The correct answer is a,b and c.

• Soil health card (SHC) :
  • Soil Health Card (SHC) is a Government of India's scheme promoted by the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
  • It is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture of all the State and Union Territory Governments.

• SHC is a printed report that a farmer will be handed over for each of his holdings.
  • It will contain the status of his soil with respect to 12 parameters -
    • Macro-nutrients - Nitrogen(N), Phosphorus(P), Potassium(K) 
    • Secondary-nutrient - Sulfur 
    • Micro-nutrients - Zinc(Zn), Ferrous(Fe), Copper(Cu), Manganese(Mn), Boron (B).
    • Physical parameters - Potential of hydrogen(pH), Electrical Conductivity (EC), Organic Carbon (OC)
  • Based on this, the SHC will also indicate fertilizer recommendations and soil amendments required for the farm.
• How can a farmer use SHC?
  • ​The card will contain an advisory based on the soil nutrient status of a farmer's holding.
  • It will show recommendations on a dosage of different nutrients needed.
  • Further, it will advise the farmer on the fertilizers and their quantities he should apply, and also the soil amendments that he should undertake, so as to realize optimal yields.
• Tag line: ‘Healthy Earth. Green Farm.’

• The government is planning to cover as many as all farmers under the scheme. 
• The scheme will cover all the parts of the country.
• In the form of a Soil card, the farmers will get a report. and this report will contain all the details about the soil of their particular farm.
• A farm will get the soil card once every 3 years.