# Free livestock insurance for poor families rearing livestock

- ID: P05-D-04#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p05-d-04-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p05-d-04-1)
- Pillar: 5. Welfare of Farmers, Agricultural Labourers and Fisherfolk
- Section: D. Livestock and Dairy Products Development
- Manifesto page: 52
- 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

A comprehensive livestock insurance scheme will be provided free of cost to below-poverty-line families engaged in livestock rearing.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government set aside Rs.31 crore to introduce the Kaalnadaigal Kaappom livestock insurance scheme.

**So far:** Allocation of Rs.31 crore for a new livestock insurance scheme

**Not yet seen:** The scheme details regarding specific eligibility for below-poverty-line families are not yet fully specified.

_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 36: The government will introduce a new livestock insurance scheme named 'Kaalnadaigal Kaappom' with an allocation of Rs.31 crore. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=36))

> 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.