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Soil Health Card Day - February 19

February 20 , 2020 1744 days 1276 0
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme on 19th February, 2015 at Suratgarh in Rajasthan.
  • Fifth year of the launch of the scheme is being observed on the ‘Soil Health Card (SHC) Day’, this year.
  • The scheme aims at issuing soil health cards to all farmers every two years.
  • The card would provide details about the nutritional deficiencies in soil.
  • So that the farmers can supplement the soil with suitable fertilizers and increase the yields.
  • United Nations General Assembly announced that 2015 was the International Year of Soils.

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