Greater than 1.55 lakh candidates have utilized for the Prime Minister Internship Scheme, sources stated on Sunday.
The devoted portal for the scheme went stay for registration at 5 pm on October 12 and the goal for the scheme’s pilot undertaking was to have 1.25 lakh candidates.
The sources stated the variety of candidates registered on the portal stood at 1,55,109 on Sunday.
These within the age group of 21-24 years are eligible to use for the scheme, which is being applied by the company affairs ministry by the portal ‘www.Pminternship.Mca.Gov.In’.
The internships will start on December 2.
Underneath the scheme, an intern will get a month-to-month monetary help of Rs 5,000 for 12 months and a one-time grant of Rs 6,000.
The ministry on Saturday stated that previously week, the portal added greater than 80,000 alternatives throughout 24 sectors, together with oil, fuel and power, journey and hospitality and automotive.
“The portal ensures environment friendly entry to internships throughout sectors with Aadhaar-based registration and instruments like bio-data era,” the ministry had stated.
The preliminary value of the scheme’s pilot undertaking is estimated at Rs 800 crore.
The scheme, introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman within the Union Finances 2024, goals to supply a possibility to do an internship within the prime 500 firms in India for 12 months.
