Companies person listed 1.25 lakh internship opportunities truthful acold for candidates nether the PM Internship Scheme, according to sources.
The dedicated portal for the strategy went unrecorded for registration by candidates astatine 5 p.m. connected October 12.
The sources successful the cognize connected Saturday said that truthful acold 250 apical companies person been registered nether the strategy and 1.25 lakh internship offers person been made by companies.
The scheme's aviator task had envisaged providing 1.25 lakh internship opportunities to the candidates. The internships are acceptable to commence connected December 2.
Those successful the property radical of 21-24 years are eligible to use for the scheme, which is being implemented by the firm affairs ministry done the portal 'www.Pminternship.Mca.Gov.In'.
Under the scheme, an intern volition get a monthly fiscal assistance of Rs 5,000 for 12 months and a one-time assistance of Rs 6,000.
The archetypal outgo of the scheme's aviator task is estimated astatine Rs 800 crore.
Announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman successful the Union Budget 2024, the strategy aims to supply an accidental to bash an internship successful the apical 500 companies successful India for 12 months.