Lok Sabha Question No. 1373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Equal Opportunities Under PMIS for Rural and Urban Areas
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Biplab Kumar Deb

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1373 ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 28 TH  JULY, 2025 SRAVANA 7, 1947 (SAKA)

## EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES UNDER PMIS FOR RURAL AND URBAN AREAS QUESTION

1373. Shri Biplab Kumar Deb:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  data  of  internships  offered  and  sanctioned  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Internship Scheme (PMIS), State-wise;
- (b) the measures taken to ensure equal opportunities for internships among youth from rural and urban areas through the said scheme;
- (c) the impact of the scheme in reducing regional disparities in skill development and employment;
- (d)  the  details  of  mechanism  in  place  to  monitor  the  effectiveness  of  skill enhancement achieved through the scheme; and
- (e) the feedback received from the participating companies regarding the quality of trainees and its impact on improving the selection process of the said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

## [SHRI HARSH MALHOTRA]

- (a): The Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS) announced in the Budget 202425,  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 in one year.

In the first round of the Pilot Project, which commenced from 3rd October, 2024, more  than  1.27  lakh  internship  opportunities  were  posted  by  the  partner companies across 745 districts in all States/ UTs of the country. Against these, approximately 6.21 lakh applications were received from more than 1.81 lakh applicants.  Based  on  the  requirements  sought  by  the  Companies  in  the internship opportunities offered and the qualifications of the applicants, in the first round of the Pilot Project, partner companies made over 82000 internship offers,  out  of  which  over  28000  candidates  accepted  offers  to  join  the internship.

In  the  second  round  of  the  PM  Internship  Scheme  Pilot  Project,  which commenced on 9th January, 2025, about 327 Partner Companies have posted over 1.18 lakh internship opportunities (new and edited unfilled opportunities of  previous  round)  across  735  districts  of  the  country.  Over  4.55  lakh applications were received from over 2.14 lakh applicants, in this round. As on 23.07.2025, partner companies have made over 72000 offers to the youth and over 22800 offers have been accepted. Currently, rolling out of offers and the process of acceptances/ joining by interns is in progress.

State-wise  details  of  the  number  of  internship  opportunities  posted  by  the companies and the number of offers made to the youth, in round I and II of the PMIS Pilot Project are given in Annexure.

- (b) & (c):  The PMIS Portal which serves as a centralized platform for end-to-end Scheme  implementation  and  management,  is  accessible  in  12  different languages, to enhance inclusivity from different geographical regions of the country. As per the Guidelines of the PM Internship Scheme 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, by matching the qualifications of the applicants with the qualifications sought by  the  company  for  that  internship  opportunity.  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, industry 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): As per guidelines of the pilot project, a concurrent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework is provided to enable tracking of the outcomes as well as to ensure corrective actions during the course of implementation of the pilot project. Additionally, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is gathering feedback  from  various  stakeholders  to analyze  the  scheme's  impact  as  it continues to be implemented.
- (e): The guidelines of the pilot project state that the companies would follow their own mechanism for assessing the candidates on a periodic basis, and conduct continuous evaluation of the interns' performance and conduct in accordance with  their  policies.  Further,  Quarterly  Assessment  Report  of  the  candidates would be uploaded by the company on the portal.
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## Annexure I to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1373 part (a) to be answered on 28.07.2025.

State-wise details of the number of internship opportunities posted by the companies and the number of offers made to the youth, in round I and II of the PMIS Pilot Project

| S.No   | State of Applicants                      |   Number of Opportunities in Round I | Number of Offers made   |   Number of Opportunities in Round II | Number of Offers made   |
|--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS              |                                   12 | 20                      |                                     9 | 8                       |
| 2.     | ANDHRA PRADESH                           |                                 4973 | 6164                    |                                  4715 | 9172                    |
| 3.     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        |                                  156 | 29                      |                                   227 | 17                      |
| 4.     | ASSAM                                    |                                 3457 | 3843                    |                                  2516 | 1955                    |
| 5.     | BIHAR                                    |                                 2802 | 5668                    |                                  2316 | 4558                    |
| 6.     | CHANDIGARH                               |                                  523 | 117                     |                                   406 | 53                      |
| 7.     | CHHATTISGARH                             |                                 3334 | 2284                    |                                  3399 | 3328                    |
| 8.     | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU |                                  232 | 40                      |                                   204 | 19                      |
| 9.     | DELHI                                    |                                 2470 | 2698                    |                                  2048 | 1143                    |
| 10.    | GOA                                      |                                 1017 | 28                      |                                   848 | 48                      |
| 11.    | GUJARAT                                  |                                11690 | 4541                    |                                 11672 | 2610                    |
| 12.    | HARYANA                                  |                                 7764 | 5990                    |                                  5646 | 1614                    |
| 13.    | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         |                                 1254 | 929                     |                                  1414 |                         |
| 14.    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                        |                                  761 | 769                     |                                   533 | 383 835                 |
| 15.    | JHARKHAND                                |                                 3535 | 2699                    |                                  2586 | 1392                    |
| 16.    | KARNATAKA                                |                                10022 | 3098                    |                                  9928 | 2210                    |
| 17.    | KERALA                                   |                                 2807 | 1938                    |                                  3251 | 1543                    |
| 18.    | LADAKH                                   |                                   72 | 34                      |                                    60 | 8                       |
| 19.    | LAKSHDWEEP                               |                                    2 | 0                       |                                     0 | 0                       |
| 20.    | MADHYA PRADESH                           |                                 5627 | 6244                    |                                  5220 | 8102                    |
| 21.    | MAHARASHTRA                              |                                13664 | 3718                    |                                 15187 | 5051                    |
| 22.    | MANIPUR                                  |                                   73 | 71                      |                                    67 | 32                      |
| 23.    | MEGHALAYA                                |                                   55 | 45                      |                                   114 | 46                      |
| 24.    | MIZORAM                                  |                                   25 | 5                       |                                    49 | 3                       |
| 25.    | NAGALAND                                 |                                   45 | 58                      |                                    86 | 38                      |
| 26.    | ODISHA                                   |                                 5142 | 3267                    |                                  3449 | 5919                    |
| 27.    | PUDUCHERRY                               |                                  310 | 105                     |                                   409 | 38                      |
| 28.    | PUNJAB                                   |                                 2314 | 742                     |                                  2297 | 2000                    |
| 29.    | RAJASTHAN                                |                                 4653 | 4314                    |                                  4839 | 5567                    |
| 30.    | SIKKIM                                   |                                  254 | 15                      |                                   223 | 23                      |
| 31.    | TAMIL NADU                               |                                14585 | 2347                    |                                 15785 | 1762                    |
| 32.    | TELANGANA                                |                                 7913 | 4439                    |                                  5357 | 3568                    |
| 33.    | TRIPURA                                  |                                  395 | 200                     |                                   383 | 758                     |
| 34.    | UTTAR PRADESH                            |                                 9027 | 11563                   |                                  7714 | 6324                    |
| 35.    | UTTARAKHAND                              |                                 1966 | 622                     |                                  1561 | 361                     |
| 36.    | WEST BENGAL                              |                                 4577 | 3433                    |                                  4428 | 2112                    |
|        | Grand Total                              |                               127508 | 82,077*                 |                                118948 | 72600*                  |