# Create self-employment opportunities for poor families

- ID: P02-A-01#4
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p02-a-01-4 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p02-a-01-4)
- Pillar: 2. Dignified Life and Social Security
- Section: A. People's Rights
- Manifesto page: 17
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- Last recorded: 16 Jun 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

Opportunities to pursue self-employment will be created for poor families.

## Where it stands

First steps taken on 16 Jun 2026.

The government began creating self-employment opportunities by providing free sewing machines to 10 individuals.

**So far:** 10 individuals provided with free sewing machines

**Not yet seen:** Wider opportunities for families beyond this initial small group have not been provided.

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

## Documents behind this

- 16 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21975: The government provided free sewing machines to 10 individuals. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.NO.239_-_DIPR_-_Hon_ble_Rural_Development___WRD_Minister_Press_Release_-_Date_-_16.06.2026.pdf))

> 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.