# Implement two schemes to support folk arts and artists

- ID: P01-B-04#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p01-b-04-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p01-b-04-1)
- Pillar: 1. Tamil Identity and Pride
- Section: B. Tamil Language - Culture - Heritage
- Manifesto page: 11
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The TVK government will implement two schemes to encourage folk arts and artists who serve as the cultural roots of the Tamils.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government announced the Folk Artists Livelihood Protection Scheme to select 200 folk art troupes annually.

**So far:** Selection of 200 best-performing art troupes annually

**Not yet seen:** The second promised scheme remains unmentioned in the budget speech.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 81: The Government will introduce a ‘Folk Artists Livelihood Protection Scheme’, under which 200 best-performing art troupes registered with the Folk Artists Welfare Board will be selected each year. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=81))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.