Horticulture department officials urge State government to drop UATT 2.0

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 Horticulture section  unit   signifier    protestation  connected  Madurai Collectorate field  connected  Thursday.

Horticulture section unit signifier protestation connected Madurai Collectorate field connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY G

Demanding the Tamil Nadu authorities to instantly driblet the UATT 2.0 (Uzhavar Aluvalar Thodarbu Thittam) oregon Farmer Officer Contact Programme, the officials from the Department of Horticulture said that it would successful nary mode assistance the farmers successful the State.

The State-wide onslaught by the Horticulture section employees was to gully the attraction of the argumentation makers and Chief Minister M. K. Stalin.

Speaking to media persons, the members said connected Thursday that the Horticulture section was established successful 1979 and determination was a full of 94 lakh acre harvest sum successful the State. Many farmers especially, those with marginal sections, benefited overmuch owed to the predominant enactment and counsel fixed by the horticulture section officials connected the fields.

The gross earned, thus, was besides higher by 20 times oregon much than the accepted crops specified arsenic paddy and different commodities.

Under specified circumstances, the thought of UATT 2.0 would pb to dilution of the intent and the farmers whitethorn basal to suffer successful the agelong run. The authorities should recognize that lone those with horticulture inheritance successful world tin springiness sustained counsel to the growers which would amended their earnings.

The government’s determination to enactment successful different section officials would lone pb to disorder and frankincense the program should beryllium scrapped.

Published - November 20, 2025 09:34 p.m. IST

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