# Paralympic athletes will receive world-class training and aid

- ID: P04-B-05#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p04-b-05-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p04-b-05-1)
- Pillar: 4. Youth Welfare
- Section: B. Tamil Nadu Standing Tall in Sports
- Manifesto page: 42
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- Last recorded: 9 Jun 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

Eligible Paralympic athletes will be identified and provided world-class training and financial assistance.

## Where it stands

First steps taken on 9 Jun 2026.

The government began providing financial aid and sports equipment to individual Paralympic athletes.

**So far:** financial aid and shooting equipment provided to two specific Paralympic athletes

**Not yet seen:** A systematic program to identify and provide world-class training to eligible Paralympic athletes is not yet established.

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

## Documents behind this

- 9 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21923: Minister provided shooting equipment worth Rs 6,27,795 to para-shooter Manoj Kumar. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.195-Hon_ble_Minister_for_Public_Works_and_Sports_Development-Press_Release-Date_09.06.2026.pdf))
- 9 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21923: Minister for Public Works and Sports Development provided financial aid of Rs 10 lakh to para-badminton player Thulasimathi Murugesan. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.195-Hon_ble_Minister_for_Public_Works_and_Sports_Development-Press_Release-Date_09.06.2026.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.