Executive Summary:
The Minister of Corporate Affairs responded to a question regarding internship opportunities in Uttar Pradesh under the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS). The PMIS, announced in Budget 2024-25, aims to provide one crore internships in top companies over five years, with a pilot project launched on October 3, 2024, targeting 1.25 lakh internships in one year. The response details internship opportunities posted and offers made in Uttar Pradesh during the first two rounds of the pilot project.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **PMIS Overview:**
* PMIS was announced in the Budget 2024-25 to provide one crore internships in top 500 companies over five years.
* A pilot project was launched on October 3, 2024, aiming for 1.25 lakh internships in one year.
* **Internship Opportunities in Uttar Pradesh:**
* Round I (commenced October 3, 2024): Over 9,000 internship opportunities were posted.
* Round II (commenced January 9, 2025): Over 7,700 internship opportunities were posted, including new and unfilled opportunities from Round I. District-wise data for Round II is in Annexure I.
* **Participating Companies and Sectors:**
* Over 115 companies participated in Rounds I and II in Uttar Pradesh.
* Sectors include Aviation and Defence, Automotive, Banking and Financial Services, Chemical Industry, Oil, Gas and Energy, with roles in sales, accounting, supply chain management, etc.
* A list of partner companies is available at https:pminternship.mca.gov.in.
* **Internship Offers Made:**
* Round I: Over 82,000 offers were made nationwide, with over 11,500 to candidates from Uttar Pradesh.
* Round II (as of July 30, 2025): Over 74,000 offers nationwide, with over 6,300 to candidates from Uttar Pradesh. Offer roll-out, acceptance, and intern joining are in progress.
* District-wise offer data for Rounds I and II is in Annexure II.
* **Category-wise Offers (OBC, SC, ST):**
* Total number of offers made to OBC, SC, and ST candidates in Uttar Pradesh for Rounds I and II is detailed in Annexure III.
Impact Analysis:
* **Youth in Uttar Pradesh:**
* *Impact:* Provided with internship opportunities to gain experience in various sectors.
* *Action Required:* Visit the PMIS portal (https:pminternship.mca.gov.in) to view and apply for available internships.
* **Partner Companies:**
* *Impact:* Opportunity to engage with potential future employees and contribute to skill development.
* *Action Required:* Continue posting internship opportunities on the PMIS portal and participate in the selection process.
* **Government of India (Ministry of Corporate Affairs):**
* *Impact:* Monitoring the progress of the PMIS pilot project and its impact on youth employment.
* *Action Required:* Analyze data from Rounds I and II to refine the scheme and ensure its effective implementation.
Key Entities Referenced
Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS): A scheme announced in the Budget 2024-25 aiming to provide internship opportunities to one crore youth in top 500 companies in five years.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where the internship opportunities under PMIS are being offered.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs: The government ministry responsible for the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS).
SHRI HARSH MALHOTRA: Minister of State of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Budget 2024-25: The fiscal plan in which the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS) was announced.
OBC: Other Backward Classes, a category of citizens in India.
SC: Scheduled Castes, a category of citizens in India.
ST: Scheduled Tribes, a category of citizens in India.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2492
ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 04th AUGUST, 2025
SRAVANA 13, 1947 (SAKA)
Internship Opportunities Under PMIS In Uttar Pradesh
QUESTION
2492. Ms Iqra Choudhary:
Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the district-wise number of internship opportunities posted in Uttar Pradesh
under the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme (PMIS) since its inception;
(b) the sectors under which these internship opportunities have been posted and
the number of companies participated in the scheme by posting such opportunities
in the State of Uttar Pradesh;
(c) the district-wise number of internship offers made under the scheme in Uttar
Pradesh; and
(d) the number of beneficiaries belonging to the OBC, SC and ST categories,
respectively?
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) 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, a Pilot Project of
the Scheme targeted at providing 1.25 lakh internship opportunities in one year
has been launched on 03.10.2024.
In the first round of the Pilot Project, which commenced from 3rd October, 2024,
more than 9000 internship opportunities were provided by the partner companies
in Uttar Pradesh.
The second round of the PM Internship Scheme Pilot Project commenced on 9th
January, 2025. In this Round, the partner companies have posted over 7,700
internship opportunities (new and edited unfilled opportunities of previous round)
in Uttar Pradesh.
District wise internship opportunities posted by the partner companies in Round
II in the state of Uttar Pradesh is enclosed at Annexure - I.(b): List of the partner companies covers a large number of diverse sectors like
Aviation and Defence, Automotive, Banking and Financial Services, Chemical
Industry, Oil, Gas and Energy and roles in different areas such as sales,
accounting, supply chain management, process associate, manufacturing
associate and plant operation etc. The list of the partner companies is available
on https://pminternship.mca.gov.in.
In Round I and Round II of the Pilot Project, over 115 companies have posted
internship opportunities in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
(c): In the Round I of the PMIS Pilot Project, partner companies had made over
82,000 internship offers across the country, out of which over 11,500 internship
offers were made to the candidates belonging to the state of Uttar Pradesh.
In the Round II of the PMIS Pilot Project, as on 30th July, 2025, partner companies
have made over 74,000 internship offers across the country, out of which over
6,300 internship offers have been made to the candidates belonging to the state
of Uttar Pradesh. Currently, rolling out of offers and the process of acceptances/
joining by interns in the Round II is in progress.
District wise offers made to candidates from the state of Uttar Pradesh, in Round
I and Round II is enclosed at Annexure II.
(d): Total number of offers made to candidates belonging to the OBC, SC and ST
categories, in Round I and Round II, in the state of Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure
III.
