There is good news for unemployed people living in rural areas. Actually, farmers can earn a lot by opening a soil testing center in their village. The government also gives subsidy for this, so there is no tension about the cost involved in it.
According to the chairman of the Ballia-based Bhoomi Parikshan Laboratory, “Soil testing is a very important process for farmers, in which our agriculture department employees go and bring the farmers’ soil to the laboratory. On the basis of soil testing, farmers know what type of fertilizer to put in the field, so that there can be good production on that soil. Every year we get a target of soil testing from the UP government.”
Any farmer or farmer’s son who has studied BSc Agriculture can open this village level soil testing center. Under this scheme, they are given a subsidy of ₹ 2,00,000. The benefits of this scheme can be availed on the basis of first come first serve.
Source: News 18
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