# Conduct free cervical cancer screening for women above 30

- ID: P03-D-03#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p03-d-03-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p03-d-03-2)
- Pillar: 3. Women's Welfare
- Section: D. Women's Health and Hygiene
- Manifesto page: 38
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 19 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

Free cervical cancer screening will be conducted for all women above 30 years of age at primary health centres across Tamil Nadu.

## Where it stands

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 release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_TNLA.NO.010_-_Hon_ble_CM_Assembly_110_Statement_-_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Dept_Announcements_-_Date_-_19.8.2026.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.