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Conduct free cervical cancer screening for women above 30
Promised in the manifesto
Free cervical cancer screening will be conducted for all women above 30 years of age at primary health centres across Tamil Nadu.
From the manifesto: Porul (Wealth) › 3. Women's Welfare › D. Women's Health and Hygiene, see page 38
Where it standsSaid
Announced on 19 Aug 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.
The government announced free cervical cancer screening for women in five districts.
So far
Screening for 1.22 lakh women in five specific districts.
Not yet seen
The promise covers all women across Tamil Nadu; the record seen names five districts.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 19 Aug 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22356
- HPV DNA screening will be conducted for 1.22 lakh women in Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Perambalur, and Ariyalur districts at a cost of 8 crore 70 lakh rupees.
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.
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