Summary: For the year 2016-17, the Centre and the state to spend over Rs 40.50 crore to distribute the soil health cards. "The Soil Health Card will empower the farmers with the knowledge of chemical characteristics of the soil, level of the nutrients and deficiencies. Once registered, the farmer can keep a track of the following in the portal: The components of the programme are-Test Results by Soil Testing Labs, Fertilizer and Nutrients Recommendations, Soil Health Card generation and MIS module for monitoring progress. KOLHAPUR: The state government gave administrative approval to distribute Soil Health Card for the year 2016-17 to the farmers from the state. The central government had launched the programme of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) couple of years ago. The mission is aimed to at providing better farming techniques to the farmers.

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