From today, soil health cards will be given to farmers under a nationwide drive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this today while underlining the government's commitment to make the soil healthier.<br/> <br/>Prime Minister said in tweet, On World Soil Day Government reaffirms its commitment to making the soil healthier. When soil is in good heath, farmers get more wealth. PM added, soil health card is an endeavour to provide guidance to farmers on soil-related issues.<br/> <br/>PM had launched soil health card scheme in February this year with an aim of checking deteriorating soil quality and increase farm productivity. Under the scheme, soil health cards are proposed to be given to all 14.5 crore farmers in the country in next three years. The cards will carry crop-wise recommendation of fertilisers required for farm lands, thereby helping farmers in identifying health of soil and judiciously use soil nutrients.<br/> <br/>As per the scheme guidelines, samples are to be collected and tested in a grid of 2.5 hectare in irrigated areas and 10 hectare in rainfed areas. The scheme assumes importance as the imbalanced application of fertilisers have caused deficiency of soil nutrients in most parts of country.