# Rs 15,000 monthly pension for retired journalist families

- ID: P02-P-01#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p02-p-01-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p02-p-01-2)
- Pillar: 2. Dignified Life and Social Security
- Section: P. Welfare of Journalists and Media Personnel
- Manifesto page: 32
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- Last recorded: 8 Oct 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

A monthly pension of Rs 15,000 will be provided to the families of retired journalists whose annual income is less than Rs 5 lakh.

## Where it stands

First steps taken on 8 Oct 2026.

Monthly pension orders of Rs 15,000 were granted to 23 retired journalists.

**So far:** Monthly pension of Rs 15,000 for 23 retired journalists

**Not yet seen:** Details regarding the remaining eligible families across the state are not yet specified.

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

## Documents behind this

- 8 Oct 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22698: The government granted monthly pension orders to 23 journalists at Rs. 15,000 each. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.813-Hon_ble_I_PR_Minister-Press_Release-Date_08.10.2026.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.