🔆Celebrating a Decade of Soil Health Cards: Swasth Dharaa, Khet Haraa ✅Soil Health Card Scheme was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19th February, 2015 at Suratgarh, Rajasthan. The scheme was launched to assist State Governments to issue soil health cards to all farmers in the country. ✅Soil health card provides information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with recommendation on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility. ✅The Soil Health Card Portal (soilhealth.dac.gov.in) facilitates generation of Soil Health Cards for the benefit of farmers in uniform and standardized format across country in all major languages and 5 dialects 📍Key Objectives & Technological Advancements: ✅Capacity building of district and state level staff for promotion of nutrient management practices ✅Strengthen the functioning of soil testing laboratories and associated Infrastructure ✅To promote soil test based nutrient management across the country 📍Expanding Soil Health Initiatives: ✅Village-Level Soil Testing Labs (VLSTLS) were introduced in 2023 to encourage individual entrepreneurs to set up soil testing units ✅ The School Soil Health Programme, launched in collaboration with Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, ICAR, and Department of School Education & Literacy, educates students on soil conservation