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Unveiling what helium described arsenic a “superstar” manifesto for the coming Tamil Nadu Assembly election, DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) promised a ₹8,000 coupon to each “non-Income Tax paying” homemakers to bargain immoderate physics location appliance of their prime from the nearest stores.
The manifesto, released astatine the enactment office Anna Arivalayam in Chennai, sought to onslaught a equilibrium betwixt payment schemes backed by capable fiscal enactment and superior governmental issues specified arsenic federalism, Centre-State relations, and the imposition of Hindi.
On the 1 hand, it promised to popularise the Justice Kurian Committee study connected Centre-State relations, and connected the other, it announced a big of incentives.
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Claiming that the DMK’s manifesto had ever been the “hero” of elections, Mr. Stalin said the Illatharasi scheme — which volition allow homemakers to bargain oregon regenerate household appliances, including washing machine, refrigerators, mixers, grinders, ovens, induction stoves and tv sets — would beryllium the “heroine” of the 2026 election. “The manifesto volition participate the fray arsenic a superstar,” helium said.
All promises kept
Asked whether the authorities had the funds to enactment specified a scheme, helium said akin doubts were raised successful 2021, but the DMK authorities kept each its promises and besides implemented schemes not promised successful the manifesto.
He said the authorities would mobilise resources for the implementation of payment schemes and infrastructure projects launched successful the past 5 years and make funds done peculiar fiscal absorption measures.
Reiterating its committedness to securing Tamil Nadu’s owed stock from the Centre, successful accordance with the recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission, the manifesto said efforts would beryllium made to place deserving beneficiaries by reducing unnecessary expenditure. “We person achieved double-digit growth,” helium said, thanking the manifesto drafting committee headed by DMK Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi.
The manifesto besides proposes to widen the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme up to Class 8, for the payment of an further 15 lakh students.
Monthly close assistance to beryllium increased
Mr. Stalin said the monthly close assistance for 1.31 crore women beneficiaries of the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai would beryllium accrued to ₹2,000 from ₹1,000. The old-age pension would beryllium raised from ₹1,200 to ₹2,000, portion persons with disabilities would person ₹2,500.
The income ceiling for the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme would beryllium ₹5 lakh a twelvemonth and the security sum would beryllium accrued to ₹10 lakh.
The manifesto promised to conception five lakh new houses implicit the adjacent fewer years nether the Kalaignar Kanavu Illam scheme, successful summation to 10 lakh houses nether an municipality lodging improvement scheme. It besides projected lodging for Sri Lankan Tamils and the operation of caller houses to regenerate the damaged ones.
10,000 caller buses
Mr. Stalin besides announced the instauration of 10,000 caller buses implicit the adjacent 5 years, arguing that the ‘Dravidian Model’ government’s Vidiyal Payanam had played a important relation successful the socio-economic improvement of women.
The manifesto besides projected schemes for farmers, including the installation of motors without meters for those receiving escaped electricity. This would payment 20 lakh farmers. It promised to summation the procurement terms to ₹3,500 for a quintal of paddy and ₹4,500 for a tonne of sweetener cane. A full of 10,500 km of the C and D class irrigation canals successful the Cauvery delta districts, on with 5,000 km of canals successful different districts, would beryllium desilted.
The enactment besides promised to summation the fiscal assistance for fishermen during the sportfishing prohibition play to ₹12,000 from ₹8,000, portion peculiar alleviation during the low-catch play would beryllium raised to ₹9,000 from ₹6,000.
Milking machines
As milking cows has go a hard task for farmers, the DMK projected a strategy to administer milking machines to suppliers crossed 3,000 beverage cooperative societies. To guarantee a just terms for beverage producers, the enactment said the procurement terms would beryllium accrued by ₹5. To enactment cattle care, 24-hour veterinary clinics would beryllium established successful each districts. Loans for maintaining cattle would beryllium accrued to ₹5,000 from ₹3,000.
The manifesto promised to treble the dialysis machines astatine each authorities hospitals.
As the colonisation summation has emerged arsenic a large contented successful cities and suburban areas, the manifesto promised to make ‘global cities’ near Tiruchi, Madurai, Coimbatore, and Salem.
Stating that ports are the engines of economical growth, the enactment said caller insignificant ports would beryllium developed, on with improvements to infrastructure and interconnectivity. The ports at Nagapattinam and Cuddalore would beryllium upgraded to world-class standards.
Cargo terminal astatine Thoothukudi
Pointing retired that the enlargement of the Coimbatore airport remained a non-starter adjacent aft onshore acquisition, the manifesto said the enactment would impulse the Centre to commence work. “As Thoothukudi is emerging arsenic the concern superior of southbound Tamil Nadu, the publication of ports, railways, and the airdrome is crucial. A cargo terminal volition beryllium established in Thoothukudi, arsenic the airdrome has already been expanded,” the manifesto said.
Promising to clasp a Classical Tamil Conference successful Chennai with the information of planetary Tamil scholars and linguists, the manifesto said it would property the Centre to assistance Indian citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamils surviving successful the State for galore years.
Promising to marque Tamil Nadu a State with zero schoolhouse dropout, the manifesto said a peculiar Act would beryllium brought successful for the extortion of children. “We volition make a kid payment State,” it said.
