<span style="color: #222222;">The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday suspended 9 high-level officers of the agriculture department who were held responsible for anomalies in the soil testing program. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Government also issued directions to lodge FIR against the 4 soil testing firms and to blacklist them for any work in future. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi told AIR in Lucknow that these firms were flouting norms of Government of India for soil testing program and some high-level officials had helped the firms by changing tender rules. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The suspended officers include 2  joint directors, 5  deputy directors and 2 assistant directors. </span><br />''