The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly adopted a Bill to include the newly-formed Mayiladuthurai district as a protected agricultural zone.
It also included ‘animal husbandry and inland fishery’ within the ambit of the term ‘agriculture’.
The State government had enacted the Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development Act, 2020 to convert Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, and Tiruvarur districts and a few blocks in Pudukkottai and Cuddalore districts into a Protected Agricultural Zone.