Lok Sabha Question No. 1689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Enhancement and Improvement of PMIS
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, Shri Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1689 ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 10 TH  MARCH, 2025 FALGUNA 19, 1946 (SAKA)

## ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF PMIS QUESTION

1689. Shri Vijay Baghel:

Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal:

## Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- whether the Government has taken any steps to further enhance and improve the Pradhan Mantri Internship Scheme (PMIS), especially in terms of increasing
- (a) the number of internships and the sectors involved;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Chhattisgarh and Bihar;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take some measures to remove barriers that prevent under-represented groups from participating in the PM Internship Scheme to ensure inclusivity and diversity among interns; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and district-wise including Parliamentary Constituency of Chhattisgarh and Bemetara district?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## [SHRI HARSH MALHOTRA]

- The Prime Minister's Internship Scheme (PMIS) was announced in the Budget 2024-25.  It aims to provide internship opportunities to one crore youth in top 500  companies  in  five  years.  As  an  initiation  to  this  Scheme,  Ministry  of Corporate Affairs has launched a Pilot Project of the Scheme on 3rd October, 2024, which is targeted to provide 1.25 lakh internship opportunities to the youth in  the  Financial  Year  2024-25.  The  Scheme  is  being  implemented  through  an online portal https://pminternship.mca.gov.in. In the first round of the PMIS Pilot Project,  which  commenced  in  October  2024,  more  than  1.27  lakh  internship opportunities  were  provided  by  the  Partner  Companies.  Round  II  of  the  Pilot Project commenced in January 2025 and companies have posted more than 1.18 lakh opportunities (both new and edited unfilled opportunities of previous round)
- (a) across the country.
- Durg

Partner Companies for the PM Internship Scheme- Pilot Project, include the top 500 companies selected on the basis of average Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure in the last 3 years, which covers a large number of diverse sectors  including  Aviation  and  Defence,  Automotive,  Banking  and  Financial Services, Chemical Industry, Oil, Gas and Energy etc. Further, Scheme guidelines have  a  provision  that  any  company/  bank/  financial  institution  desirous  of participating  in  the  Scheme  may  approach  the  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs (MCA), which would take a view keeping in view underrepresented sectors.

- (b): State-wise details of internship opportunities including Chhattisgarh and Bihar for the ongoing Round-II is attached at Annexure-I.
- (c) The PM Internship Scheme Portal (Portal) which serves as a centralized platform for end-to-end Scheme implementation and internship lifecycle management, is accessible  in  12  different  languages,  to  enhance  inclusivity  from  different geographical regions of the country.

As per the Guidelines of the PMIS- Pilot Project, a pool of candidates based on the number of applications received from all parts of the country, is shortlisted for each internship opportunity through the Portal. The shortlisting process is aimed at promoting diversity and social inclusivity in the internship program through providing for representation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes as well as Persons with Disabilities in the shortlist sent to the concerned company for further selection as per their respective processes  and  criterion.  Further,  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  is  actively working  with  various  stakeholders  such  as  state  governments,  central government ministries & departments, and industry associations for promotion and  implementation  of the scheme.  The  Ministry is also carrying out Information, Education and Communication activities to reach out to the target groups across the country.

- (d) In the ongoing round II of the PMIS Pilot Project more than 1.18 lakh internship opportunities have been posted by the Partner Companies across the country. In Round  II  of  the  PMIS  Pilot  Project,  345  internship  opportunities  have  been provided in Durg district, and 5 internship opportunities have been provided in Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh.

The application process of the candidates  for  the  Round  II  of  the  PMIS  Pilot Project is ongoing.

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Annexure (State-wise details of internship opportunities in the ongoing Round-II of PMIS Pilot

Annexure to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1689 for answer on 10.03.2025. Project)

| S.No.   | States                      |   No. of Opportunities |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS |                      9 |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH              |                   4715 |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           |                    227 |
| 4       | ASSAM                       |                   2516 |
| 5       | BIHAR                       |                   2316 |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH                  |                    406 |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH                |                   3399 |
| 8       | DELHI                       |                   2048 |
| 9       | GOA                         |                    848 |
| 10      | GUJARAT                     |                  11672 |
| 11      | HARYANA                     |                   5646 |
| 12      | HIMACHAL PRADESH            |                   1414 |
| 13      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           |                    533 |
| 14      | JHARKHAND                   |                   2586 |
| 15      | KARNATAKA                   |                   9928 |
| 16      | KERALA                      |                   3251 |
| 17      | LADAKH                      |                     60 |
| 18      | LAKSHADWEEP                 |                      2 |
| 19      | MADHYA PRADESH              |                   5220 |
| 20      | MAHARASHTRA                 |                  15187 |
| 21      | MANIPUR                     |                     67 |
| 22      | MEGHALAYA                   |                    114 |
| 23      | MIZORAM                     |                     49 |
| 24      | NAGALAND                    |                     86 |
| 25      | ODISHA                      |                   3449 |
| 26      | PUDUCHERRY                  |                    409 |
| 27      | PUNJAB                      |                   2297 |
| 28      | RAJASTHAN                   |                   4839 |
| 29      | SIKKIM                      |                    223 |
| 30      | TAMIL NADU                  |                  15785 |
| 31      | TELANGANA                   |                   5357 |
| 32      | DIU                         |                    204 |
| 33      | TRIPURA                     |                    383 |
| 34      | UTTAR PRADESH               |                   7714 |
| 35      | UTTARAKHAND                 |                   1561 |
| 36      | WEST BENGAL                 |                   4428 |
|         | Grand Total                 |                 118948 |