• India, Mr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari

1. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Item 1
GSP developments of
regional interest
Ms. Lucrezia Caon
NENA Soil Partnership coordinator
India updates
S.K.Chaudhari
Deputy Director General(NRM)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
National focal point for India

2. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 1
 Prepared soil resource maps of the country (1:1 million scale), states (1:250,000 scale)
and 55 districts (1:50,000 scale); soil degradation map of the country (1:4.4 million scale)
& state soil erosion maps(1:250,000 scale)
 Developed 84 model watersheds with location specific soil and water conservation
measures.
 Developed a portable soil test kit/mini lab (Mridaparikshak) to supplement soil testing
service in the country. The kit is useful in analysing soil samples for the purpose of
distributing soil health cards to farmers.
 Developed Integrated Nutrient Management packages for major cropping systems .
 Prepared geo-referenced soil fertility maps for 20 states & ready reckoners for soil test
based fertilizer recommendations.
 Developed sandune stabilization and shelterbelt plantation technologies to check wind
erosion & desertification.
 Developed cost effective liming technology for amelioration of acid soils, reclamation
technology for salt affected soils and sub-surface drainage technology for waterlogged
saline soils.
Soil Management

3. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 2
 National Mission on Soil Health Card
 Soil Health Management of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA)
 Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS)
 Watershed Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
 Reclamation and Development of saline, alkali, acid and ravine land under
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
Awareness

4. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
What did your country do on the World Soil Day?
 Farmers’ Awareness
Camps
 Students’ March
 School Competitions
 Soil and Water Testing Camps
 National Seminars/
Symposiums/ Conferences
 Dialogues with fertilizer
companies
 Policy Discussions
 Road Shows
 Video display in public places
 Fertilizer Campaigns

5. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 3
Name of the Scheme/projects Major research activities
NBSSLUP, Nagpur with five regional stations at Bangaluru, Kolkata, Delhi,
Udaipur and Jorhat for different regions.
Soil survey and soil resource mapping for
efficient and sustainable agricultural land
use plan.
IISWC, Dehradun with 8 regional stations at Kota ,Agra, Vasad, Ooty,
Chandigarh, Bellary, Datia and Koraput.
Land degradation due to soil erosion, Soil
and Water Conservation-Watershed
Management,
IISS, Bhopal including AICRP on Micro Sec. & Pollutants, Soil Test Crop
Response, Long Term Fertilizer Experiments, Network project on Soil
Biodiversity-Biofertilizers and CRP on Conservation Agriculture
Soil health Management and acid soil
management
CSSRI, Karnal with three regional stations at Lucknow (saline soil), Canning
Town (coastal salinity) and Bharuch (saline Vertisols).
AICRP on Salt Affected Soil and Use of Saline Water in Agriculture
Management of salt affected soils
(waterlogged saline soils) and utilization of
sodic ground water.
CAZRI, Jodhpur with Regional Stations at Bikaner (hyper arid zone), Pali
(semi arid), Jaisalmer(hot desert), Bhuj (Ran of katch) and Leh (cold desert).
Managing desertification and resilience of
arid land..
CCARI, Goa Coastal salinity
Research

6. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 4
Information & data
 Krishi Portal https://krishi.icar.gov.in/
 Bhoomi Geo Portal (https://www.nbsslup.in/bhoomi/
 Fertility Index Maps(DAC)
 Fertility Maps (Micronutrients)
 E- ATLAS Micronutrients

7. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Main activities implemented in the country
under Pillar 5
 As per the harmonized database, the extent of land degradation in the
country is 120.4 million ha comprising of 82.6 million ha under water
erosion, 12.0 million ha under wind erosion, 24.7 million ha under
chemical degradation and 1.0 million ha under physical degradation.
Harmonization

8. 6th Asian Soil Partnership MEETING | 4-5 February 2021
Thank you so
much