All promises › Youth Welfare › Employment and Skill Development
5 lakh youths to benefit from Vettri Thozhil Payirchi annually
Featured by the party
Promised in the manifesto
5 lakh youths will benefit from the Vettri Thozhil Payirchi initiative every year.
From the manifesto: Porul (Wealth) › 4. Youth Welfare › A. Employment and Skill Development, see page 39
Where it standsIn the budget
In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.
The government set aside funds for the Vetri skill training initiative aiming to reach five lakh youth annually.
So far
Skills training for 12 lakh college students and 1 lakh unemployed youth
Not yet seen
It is not yet clear if the annual target of five lakh beneficiaries will be met.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speechRevised Budget speech 2026-27, page 17
- The Government will introduce the 'Vetri Skill Training Scheme' to provide industry-aligned skilling to 12 lakh college students and 1 lakh unemployed youth.
- Internship training programmes will be provided in collaboration with Government and private industries to 20,000 youth in the first phase.
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speechRevised Budget speech 2026-27, page 66
- TN-Vetri will be implemented with an annual financial allocation of Rs.6,000 crore.
- 11 Jun 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 21946
- The state government aims to implement the 'Youth Skill and Employment Mission' to provide internship and industry-linked skill training to five lakh youth annually.
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.
See this promise in the app (English and Tamil)
← Internship training for youth through Vettri Thozhil…
Rs 10,000 monthly stipend for graduates under training →