# Financial aid for assistive devices for differently-abled people

- ID: P02-E-03#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p02-e-03-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p02-e-03-1)
- Pillar: 2. Dignified Life and Social Security
- Section: E. Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons
- Manifesto page: 22
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- 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

Financial assistance will be provided to differently-abled persons to purchase essentially needed items such as wheelchairs, spectacles, hearing aids, and walking aids.

## Where it stands

First steps taken on 16 Jun 2026.

The government began distributing wheelchairs and announced assistance for AI-based assistive devices.

**So far:** Wheelchairs for 4 persons and Rs.30,000 subsidy for AI-based devices

**Not yet seen:** The distribution seen so far is 4 wheelchairs in one district.

_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 27: Financial assistance of up to 50 per cent of the cost of equipment, or a maximum of Rs.30,000, will be provided for purchasing modern AI-based assistive devices. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=27))
- 16 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21975: The government distributed wheelchairs to 4 differently-abled persons in Tiruvannamalai district. ([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.