Lok Sabha Question No. 198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Internship to Youths under PMIS
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender, Smt. D K Aruna, Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 198 ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 03 RD  FEBRUARY, 2025 MAGHA 14, 1946 (SAKA)

## INTERNSHIP TO YOUTHS UNDER PMIS

## QUESTION

198.      SHRI EATALA RAJENDER: SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY: SMT. D K ARUNA:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the pilot scheme of the Prime Minister Internship Scheme received less applications  against  opportunities  while  it  aims  to  provide  internship  to  one crore youths in 500 companies;
- (b)  the  details  of  youths  who  have  gained  exposure  to  real  life  business environment across varied professions and employment opportunities;
- (c) the details of the interns who are provided with financial assistance of Rs. 5,000 per month and the details of the Departments/Ministries which have provided a one-time grant of Rs. 6,000 for incidentals to each intern; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  particularly  in  Telangana  and  Andhra
- Pradesh along with the funds sanctioned/spent so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY

OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

[SHRI HARSH MALHOTRA]

- (a)  to  (d)  No.  The  number  of  applications  received  were  higher  than  the opportunities provided by the Companies in the first round of the Pilot Project of the Prime Minister Internship Scheme.

The Prime Minister's Internship Scheme (PMIS) announced in the Budget 2024 -25,  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 3 rd  October, 2024, which is targeted to provide 1.25 lakh internship opportunities in the Financial Year 2024-25.

In the first round of the Pilot Project, which commenced from 3rd October, 2024, more  than  1.27  lakh  internship  opportunities  were  provided  by  the  partner companies across the country. Against these, approximately 6.21 lakh applications  were  received.  In  the  first  round  of  the  Pilot  Project,  partner companies  have  made  82,077  internship  offers  to  60,866  candidates,  out  of which 28,141 candidates have accepted offers to join the internship. State wise details of internship opportunities provided, and internship offers received by the candidates is provided at Annexure I. Under the Scheme, a onetime grant for incidentals of ₹6,000 is to be disbursed to  each  intern  by  the  government  upon  the  intern's  joining  at  the  internship location, subject to verification by the company. In addition, monthly assistance of Rs. 5,000 is to be paid to the interns for the entire duration of the internship. Every  month,  the  company, based  upon  the  intern's  attendance and  related company policies regarding good conduct, releases Rs.500/- to each intern from its CSR funds. Once the company makes the payment, the government would release Rs.4,500 per month to intern through Direct Benefit Transfer. No other Ministry other than Ministry of Corporate Affairs is releasing any funds under this Scheme. Against the accepted offers of 28,141 candidates in first round, total one-time grant for incidentals amounting to Rs.4.38 crore has been sanctioned and paid directly into the Aadhaar Seeded Bank Accounts of the Interns who have joined so far. State-wise details are at Annexure-II. Monthly assistance of approximately Rs 1.3 crore has been sanctioned so far to the Interns who have completed one month. The second round of the PM Internship Scheme Pilot Project has started from 9 th January, 2025, and the companies are in the process of posting new as well as editing unfilled internship opportunities.

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Annexure I

ANNEXURE TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 198 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 FEBRUARY, 2025 STATE WISE DETAILS OF INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED IN PM INTERNSHIP

SCHEME - PILOT PROJECT (ROUND-I)

| S.No   | State                               | No. of Opportunities   |   Internship |
|--------|-------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------|
| 1      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS         |                        |           12 |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH                      |                        |         4973 |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                   |                        |          156 |
| 4      | ASSAM                               |                        |         3457 |
| 5      | BIHAR                               |                        |         2802 |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH                          |                        |          523 |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH                        |                        |         3334 |
| 8      | DELHI                               |                        |         2470 |
| 9      | GOA                                 |                        |         1017 |
| 10     | GUJARAT                             |                        |        11690 |
| 11     | HARYANA                             |                        |         7764 |
| 12     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                    |                        |         1254 |
| 13     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                   |                        |          761 |
| 14     | JHARKHAND                           |                        |         3535 |
| 15     | KARNATAKA                           |                        |        10022 |
| 16     | KERALA                              |                        |         2807 |
| 17     | LADAKH                              |                        |           72 |
| 18     | LAKSHADWEEP                         |                        |            2 |
| 19     | MADHYA PRADESH                      |                        |         5627 |
| 20     | MAHARASHTRA                         |                        |        13664 |
| 21     | MANIPUR                             |                        |           73 |
| 22     | MEGHALAYA                           |                        |           55 |
| 23     | MIZORAM                             |                        |           25 |
| 24     | NAGALAND                            |                        |           45 |
| 25     | ODISHA                              |                        |         5142 |
| 26     | PUDUCHERRY                          |                        |          310 |
| 27     | PUNJAB                              |                        |         2314 |
| 28     | RAJASTHAN                           |                        |         4653 |
| 29     | SIKKIM                              |                        |          254 |
| 30     | TAMIL NADU                          |                        |        14585 |
| 31     | TELANGANA                           |                        |         7913 |
| 32     | DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU |                        |          232 |
| 33     | TRIPURA                             |                        |          395 |
| 34     | UTTAR PRADESH                       |                        |         9027 |
| 35     | UTTARAKHAND                         |                        |         1966 |
| 36     | WEST BENGAL                         |                        |         4577 |
|        | Grand Total                         |                        |       127508 |

