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Celebration for ‘World Soil Day’ on 5th December, 2015 1. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of Rural Development (RD),

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MOEF&CC) and Department of Fertilizers (DOF) have jointly prepared a plan of action for celebration of the World Soil Day to raise awareness on healthy soils.

2. An Inter-Ministerial Committee has been set up to coordinate the various

activities of World Soil Day and detailed programmes of events to be organized. 3. The event is organized at the national, state, district, block and village levels. The

Union Agriculture Minister and Ministers of State are participating at the functions organized in the states of Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand. Several Union Ministers and all Members of Parliament of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been invited for participation in the event across the country.

4. The 80th Convention of Soil Science is celebrating a national level event at

Bengaluru. The ICAR is organizing farmers’ meetings, workshops on soil health and soil resources and distribution of soil health cards across its 539 Centres/ Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs).Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) is devoting one session to ‘Soil Health Enhancement’ in its Annual Seminar 2015 on 3rd December, 2015. The session will discuss, Soil Resources and Sustainable Development, Fertilizers and Soil Health, Harnessing Potential of Soil Microorganisms and Industry Initiatives for Sustainable Soil Management.

5. State Governments are organizing two weeks long campaign to spread the

message on Soil Health Management. About one crore Soil Health Cards will be distributed to the farmers across the country by December 31, 2015 beginning with World Soil Day.

6. At the state level, State Chief Ministers and Agricultural Ministers are addressing

farmers’ meetings and distributing Soil Health Cards to them. In some states workshops are organized to exchange best practices in the balanced use of fertilizers.

7. The District Collectors are leading the ‘Healthy Soils Campaign’ with the

involvement of Krishi Vigyan Kendras and active participation of the people’s representatives of Union and the States. Farmers, members of SHGs/VOs and Mahila Kisaan of Shashaktikaran Pariyojana will participate in the occasion. Some films on balance use of fertilizers, soil health card, waste to compost etc. will be screened. Fertilizer Companies and 9 PSUs under Department of Fertilizers are organizing awareness activities for farmers in districts and villages.

8. Programmes are finalized at the district, block and village level in various states. Banners / posters will be displayed at prominent places in rural area and fertiliser dealer / retailer sale points. Canopy campaign at prominent / strategic places and puppet shows are organized. Promotional material is ready for distribution among farmers along with SMSs and video spots. Agriculture fair and exhibition are organized in various districts.

9. Soil Health Card campaign across the country will be organized through print

advertisements in local and national newspapers at 15 days interval starting 5th December, 2015. Video spots and radio jingles will be telecast from 2nd December and at an interval of 15 days after 5th December, 2015. Farmer’s education programmes will be telecast on the day.

Activities on ‘World Soil Day’

Jharkhand 1. State Government is organizing a state programme at Ranchi,a target kept to

distribute 60,000 cards on ‘World Soil Day’ to farmers. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Chatra (NICRA) 2. Dhanbad 3. Dumka 4. East Singhbhum (NICRA) 5. Garawha 6. Bokaro 7. Jamtara 8. Lohardaga 9. Pakur 10. Palamau (NICRA) 11. Sahibganj 12. West Singhbhum 13. Saraikela 14. Simdega 15. Latehar 16. Koderma(NICRA) 17. Deoghar 18. Hazaribag 19. Ranchi 20. Godda(NICRA) 21. Gumla(NICRA)


Maharashtra 1. State Government is organizing a state programme at Jalgaon,a target kept to

distribute 10 lakh cards on ‘World Soil Day’ to farmers 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Ahmednagar 2. Ahmednagar (Dahigaon) 3. Akola (Udegaon) 4. Amaravati(Durgapur) 5. Amaravati(Ghatked) 6. Aurangabad 7. Aurangabad (Gandheli) 8. Beed 9. Beed (Khamgaon) 10. Bhandara 11. Buldhana 12. Buldhana (ARS) 13. Chandrapur 14. Dhule 15. Gadchiroli 16. Gondia 17. Hingoli 18. Jalgaon 19. Jalgaon (Mumurabad Farm) 20. Jalna 21. Kolhapur 22. Latur 23. Nagpur 24. Nanded 25. Nanded (Sagroli) 26. Nandurbar 27. Nashik 28. Nashik (Malegaon) 29. Osmanabad 30. Parbhani 31. Pune 32. Pune (Narayangaon) 33. Raigadh 34. Ratnagiri

