# Provide a Rs 25 lakh insurance card to every family

- ID: P08-A-01#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p08-a-01-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p08-a-01-1)
- Pillar: 8. Healthcare and Environment
- Section: A. World-Class Healthcare for All Families
- Manifesto page: 73
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 19 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

The government will provide a ‘Makkal Nalan Kaappeedu’ insurance card worth Rs 25 lakh to every family.

## Where it stands

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 release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_TNLA.NO.010_-_Hon_ble_CM_Assembly_110_Statement_-_Health_and_Family_Welfare_Dept_Announcements_-_Date_-_19.8.2026.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.