**Executive Summary:**
This document presents the Ministry of Corporate Affairs' response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 222 regarding the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS) in Uttar Pradesh. It details the number of internship opportunities provided, the participating sectors and companies, and the number of offers made, including those to candidates from OBC, SC, and ST categories, during the first two rounds of the PMIS Pilot Project, which commenced on October 3, 2024.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **PMIS Overview:**
* The PMIS was announced in the Budget 2024-25, aiming to provide one crore internship opportunities in top 500 companies over five years.
* A Pilot Project was launched on October 3, 2024, targeting 1.25 lakh internship opportunities in one year.
* **Internship Opportunities in Uttar Pradesh:**
* Round I: Partner companies provided over 9,000 internship opportunities.
* Round II: Partner companies posted over 7,700 internship opportunities (new and edited unfilled from Round I).
* District-wise data for internship opportunities in Round I and Round II is available in Annexure I.
* **Participating Sectors and Companies:**
* Diverse sectors including Aviation & Defence, Automotive, Banking & Financial Services, Chemical Industry, and Oil, Gas & Energy.
* Roles in sales, accounting, supply chain management, and plant operation, among others.
* Over 115 companies participated in Rounds I and II.
* The list of partner companies is available on https:pminternship.mca.gov.in.
* **Internship Offers Made:**
* Round I: Over 82,000 internship offers were made across the country, with over 11,500 offers to candidates from Uttar Pradesh.
* Round II: Over 70,000 internship offers were made across the country, with over 6,200 offers to candidates from Uttar Pradesh.
* The rolling out of offers and acceptance process for Round II is ongoing.
* District-wise offers made to candidates from Uttar Pradesh in Rounds I and II are in Annexure II.
* The total number of offers to candidates from OBC, SC, and ST categories in Uttar Pradesh for Rounds I and II are in Annexure III.
**Impact Analysis:**
* **Youth in Uttar Pradesh:**
* *Impact:* Provided with internship opportunities across various sectors to enhance skills and employability.
* *Action Required:* Candidates should apply for available internships, accept offers, and complete the joining process.
* **Partner Companies:**
* *Impact:* Companies can access a pool of potential talent and contribute to skill development.
* *Action Required:* Companies should post internship opportunities, roll out offers, and facilitate the onboarding process for selected interns.
* **Government of India (Ministry of Corporate Affairs):**
* *Impact:* Responsible for the successful implementation and monitoring of the PMIS Pilot Project.
* *Action Required:* Oversee the internship program, track progress, and ensure the objectives of the scheme are met.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Corporate Affairs: The Indian government ministry responsible for matters related to corporate affairs.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
Prime Ministers Internship Scheme (PMIS): An internship scheme announced in Budget 2024-25, aiming to provide internship opportunities to one crore youth in top 500 companies in five years.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in Northern India where the internship opportunities are being provided.
Minister of State of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs: The Minister of State of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (Shri Harsh Malhotra).
Budget 2024-25: The financial plan in which the Prime Ministers Internship Scheme (PMIS) was announced.
OBC, SC and ST categories: Refers to Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories in India. The policy document provides data on internship offers made to candidates belonging to these categories.
Agra, Uttar Pradesh: A district in Uttar Pradesh where internship opportunities were provided under PMIS.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 222
ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 21ST JULY, 2025
ASHADHA 30, 1947 (SAKA)
OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED UNDER PMIS IN UTTAR PRADESH
QUESTION
222. Shri Pushpendra Saroj:
Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the number of internship opportunities provided in Uttar Pradesh under the
Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme (PMIS) since its inception, district-wise;
(b) the sectors under which these internship opportunities have been posted and
the number of companies that have participated in the scheme by posting such
opportunities in the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
(c) the district-wise number of internship offers made in Uttar Pradesh under the
Scheme along with the number of beneficiaries belonging to the OBC, SC and ST
categories?
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 provided by the partner companies in
Round I and 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, partner companies had made over
70,000 internship offers across the country, out of which over 6,200 internship
offers were 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.
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. 222 part (a) to be answered
on 21.07.2025
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
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. 222 part (a) to be answered
on 21.07.2025
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
Grand Total 7714Annexure-II
Annexure-II to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 222 part (c) to be answered
on 21.07.2025
District wise offers made to candidates from the state of Uttar Pradesh, in Round I
and Round II.
S.No District Round 1 Round 2
1 Agra 360 146
2 Aligarh 232 129
3 Ambedkar Nagar 264 189
4 Amethi 78 79
5 Amroha 98 42
6 Auraiya 170 63
7 Ayodhya 148 62
8 Azamgarh 295 88
9 Baghpat 87 31
10 Bahraich 53 35
11 Ballia 226 83
12 Balrampur 58 22
13 Banda 104 52
14 Barabanki 121 96
15 Bareilly 278 148
16 Basti 164 73
17 Bhadohi 119 56
18 Bijnor 151 63
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 137 112
28 Firozabad 140 62
29 Gautam Buddha Nagar 243 174
30 Ghaziabad 308 173
31 Ghazipur 215 77
32 Gonda 187 68
33 Gorakhpur 291 165
34 Hamirpur 67 33
35 Hapur 73 39
36 Hardoi 168 50
37 Hathras 83 44
38 Jalaun 114 68Annexure-II to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 222 part (c) to be answered
on 21.07.2025
District wise offers made to candidates from the state of Uttar Pradesh, in Round
I and Round II.
S.No District Round 1 Round 2
39 Jaunpur 240 100
40 Jhansi 125 62
41 Kannauj 97 46
42 Kanpur Dehat 105 47
43 Kanpur Nagar 385 279
44 Kasganj 43 22
45 Kaushambi 69 26
46 Kheri 225 72
47 Kushi Nagar 167 82
48 Lalitpur 47 19
49 Lucknow 463 306
50 Maharajganj 103 53
51 Mahoba 26 21
52 Mainpuri 87 33
53 Mathura 185 92
54 Mau 132 41
55 Meerut 216 397
56 Mirzapur 158 80
57 Moradabad 143 81
58 Muzaffarnagar 161 62
59 Pilibhit 117 41
60 Pratapgarh 258 80
61 Prayagraj 422 211
62 Rae Bareli 146 93
63 Rampur 66 19
64 Saharanpur 149 120
65 Sambhal 90 29
66 Sant Kabeer Nagar 68 38
67 Shahjahanpur 147 94
68 Shamli 49 24
69 Shravasti 9 8
70 Siddharth Nagar 67 41
71 Sitapur 128 61
72 Sonbhadra 192 165
73 Sultanpur 142 66
74 Unnao 96 48
75 Varanasi 334 230
Grand Total 11563 6228Annexure-III
Annexure-III to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 222 part (c) to be answered
on 21.07.2025
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 OBC belonging to the SC belonging to the ST
category in UP category in UP category in UP
Round 1 5041 2224 91
Round 2 2736 1036 25
7777 3260 116