Minutes of the Video Conference Meeting held on 08.08.2017 with State Governments on the Status of progress of Soil Health Card Scheme

Video Conference Meeting was held on 08.08.2017 with State Governments on the Status of progress of Soil Health Card Scheme. The discussions were mainly taken with states namely Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Assam, Kerala, Maharashtra, Haryana and Gujarat. The points of discussions were:

(i)Status of using Mobile App developed by NIC for 2nd cycle,

(ii)Uploading to be expedited-Status of soil sample uploading and SHCs generated on soil Health Cards Portal,

(iii)Reply by states to letter dated 24.07.2017 regarding information on minilabs,

(iv)STLs information to be send by states

(v)UC of unspent balances

(vi)Reason for reduction of targets from 14 crore to 12 crore SHCs

The state-wise points discussed/feedback isgiven below:

1.Andhra Pradesh: The state has completed the Cycle-I and started Cycle-II. The state has collected 33.79% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample and said to State Official that at least Nodal Officer should present in VC.
  • Physical/Financial report is pending for the year 2016-17 under SHC Scheme. Email sent to State & reply awaited.

2. Kerala: The state has completed the Cycle-I and the state has not sendreport of collection of soil sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19).

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample and JS(INM) invited to Nodal Officer to Delhi for issues of SHCs.
  • The concern official informed that state have 68.30 lakh ha land holding according to 2010-11 census and State informed that they will complete Cycle-I target by 15th August.
  • UC of Rs. 49.79 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, UC of Rs. 60.93 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 100.80 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, UC of Rs. 40.48 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHM Scheme.

3. Gujarat: State has completed 93.06% printing and 93.06% distribution of SHCs for Cycle-I (2015-16 & 2016-17) till date and started Cycle-II. The state has Collected 87.09% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample.
  • UC of Rs. 183.66 lakh for the year 2015-16, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16, UC of Rs. 528.69 lakh for the year 2016-17 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 83.93 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15 and Requested for furnishing year-wise releases, UC, Physical/Financial & State Share prior to 2014-15 and 2014-15 onward under SHM Scheme.

4. Maharashtra: The state hascompleted the Cycle-I and started Cycle-II. The state has Collected 83.32% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample.
  • The concern official reported problem in portal speed.
  • UC of Rs. 167.20 lakh for the year 2016-17 & Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2016-17 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 0.80 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, UC of Rs. 543.00 lakh for the year 2016-17 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2016-17 under SHM Scheme.

5. Rajasthan: State has completed 74.40% printing and 72.02% distribution of SHCs for Cycle-I (2015-16 & 2016-17) till date and started Cycle-II. The state has Collected 44.54% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample. The concern official informed that state will complete Cycle-I by 30th August, 2017.
  • The concern official informed that state have 68.88 lakh ha land holding according to 2010-11 census and state have registered 8.77 lakh soil collection, 8.08 lakh soil testing on portal and also said that they will complete coding of villages within 10-15 days and will send data to the portal.
  • UC of Rs. 785.90 lakh for the year 2015-16, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16, UC of Rs. 679.00 lakh for the year 2016-17 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2016-17 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 305.65 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHM Scheme.

6. Haryana: State has completed 60.96% printing and 34.60% distribution of SHCs for Cycle-I (2015-16 & 2016-17) till date and started Cycle-II. The state has Collected 61.06% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample. The concern official informed that state tender floating being done.
  • UC of Rs. 86.25 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 258.07 lakh for the year 2016-17 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2016-17 under SHM Scheme.

7. Punjab: State has completed 16.57% printing and 16.57% distribution of SHCs for Cycle-I (2015-16 & 2016-17) till date and started Cycle-II. The state has Collected 27.43% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample.
  • The concern state official informed that they have tried to do outsourcing but tender has been rejected. Now there doing agreement with department of Horticulture and Agronomy. The concern state official informed that they will complete soil sample testing of Cycle-I by 31st October, 2017 but JS (INM) directed that soil sample testing of Cycle-I should be completed by the end of September, 2017 and invited the Joint-Director of Punjab to Visit to Delhi for detailed discussion of SHCs Scheme.
  • UC of Rs. 25.81 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, UC of Rs. 279.98 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 121.46 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, and surrendered amount Rs. 99.50 lakh vide DD not received in Ministry Letter under submission along with certificate of Bank under SHM Scheme.

8. Uttar Pradesh: State has completed 41.89% printing and 41.89% distribution of SHCs for Cycle-I (2015-16 & 2016-17) till date and started Cycle-II. The state has Collected 43.52% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample,
  • The concerned person of the state informed that 49.27 lakh soil sample collected, 28.71 lakh data uploaded on the portal, 31.68 lakh sample tested and 91.77 lakh SHCs printed in Cycle-I,
  • The concerned person of the state informed that Cycle-I will be completed by 31st August,
  • State has send reply to the letter dated 24.07.2017 regarding information on Mini Labs,
  • UC of Rs. 1076.66 lakh for the year 2015-16, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16, UC of Rs. 1130.30 lakh for the year 2016-17 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2016-17 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 643.85 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, UC of Rs. 119.47 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHM Scheme.

9. Bihar: Concerned State Officials was absent in VC.State has completed 66.37% printing and 66.37% distribution of SHCs for Cycle-I (2015-16 & 2016-17) till date and started Cycle-II. The state has Collected 28.62% Soil Sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19) till date.

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample.
  • UC of Rs. 10.24 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, UC of Rs. 54.58 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 92.74 lakh for the year 2014-15, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2014-15, UC of Rs. 14.72 lakh for the year 2015-16 and Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2015-16 under SHM Scheme.

10. Assam: Based on e-mail state has completed 10.82% printing and 10.25% distribution of SHCs for Cycle-I (2015-16 & 2016-17) till date and the state has not started the collection of soil sample for Cycle-II (2017-18 & 2018-19).

  • JS (INM) directed to concern State that Mobile app developed by NIC should be used for collecting soil sample and also directed to the state to complete Cycle-I by end of September.
  • Technical Director of NIC informed that State has registered 25,000 soil data on Portal.
  • UC of Rs. 365.03 lakh for the year 2016-17, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2016-17 under SHC Scheme. UC of Rs. 138.38 lakh for the year 2017-18, Physical/Financial & State Share report is pending for the year 2017-18 under SHM Scheme. Justification/feedback for Mini Lab is awaited to release fund during current year.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

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