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Provide a Rs 25 lakh insurance card to every family
Promised in the manifesto
The government will provide a ‘Makkal Nalan Kaappeedu’ insurance card worth Rs 25 lakh to every family.
From the manifesto: Inbam (Joy) › 8. Healthcare and Environment › A. World-Class Healthcare for All Families, see page 73
Where it standsSaid
Announced on 19 Aug 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.
The government announced it will increase medical insurance coverage to Rs 25 lakh.
So far
Raising the coverage limit from 5 lakh rupees to 25 lakh rupees
Not yet seen
Specific details on providing the insurance card to every family remain to be seen.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 19 Aug 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22356
- The annual medical insurance coverage for free medical treatment under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme will be increased from 5 lakh rupees to 25 lakh rupees.
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.
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