*****Annexure-I
Annexure-I to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2492 part (a) to be answered
on 04.08.2025
District wise internship opportunities posted by the partner companies in Round II
in the state of Uttar Pradesh
Number of Internship Opportunities in
S. No. Name of the District
Round II
1 Agra 389
2 Aligarh 122
3 Ambedkar Nagar 155
4 Amethi 96
5 Amroha 42
6 Auraiya 87
7 Ayodhya 40
8 Azamgarh 20
9 Baghpat 43
10 Bahraich 9
11 Ballia 55
12 Balrampur 43
13 Banda 14
14 Barabanki 179
15 Bareilly 212
16 Basti 43
17 Bhadohi 27
18 Bijnor 77
19 Budaun 32
20 Bulandshahr 93
21 Chandauli 10
22 Chitrakoot 6
23 Deoria 22
24 Etah 19
25 Etawah 13
26 Farrukhabad 12
27 Fatehpur 76
28 Firozabad 45
29 Gautam Buddha Nagar 1459
30 Ghaziabad 220
31 Ghazipur 22
32 Gonda 56
33 Gorakhpur 128
34 Hamirpur 9
35 Hapur 34
36 Hardoi 52Annexure-I to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2492 part (a) to be answered
on 04.08.2025
District wise internship opportunities provided by the partner companies in Round
II in the state of Uttar Pradesh
Number of Internship Opportunities in
S. No Name of the District
Round II
37 Hathras 35
38 Jalaun 42
39 Jaunpur 23
40 Jhansi 58
41 Kannauj 12
42 Kanpur Dehat 64
43 Kanpur Nagar 333
44 Kasganj 18
45 Kaushambi 9
46 Kheri 37
47 Kushi Nagar 20
48 Lalitpur 5
49 Lucknow 427
50 Maharajganj 28
51 Mahoba 7
52 Mainpuri 57
53 Mathura 83
54 Mau 10
55 Meerut 900
56 Mirzapur 6
57 Moradabad 73
58 Muzaffarnagar 59
59 Pilibhit 14
60 Pratapgarh 23
61 Prayagraj 156
62 Rae Bareli 152
63 Rampur 7
64 Saharanpur 91
65 Sambhal 40
66 Sant Kabeer Nagar 10
67 Shahjahanpur 70
68 Shamli 26
69 Shravasti 5
70 Siddharth Nagar 19
71 Sitapur 17
72 Sonbhadra 540
73 Sultanpur 17
74 Unnao 16
75 Varanasi 244
Total 7714Annexure-II
Annexure-II to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2492 part (c) to be answered
on 04.08.2025
District wise offers made to candidates from the state of Uttar Pradesh, in Round I
and Round II.
S.No District Round I Round II
1 Agra 360
150
2 Aligarh 232 129
3 Ambedkar Nagar 264 193
4 Amethi 78 81
5 Amroha 98 42
6 Auraiya 170 63
7 Ayodhya 148 64
8 Azamgarh 295 96
9 Baghpat 87 33
10 Bahraich 53 35
11 Ballia 226 83
12 Balrampur 58 22
13 Banda 104 55
14 Barabanki 121 99
15 Bareilly 278 148
16 Basti 164 73
17 Bhadohi 119 60
18 Bijnor 151 64
19 Budaun 105 53
20 Bulandshahr 161 100
21 Chandauli 156 57
22 Chitrakoot 39 22
23 Deoria 173 81
24 Etah 82 43
25 Etawah 97 30
26 Farrukhabad 61 31
27 Fatehpur 137 115
28 Firozabad 140 63
29 Gautam Buddha Nagar 243 176
30 Ghaziabad 308 179
31 Ghazipur 215 80
32 Gonda 187 70
33 Gorakhpur 291 172
34 Hamirpur 67 37
35 Hapur 73 39
36 Hardoi 168 50
37 Hathras 83 44
38 Jalaun 114 69Annexure-II to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2492 part (c) to be
answered on 04.08.2025
District wise offers made to candidates from the state of Uttar Pradesh, in
Round I and Round II.
S.No District Round I Round II
39 Jaunpur 240
101
40 Jhansi 125 64
41 Kannauj 97 47
42 Kanpur Dehat 105 47
43 Kanpur Nagar 385 285
44 Kasganj 43 23
45 Kaushambi 69 27
46 Kheri 225 72
47 Kushi Nagar 167 83
48 Lalitpur 47 21
49 Lucknow 463 309
50 Maharajganj 103 53
51 Mahoba 26 24
52 Mainpuri 87 33
53 Mathura 185 93
54 Mau 132 42
55 Meerut 216 413
56 Mirzapur 158 82
57 Moradabad 143 82
58 Muzaffarnagar 161 63
59 Pilibhit 117 41
60 Pratapgarh 258 83
61 Prayagraj 422 219
62 Rae Bareli 146 96
63 Rampur 66 19
64 Saharanpur 149 121
65 Sambhal 90 30
66 Sant Kabeer Nagar 68 38
67 Shahjahanpur 147 100
68 Shamli 49 24
69 Shravasti 9 8
70 Siddharth Nagar 67 42
71 Sitapur 128 62
72 Sonbhadra 192 168
73 Sultanpur 142 67
74 Unnao 96 49
75 Varanasi 334 235
Total 11563 6367Annexure-III
Annexure-III to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2492 part (d) to be
answered on 04.08.2025
Total number of offers made to candidates belonging to the OBC, SC and ST
categories, in Round I and Round II, in the state of Uttar Pradesh
Number of offers Number of offers Number of offers
made to candidates made to candidates made to candidates
belonging to the belonging to the SC belonging to the ST
OBC category in UP category in UP category in UP
Round 1 5041 2224 91
Round 2 2803 1047 25
7844 3271 116