# Give Rs 5 lakh investment to first-generation entrepreneurs

- ID: P02-B-03#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p02-b-03-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p02-b-03-1)
- Pillar: 2. Dignified Life and Social Security
- Section: B. Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare
- Manifesto page: 19
- 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

Through the Scheduled Caste Entrepreneurship scheme, an investment amount of Rs 5 lakh will be provided to first-generation entrepreneurs from the Adi Dravidar and Tribal communities.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government set aside Rs.75 crore for the Vetri Entrepreneur Scheme.

**So far:** Allocation of Rs.75 crore for the Vetri Entrepreneur Scheme

**Not yet seen:** Specific provision of Rs 5 lakh per individual entrepreneur has not been confirmed.

_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 23: An amount of Rs.75 crore has been allocated for the Vetri Entrepreneur Scheme in the current financial year. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=23))
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 22: The 'Vetri Entrepreneur Scheme' will be implemented to ensure sustainable development and the upliftment of livelihoods among Adi Dravidar and Tribal people. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=22))

> 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.