S. No. Name of the KVK 35. Sangli 36. Satara 37. Satara (Borgaon) 38. Sindhudurg 39. Solapur 40. Solapur (Mohol) 41. Thane 42. Wardha 43. Washim 44. Yavatmal


Uttarakhand

1. State Government is organizing a state programme at Haridwar in which Hon’ble

CM will distribute cards to the farmers,a target kept to distribute 1 lakh cards on ‘World Soil Day’ to farmers.

2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. TehriGarhwal 2. Champawat 3. Almora 4. Chamoli 5. Haridwar 6. PauriGarhwal 7. Rudraprayag 8. Nainital 9. Pithouragarh 10. Dehradun 11. U.S. Nagar 12. Uttarkashi 13. Bagheshwar


Punjab

1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 1 lakh

cards on ‘World Soil Day’ to farmers 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Amritsar 2. Bathinda 3. Faridkot 4. Fatehgarh Sahib 5. Ferozepur 6. Gurdaspur 7. Hoshiarpur 8. Jalandhar 9. Kapurthala 10. Ludhiana 11. Moga 12. Muktsar 13. Nawanshahar 14. Ropar 15. Sangrur 16. Tarntaran 17. Mansa 18. Patiala 19. Barnala 20. Mohali


Rajasthan 1. State Government is organizing special training in 9000 Gram Panchayats and a

target to distribute 4 lakh cards on ‘World Soil Day’ to farmers 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Bikaner-I

2. Jhujhunu

3. Jaisalmer-I

4. Srigaganagar

5. Bikaner-II

6. Jaisalmer -II

7. Churu-II

8. Sikar

9. Bharatpur

10. Ajmer

11. Alwar-I

12. Dholpur

13. Dausa

14. Jaipur-II

15. Jalore

16. Nagaur-I

17. Nagaur-II

18. Barmer-II

19. Jodhpur-II

20. Sirohi

21. S. Madhopur

22. Karauli

23. Kota

S. No. Name of the KVK 24. Bundi

25. Jhalawar

26. Baran

27. Banswara

28. Bhilwara

29. Dungarpur

30. Chittorgarh

31. Rajsamand

32. Pratapgarh

33. Hanumangarh-II

34. Barmer-I

35. Udaipur

36. Churu-I

37. Jaipur-I

38. Tonk

39. Hanumangarg-I

40. Alwar-II

41. Jodhpur-I

42. Pali

43. Kutch-II

44. Panchmahal


Gujarat 1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 6 lakh

cards on ‘World Soil Day’ to farmers. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Banaskantha-I

2. Banaskantha-II

3. Sabarkantha

4. Anand

5. Dahod

6. Ahmedabad

7. Dangs

8. Tapi (Vyara)

9. Navsari

10. Narmada

11. Surat

12. Rajkot-I

13. Jamnagar

14. Porbandar

15. Amreli

16. Surendranagar

17. Pipalia-Rajkot-II

18. Gandhinagar

19. VAlsad

S. No. Name of the KVK 20. Kheda

21. Patan

22. Kutch-I

23. Vadodara

24. Bharuch

25. Mehsana

26. Junagadh

27. Bhavnagar


Madhya Pradesh 1. State Government is organizing a state programme in which Hon’ble CM Madhya

Pradesh will participate,a target to distribute 1 lakh cards on ‘World Soil Day’ to farmers.

