# 5 lakh youths to benefit from Vettri Thozhil Payirchi annually

- ID: P04-A-05#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p04-a-05-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p04-a-05-2)
- Pillar: 4. Youth Welfare
- Section: A. Employment and Skill Development
- Manifesto page: 39
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- 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

5 lakh youths will benefit from the Vettri Thozhil Payirchi initiative every year.

## Where it stands

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 speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 66: TN-Vetri will be implemented with an annual financial allocation of Rs.6,000 crore. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=66))
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised 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. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=17))
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 17: Internship training programmes will be provided in collaboration with Government and private industries to 20,000 youth in the first phase. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=17))
- 11 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.213_-_Hon_ble_CM_Speech_-_NITI_Aayog_Meeting_at_Delhi_-_Tamil__-_Date.11.6.2026.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.