Greater than 1.55 lakh candidates have utilized for the Prime Minister Internship Scheme, sources mentioned on Sunday.
The devoted portal for the scheme went reside for registration at 5 pm on October 12 and the goal for the scheme’s pilot challenge was to have 1.25 lakh candidates.
The sources mentioned 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 carried out by the company affairs ministry via the portal ‘www.Pminternship.Mca.Gov.In’.
The internships will start on December 2.
Below 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 mentioned that previously week, the portal added greater than 80,000 alternatives throughout 24 sectors, together with oil, gasoline 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 technology,” the ministry had mentioned.
The preliminary price of the scheme’s pilot challenge is estimated at Rs 800 crore.
The scheme, introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman within the Union Price range 2024, goals to offer a possibility to do an internship within the high 500 firms in India for 12 months.
