# Deliver ration items to the doorsteps of marginalised citizens

- ID: P02-A-06#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p02-a-06-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p02-a-06-1)
- Pillar: 2. Dignified Life and Social Security
- Section: A. People's Rights
- Manifesto page: 18
- Stage: Formal order (A government order or sanction was issued)
- Last recorded: 2 Nov 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

Ration items will be delivered directly to the doorsteps of senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and marginalised people.

## Where it stands

Formal order on 1 Jun 2026.

The government ordered doorstep delivery of ration items for the elderly and disabled across 19 zones of Chennai.

**So far:** Doorstep delivery of essential commodities for elderly and disabled individuals in 19 zones of Chennai.

**Not yet seen:** Coverage for marginalised people is not mentioned in the implementation orders.

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

## Documents behind this

- 2 Nov 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22888: Fair price shop vendors are ordered to distribute essential commodities door-to-door to the elderly and disabled across 19 zones in Chennai on November 4 and 5, 2026. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-PR_No.-968_-Co-operative_Dept___Press_Release-Date_02.11.2026.pdf))
- 3 Sep 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22440: The government has ordered the distribution of essential commodities to the homes of senior citizens over 65 years old and persons with disabilities through 1,346 fair price shops in 19 zones of Chennai on September 5, 7, and 8, 2026. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.No.612_-_Co-operation_Dept_Press_Release_-_Date.03.09.2026.pdf))
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 69: The Government will expand delivery of essential commodities under the Public Distribution System to the doorstep of senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable communities. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=69))
- 2 Aug 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22267: The Cooperative Department has ordered fair price shop retailers to deliver essential commodities to the doorsteps of elderly and disabled beneficiaries in 19 zones of Chennai from August 4 to 6. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-PR_No.-483-_Cooperative_Dept_Press_Release-Date_02.08.2026.pdf))
- 2 Jul 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22086: The Cooperative Department will provide doorstep delivery of essential ration items to elderly and disabled persons in 18 zones of Chennai on July 4 and 6 under the Chief Minister's Thayumanavar scheme. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-PR_No-331-Cooperative_Societies_Press_Release-Thayumanavar_Scheme-Date_02.07.2026.pdf))
- 1 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21857: The government has ordered that essential items be delivered to the homes of the elderly and persons with disabilities in 18 zones of Chennai on June 2 and 3, 2026, through 990 ration shops under the Chief Minister's Thayumanavar Scheme. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.NO.140_-_Cooperative_Department_Press_Release__-_Date_-_01.06.2026.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.