Jubilant, Maruti Take Lead in PM Internship Scheme

Jubilant Foodworks Limited, Maruti Suzuki, ONGC, Reliance Industries, and Eicher Motors have emerged as the top five companies to provide internship opportunities under the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS), according to the Standing Committee report on demands for grants by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) tabled on Wednesday.

- Ruchika Chitravanshi

The parliamentary panel, while taking note of the issues facing the scheme such as mismatch between the number of internship opportunities offered and actual participation, imbalanced gender ratio of interns and under utilisation of funds by the scheme has directed MCA to take prompt corrective actions and mass outreach programmes.

In the first round of the scheme's pilot project, more than 127,000 internship opportunities were provided and 115,000 in the second round.

Starting December 2024, around 8,700 interns have joined from more than 28,000 candidates who have accepted the offers so far, the report said. Around 72 per cent of the total interns were males and 28 per cent females.