## STATE WISE NO. OF OFFERS RECEIVED BY THE CANDIDATES IN ROUND I OF THE PM INTERNSHIP SCHEME- PILOT PROJECT.

| S.No   | State of Applicants                      | No. of Offers   |
|--------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS              | 20              |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 6164            |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 29              |
| 4      | ASSAM                                    | 3843            |
| 5      | BIHAR                                    | 5668            |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH                               | 117             |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH                             | 2284            |
| 8      | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 40              |
| 9      | DELHI                                    | 2698            |
| 10     | GOA                                      | 28              |
| 11     | GUJARAT                                  | 4541            |
| 12     | HARYANA                                  | 5990            |
| 13     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 929             |
| 14     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                        | 769             |
| 15     | JHARKHAND                                | 2699            |
| 16     | KARNATAKA                                | 3098            |
| 17     | KERALA                                   | 1938            |
| 18     | LADAKH                                   | 34              |
| 19     | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 6244            |
| 20     | MAHARASHTRA                              | 3718            |
| 21     | MANIPUR                                  | 71              |
| 22     | MEGHALAYA                                | 45              |
| 23     | MIZORAM                                  | 5               |
| 24     | NAGALAND                                 | 58              |
| 25     | ODISHA                                   | 3267            |
| 26     | PUDUCHERRY                               | 105             |
| 27     | PUNJAB                                   | 742             |
| 28     | RAJASTHAN                                | 4314            |
| 29     | SIKKIM                                   | 15              |
| 30     | TAMIL NADU                               | 2347            |
| 31     | TELANGANA                                | 4439            |
| 32     | TRIPURA                                  | 200             |
| 33     | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 11563           |
| 34     | UTTARAKHAND                              | 622             |
| 35     | WEST BENGAL                              | 3433            |
|        | Grand Total                              | 82,077          |

Annexure II

## ANNEXURE TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 198 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 FEBRUARY, 2025

## State wise Amount of one-time grant of Rs. 6000 paid to the Interns

| S.No   | State                                        |   Amount of one-time grant of Rs. 6000 paid |
|--------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  |                                       24000 |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH                               |                                     1992000 |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            |                                       42000 |
| 4      | ASSAM                                        |                                     5574000 |
| 5      | BIHAR                                        |                                     3708000 |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH                                   |                                       84000 |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH                                 |                                     1110000 |
| 8      | DELHI                                        |                                     1860000 |
| 9      | GOA                                          |                                       12000 |
| 10     | GUJARAT                                      |                                     1182000 |
| 11     | HARYANA                                      |                                     1380000 |
| 12     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                             |                                      330000 |
| 13     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            |                                      534000 |
| 14     | JHARKHAND                                    |                                     1902000 |
| 15     | KARNATAKA                                    |                                     1398000 |
| 16     | KERALA                                       |                                     1188000 |
| 17     | LADAKH                                       |                                       54000 |
| 18     | MADHYA PRADESH                               |                                     3264000 |
| 19     | MAHARASHTRA                                  |                                     1866000 |
| 20     | MANIPUR                                      |                                      138000 |
| 21     | MEGHALAYA                                    |                                       54000 |
| 22     | MIZORAM                                      |                                        6000 |
| 23     | NAGALAND                                     |                                       30000 |
| 24     | ODISHA                                       |                                     2478000 |
| 25     | PUDUCHERRY                                   |                                       48000 |
| 26     | PUNJAB                                       |                                      294000 |
| 27     | RAJASTHAN                                    |                                     1794000 |
| 28     | SIKKIM                                       |                                        6000 |
| 29     | TAMIL NADU                                   |                                      864000 |
| 30     | TELANGANA                                    |                                     1452000 |
| 31     | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU |                                       12000 |
| 32     | TRIPURA                                      |                                      186000 |
| 33     | UTTAR PRADESH                                |                                     6294000 |
| 34     | UTTARAKHAND                                  |                                      390000 |
| 35     | WEST BENGAL                                  |                                     2274000 |
|        | Grand Total                                  |                                    43824000 |