THEME : Soil Health, Soil Conservartion and Fertilizers

What to do? 1. Always use appropriate fertilizer in right quantity based on soil test. 2. Must use
organic manures to maintain the fertility of soil. 3. In order to get maximum benefit of the fertilizers,
always apply in root zone instead of roadcasting. 4. Resort to judicious and efficient use of Phosphati

Scheme Name

Type of Assistance

Integrated Scheme Supply of gypsum/pyrite/lime/dolomite

of Oilseeds, Pulses, Supply of micro-nutrient elements in deficient
Oil palm and Maize areas
(ISOPOM)
National Food
Security Mission
(NFSM)

Supply of gypsum in wheat

Micronutrients in wheat and pulses

Micronutrients in rice
Lime/ liming materials in rice and lime/
gypsum in pulses

National
Adoption of organic farming
Horticulture Mission Vermi-Compost Unit
(NHM)
National Project on
Organic Farming
(NPOF)

Establishment of compost unit from fruit and

vegetable waste/agricultural waste

Establishment of biofertilizer and/or BioPesticide Unit

THEME : Soil Health, Soil Conservartion and Fertilizers

What to do? 1. Always use appropriate fertilizer in right quantity based on soil test. 2. Must use
organic manures to maintain the fertility of soil. 3. In order to get maximum benefit of the fertilizers,
always apply in root zone instead of roadcasting. 4. Resort to judicious and efficient use of Phosphati

Pattern of Assistance
` 750 per hectare
` 500 per hectare

50% cost plus transportation

limited to ` 750 per hectare
within the package of ` 1000
per hectare admissible for wheat
for gypsum and micro nutrients
together
50% of the cost limited to ` 500
per ha within the package of
`1000 per ha admissible for
wheat and `1250 per ha
admissible in pulses for Gypsum/
lime and micronutrients together
50% of the cost limited to ` 500
per ha
50% of the cost material limited
to ` 500 per ha in rice. Assistance
at 50% cost of the material plus
transportation charges limited to
` 750 per ha in pulses for
lime/gypsum.
` 10,000 per hectare
` 30,000 per unit (for one hectare
area)
Subsidy of 33% on total financial
outlay for 100 TPD (tones per
day) capacity upto a limit of ` 60
lakh (credit linked back ended
subsidy)
Subsidy of 25% on total financial
outlay for 200 tons per year for
maximum limit to ` 40 lakh.

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THEME : Soil Health, Soil Conservartion and Fertilizers

What to do? 1. Always use appropriate fertilizer in right quantity based on soil test. 2. Must use
organic manures to maintain the fertility of soil. 3. In order to get maximum benefit of the fertilizers,
always apply in root zone instead of roadcasting. 4. Resort to judicious and efficient use of Phosphati

Technology Mission
for Integrated
Development of
Horticulture in North
Eastern States,
Sikkim, Jammu &
Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh and
Uttarakhand
(TMNE).

Adoption of organic farming

Vermi-Compost Unit
Polythene Vermi Bed
Promotion of Integrated Nutrient
Management

The National Project Testing of soil samples

on Management of
Soil Health and
Promoting the use of organic manuring
Fertility
Supply of lime/basic slag for reclaiming acidic
Promotion and distribution of micro-nutrient
elements
Setting up of additional soil testing labs by
agri clinics / cooperatives/ private
entrepreneurs etc. under Public Private
Partnership mode.
Setting up of mobile soil testing labs by agri
clinics / cooperatives/ private entrepreneurs
etc. under Public Private Partnership mode.

THEME : Soil Health, Soil Conservartion and Fertilizers

What to do? 1. Always use appropriate fertilizer in right quantity based on soil test. 2. Must use
organic manures to maintain the fertility of soil. 3. In order to get maximum benefit of the fertilizers,
always apply in root zone instead of roadcasting. 4. Resort to judicious and efficient use of Phosphati

` 10,000 per hectare

` 30,000 per unit (for one hectare

area)
` 5,000 per unit
` 1000 per hectare (upto an area
of 4 hectares)

At the minimum rate fixed by

State Govt.
` 500 per hectare
` 500 per hectare @ 25% of cost
` 500 per hectare
50% of project cost limited to
maximum of ` 30 lakh as one
time subsidy
75% of project cost limited to `
30 lakh as one time subsidy