Hon'ble Prime Minister of India
श्री नरेंद्र मोदी
Sh. Narendra Modi
(Hon'ble Prime Minister)
Hon'ble Minister (MoEF&CC)
श्री भूपेंद्र यादव
Sh. Bhupender Yadav
(Hon'ble Minister)
Hon'ble Minister of State
श्री कीर्तिवर्धन सिंह
Sh. Kirtivardhan Singh
(Hon'ble Minister of State)
Director General (ICFRE)
श्रीमती कंचन देवी
Smt. Kanchan Devi, IFS
(Director General, ICFRE)

36

States & UTs Covered

848

Forest Divisions Participating

43,341+

Sampling Sites

5,18,004+

Soil Samples Analyzed

Forest Soil Health Cards
Number of Sampling Locations
(Forest Divisions) Gallery

About the Project

A pan-India effort to evaluate and enhance forest soil health through standardized, data-driven practices.

The Forest Soil Health Card (FSHC) project is an initiative by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. It is a nationwide research-based program designed to assess, monitor, and improve forest soil health across all forest divisions in India.

The FSHC web portal generates Digital Forest Soil Health Cards based on a consistent method to collect soil samples, testing 12 key parameters, and offering forest division-specific recommendations to improve long-term soil health and productivity in forest ecosystems.

Launched:6ᵗʰ October 2025
Hosted at ICFRE Data Center, Dehradun

Key Features

Tools and Technologies designed to streamline Forest Soil Health Assessment

Bulk Excel Upload

Efficient upload of large-scale sample data

Forest Division-wise Soil Data Repository

Central storage of soil test records by forest division

Digital Soil Health Card Generation

Automated generation of forest-specific health reports

Standard & Degraded Soil Value Mapping

Reference values for non-degraded and degraded soils

Sampling-wise Soil Data Collection

Test data mapped to forest sampling sites

Recommendations

Organic & inorganic input suggestions for soil improvement