OCTOBER 3, 2024
By Nandini Tyagi
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Oct 03, 2024
The Finance Minister announced the Prime Minister Internship Scheme for 1 crore youth in the Union Budget 2024-25
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The government is set to launch the centralised portal for the internship program today, October 3, 2024
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India’s top 500 companies will be uploading the available internship positions to the portal
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Following this, the portal will be active for candidates to apply
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The eligibility criteria for these internships entails that the applicants must be between the ages of 21 to 24 years
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The criteria also mentions that graduates from IIT, IIM, IISER or candidates who have CA, CMA cannot apply for this program
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Additionally, the eligibility requirements state that the immediate family members should not be taxpayers or government employees
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The scheme aims to recruit candidates without any bias. The initial selection of candidates will be done by a backend bot
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A stipend of Rs 5000 will be provided to the selected candidates. Companies have the option to pay more than Rs 5000 under this scheme
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