New Delhi, July 10 -- At the 16th Agriculture Leadership Conclave in New Delhi, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that distributing 25 crore Soil Health Cards and expanding Kisan Credit Card access are key measures to encourage balanced fertiliser use and boost affordable credit availability.

Underlining the sector's central place in the country's development agenda, Goyal stated that millions of farmer families have benefited from the PM-KISAN Samman Nidhi scheme, while the integration of 1,400 mandis with the e-NAM platform has provided farmers with real-time crop pricing and market linkages.

He cited India's global success in the export of basmati rice, spices, fresh fruits and vegetables, floriculture, fi...