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Soil Health Degradation in India
March 4 , 2026
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- The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) released a report titled “Healing Soils in India: For Better Crop Health and Human Nutrition.”
- Primary causes of soil degradation include overuse of urea, intensive farming, monocropping, residue burning, and water stagnation in rice fields.
- India loses about 5.3 billion tonnes of topsoil every year, along with 5.4–8.4 million tonnes of nutrients due to erosion.
- Soil degradation reduces the crop nutrient absorption, lowers crop quality, and causes hidden hunger in children due to deficiencies in zinc, iron, and other micronutrients.
- The government promotes soil health through schemes like the Soil Health Card Scheme, PM-PRANAM, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, and Neem-Coated Urea.
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