2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Balaghat

2. Betul

3. Chhatarpur

4. Chhindwara

5. Damoh

6. Dindori

7. Harda

8. Hoshangabad

9. Jabalpur

10. Katni

11. Mandla

12. Narsinghpur

13. Panna

14. Rewa

15. Sagar

16. Seoni

17. Shahdol

18. Sidhi

19. Tikamgarh

20. Umaria

21. Ashoknagar

S. No. Name of the KVK 22. Badwani

23. Bhind

24. Datia

25. Dewas

26. Dhar

27. Guna

28. Gwalior

29. Jhabua

30. Khandwa

31. Khargone

32. Mandsaur

33. Morena

34. Neemuch

35. Rajgarh

36. Shajapur

37. Sheopur

38. Shivpuri

39. Ujjain

40. Burhanpur

41. Indore

42. Raisen

43. Ratlam

44. Satna

45. Sehore

46. Bhopal


Chhattisgarh

1. State Government is organizing a state programme at Raipur,a target to


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Balrampur

2. Baster

3. Bhatapara

4. Bijapur

5. Bilaspur

6. Dantewada

7. Dhamtari

8. Durg

9. Gariyaband

10. JanjgirChampa

11. Jashpur

12. Kanker

13. Kawardha

14. Korba

15. Korea

16. Mahasamund

17. Narayanpur

18. Raigarh

19. Rajnandgon

20. Sarguja


Odisha

1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 1.2 lakh


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Angul

2. Balasore

3. Bargarh

4. Bhadrak

5. Bolangir

6. Boudh

7. Cuttack

8. Deogarh

9. Dhenkanal

10. Gajapati

11. Ganjam

12. Ganjam- II

13. Jagatsinghpur

14. Jajpur

15. Jharsuguda

16. Kalahandi

17. Kandhamal

18. Kendrapara

19. Keonjhar

S. No. Name of the KVK 20. Khurda

21. Koraput

22. Malkangiri

23. Mayurbhanj

24. Mayurbhanj-II

25. Nabarangpur

26. Nayagarh

27. Nuapada

28. Puri

29. Rayagada

30. Sambalpur

31. Sonepur

32. Sundargarh

33. Sundergarh- II


Karnataka

1. The National level 80th Convention of Soil Science being organized at Bengaluru. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Bangalore Rural

2. Belgaum-I

3. Bidar

4. Bijapur

5. Chamarajnagar

6. Chickmagalur

7. Chitradurga

8. Gadag,

9. Haveri

10. Gulbarga-I

11. Hassan

12. Kodagu

13. Koppal

14. Mandya

15. Mysore

16. Raichur,

17. Shimoga

18. Tumkur-I

19. Udupi


Tamil Nadu



S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Coimbatore

2. Cuddalore

3. Dindigul

4. Erode

5. Kancheepuram,

6. Kanyakumari

7. Karur

8. The Nilgiris

9. Madurai

10. Nagapattinam,

11. Namakkal

12. Pudukottai

13. Ramanathapuram

14. Salem

15. Shivagangai

16. Tiruvarur

17. Trichy

18. Thiruvallur

19. Vellore


Kerala

1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 20,000


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Alleppey

2. Calicut

3. Ernakulam

4. Kannur

5. Kasaragod,

6. Kollam

7. Palghat

8. Kottayam

9. Malappuram

10. Pathanamthitta


Goa

1. State Government is organizing a state programme. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. North Goa


Telangana

1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 8.5 lakh


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Adilabad 2. Karimnagar 3. Karimnagar (Ramgirikilla) 4. Khammam 5. Mahaboobnagar 6. Mahaboobnagar (Palem) 7. Medak 8. Nalgaonda (Kampasagar) 9. Nalgonda 10. Nizamabad 11. Ranga Reddy 12. Warangal 13. Warangal (Mamnoor)


Andhra Pradesh



S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Anantapur 2. Anantapur (Kalyandurg) 3. Chittoor 4. Chittoor (Kalikiri) 5. East Godavari 6. East Godavari

