ibps-so 2016 · Question 353 of 394

The district consultative committee has asked the lead bank to report on the progress of the scheme under which every landholding in the country is to be issued a card carrying its soil test values for the primary and secondary nutrients and for the micronutrients, together with a crop-wise fertiliser recommendation, the card being renewed once in three years. The branches are to link their crop loan appraisals to the recommendation printed on the card, so that the fertiliser component of the loan is sanctioned on the basis of the test rather than on the borrower's habit. The lead bank's note has to open with the number of cards distributed in the country as the position stands at present, and the gure has been queried once already because a draft placed it in the tens of crores, which is well beyond the total number of holdings covered so far under the rst cycle of the scheme. The number of Soil Health Cards distributed so far is

1. A1.05 crore
2. B2.15 crore
3. C3.10 crore
4. D4.25 croreCorrect
5. E6.50 crore