEPHT, CAU, 30 30 Ranipool, Sikkim 8. College of Post Pyllun, Meghalaya 350 310 Graduate Studies (CAU- Imphal), Umiam, Meghalaya 9. Navsari Agricultural Chasvad, 1017 60 University, Navsari Dist.-Bharuch 10. Agricultural Research - 20 Station, Tanchha, Dist.-Bharuch 11. Agricultural Experiment 157 50 Station, NAU, Paria, Ta: Pardi, Dist: Valsad 12. Professor & Head, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, 570 40 Department of Navsari Agril. Chemistry, N.M. College of Agriculture, NAU, Navsari 13. Research Scientist, 35 Department of Soil Science, NAU, Navsari 14. Research Scientist, 50 Soil & Water Management Research Unit, NAU, Navsari 15. Associate Professor, 40 Dept of Soil Science, Aspee College of Horticulture &Forestry NAU, Navsari 16. Programme Coordinator, 70 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, NAU, Navsari 17. Programme Coordinator, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, 700 40 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vyara, Dist.-Tapi Vyara, Dist.-Tapi

18. Research Scientist, Farmers Training Centre, 550 65 Main Cotton Research Bardoli, Dist.-Sura Station, Athwa lines, NAU, Surat 19. Programme Krishi Vigyan Kendra, 598 30 Coordinator, NAU, Waghai Krishi Vigyan Kendra, NAU, Waghai, Dist.-Dang 20. CSK Himachal Pradesh Campus 125 50 Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur 21. Anand Agricultural Campus 550 550 University 22. UttarBanga Krishi ATIC Hall of UBKV , 300 300 Viswa Vidyalaya Pundibari, CoochBehar, (UBKV) West Bengal 23. RVSKVV, Gwalior Different centres of 15331 13391 RVSKVV(Campus) 24. Dr.B.S.konkan Krishi Village Sakhloli, Tal. 250 31 Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dapoli Distt. Ratnagiri, Distt. Ratnagiri, M.S. 25. PJTSAU, Telangana KVK and Auditorium, 500 250 RARS, Palem , Mahabubnagar dt 26. PJTSAU, Telangana Integrated Collectorate 200 200 Complex, Sangareddy 27. PJTSAU, Telangana ARS, Adilabad 300 250 28. PJTSAU, Telangana Basirddyapalle village in 100 39 Pargi mandal of Ranga Reddy dt 29. PJTSAU, Telangana Polkampally village in 380 35 Vangur mandal of Mahabubnagar Dist. 30. PJTSAU, Telangana Gram Panchayat Office 120 100 Ground, Polasa Village of Jagtial mandal, Karimnagar Dist. 31. PJTSAU, Telangana Buddaram village of 115 115 Nelakondapally mandal of Khammam district 32. PJTSAU, Telangana KVK, Malyal 250 151 33. PJTSAU, Telangana Peddagollagudem 100 60 Village, Dammapeta Mandal, Khammam 34. PJTSAU, Telangana RSRRS, Rudrur, 1000 250 Nizamabad 35. PJTSAU, Telangana KVK Kampasagar, 320 284 Nalgonda 36. PJTSAU, Telangana DAATTC, Nalgnda 25 10 Total 16906

Hon’ble Agriculture Minister at BAU, Ranchi Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture at KVK Narayangaon in Pune

Hon’ble Chief Minister,Chhattisgarh at IGKVV, Raipur. Hon’ble Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh at IISS, Bhopal

Shri Sudarshan Bhagat MoS Rural Development along with Dr. Joseph Med, Minister of Agriculture, Zimbawe at KVK Jhajhar, Haryana.