(Pandirimamidi)* 7. Guntur(Lam) 8. Kadapa 9. Krishna 10. Krishna (Ghantasala) 11. Kurnool (Banavasi) 12. Kurnool 13. Nellore 14. Prakasam 15. Srikakulam 16. Visakhapatnam 17. Vizianagaram 18. West Godavari 19. West Godavari

(Venkataramnagudem)*


Uttar Pradesh

1. State Government to help SAUs/ KVKs in organizing function in the campus as

code of conduct has been enforced due to election. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Bahraich 2. Ballia 3. Basti 4. Mau 5. Varanasi 6. Siddharthnagar 7. Faizabad 8. Gorakhpur 9. Maharajganj 10. Sonbhadra 11. Azamgarh 12. Barabanki 13. Balrampur 14. Chandauli 15. Jaunpur 16. SantKabir Nagar 17. Ambedkar Nagar 18. Jhansi 19. Rai Bareli 20. Fatehpur 21. Aligarh 22. Kannauj 23. Etawah 24. Mainpuri 25. Kanpur (Dehat) 26. Mahoba 27. Firozabad 28. Hamirpur 29. LakhimpurKheri 30. Farrukhabad 31. Jalaun 32. Lalitpur 33. Hardoi 34. Banda 35. Mahamaya Nagar 36. Mathura 37. Bijnor 38. Rampur 39. Badaun

S. No. Name of the KVK 40. Saharanpur 41. Ghaziabad 42. Sahajahanpur 43. Meerut 44. Muzaffarnagar 45. Pilibhit 46. Baghpat 47. Moradabad 48. G.B. Nagar 49. Bulandshahar 50. Sultanpur 51. Etah 52. Mirzapur 53. Gonda 54. Chitrakoot 55. Allahabad 56. Pratapgarh 57. Unnao 58. Bareilly 59. Lucknow 60. Gazipur 61. Agra 62. Kushinagar 63. St. Ravidas Nagar 64. Deoria 65. Sitapur 66. Sitapur-II 67. Kaushambi 68. Auraiya


Tripura

1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 1,000


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. North Tripura 2. South Tripura 3. West Tripura


Sikkim 1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 65,000


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. East Sikkim 2. North Sikkim 3. South Sikkim 4. West Sikkim


Nagaland

1. State Government is organizing a state programme. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Dimapur 2. Kohima 3. Mokokchung 4. Mon 5. Phek 6. Tuensang 7. Wokha 8. Zunhebeto


Mizoram 1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 25,000


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Aizawl 2. Champai 3. Kolasib 4. Lawngtlai 5. Lunglei 6. Mamit 7. Saiha 8. Serchipp


Meghalaya 1. State Government is organizing a state programme,a target to distribute 10,000


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. East khasi hills

2. Jaintia hills

3. Ri-bhoi

4. West garo hills

5. West khasi hills


Manipur 1. State Government is organizing a state programme. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Bishnupur 2. Churachandpur 3. Imphal East 4. Imphal West 5. Senapati 6. Tamenglong 7. Thoubal


Assam 1. State Government is organizing a state programme at Guwahati,a target to


S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Barpeta 2. Cachar 3. Chirang 4. Darrang 5. Dhemaji 6. Dhubri 7. Dibrugarh 8. Goalpara 9. Golaghat 10. Hailakandi 11. Jorhat 12. Kamrup 13. Karbianglong 14. Karimganj 15. Kokrajhar 16. Nagoan 17. Nalbari 18. North lakhimpur 19. Sibsagar 20. Sonitpur 21. Tinsukia 22. Udalguri 23. Baksa 24. Morigaon 25. Bongaingaon


Arunachal Pradesh 1. State Government is organizing a state programme. 2. Event is organized in following KVKs:

S. No. Name of the KVK 1. Anjaw 2. Changlang 3. East siang 4. Lower dibang valley 5. Lower subansiri 6. West siang

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