2026 Election Guarantee · 06
Electricity & Basic Amenities
200 units free electricity monthly, drinking water pipelines, no peak-hour charges for small businesses, ₹15,000 crore MSME guarantee fund.
200 Units Free Electricity — A Right, Not a Subsidy
Two hundred units of free electricity per month for every domestic household in Tamil Nadu is not framed as a subsidy — it is framed as a right. The entitlement applies to all households with a consumption of up to 500 units per bimonthly billing cycle, covering the overwhelming majority of working-class and middle-class families. This is a structural shift in how the state relates to its citizens' basic energy needs: power for lighting, cooking, fans, refrigeration, and phone charging is treated as an essential utility, not a privilege metered out by ability to pay.
Piped Drinking Water for Every Household
Piped drinking water connections to every household in Tamil Nadu — urban and rural — form the second pillar of this chapter. Tamil Nadu has made significant progress on rural water coverage through the Jal Jeevan Mission, but last-mile connectivity and water quality remain critical gaps. TVK's commitment is to close those gaps with a fixed implementation timeline, district-by-district, with quality testing at the point of delivery — not at the treatment plant.
Abolition of Peak-Hour Charges for Small Businesses
Peak-hour electricity charges for small and medium businesses are abolished. These differential tariffs — which charge small commercial establishments higher rates during 9am–11pm, precisely the hours when most small shops operate — have been a hidden tax on micro-enterprise survival. Their removal directly improves the margin of every tea stall, tailor, vegetable vendor, and workshop owner who operates on thin margins in Tamil Nadu's vast informal and semi-formal economy.
₹15,000 Crore MSME Guarantee Fund
Tax-free electricity for five years is extended to all registered MSMEs, paired with a ₹15,000 crore MSME Guarantee Fund — the largest state commitment to small-business financial security in Tamil Nadu's history. This fund provides collateral guarantees that allow MSMEs to access formal bank credit without pledging personal assets, unlocking working capital that has historically been inaccessible to small manufacturers, weavers, and food processors.
The Combined Economic Effect
The combined effect of these measures — free domestic power, piped water, abolished peak charges, MSME credit access, and the 200-unit baseline — is designed to permanently reduce the monthly overhead of every household and every small business in Tamil Nadu, releasing purchasing power that flows back into the local economy. Basic amenities are infrastructure for growth; TVK treats them as such.
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02
Health for All
₹25 lakh health insurance for every family, world-class treatment access, and a bribe-free Citizen Privilege Card.
03
Education Revolution
Free higher education for farmers' children, interest-free loans up to ₹20 lakh, 500 creative residential schools, and on-time exams.