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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
TopicPM Internship Scheme

Topic: PM Internship Scheme

Youth anger isn’t about paper leaks alone. Govt must create jobs

It was largely an electoral setback that pushed the Centre to initiate job schemes in 2024. But the concerns became less urgent after the BJP’s electoral gains in the following years.

PM Internship Scheme receives 10,000-plus entries in third pilot round, surpasses previous records

Physical joining in ongoing third pilot has crossed those recorded in the first and second rounds, govt informs Lok Sabha. Around 8,428 youth have also applied through MY Bharat.

Centre expands PM Internship Scheme to MSMEs, statutory bodies to boost participation in pilot round 3

Govt is widening pool of eligible companies after easing age limits, increasing stipends and reducing duration of internship under the flagship scheme.

PM Internship Scheme taps NCC, MY Bharat to improve outreach after weak response in initial rounds

Government is organising recruitment camps to boost grassroots enrolment under PMIS and connect young candidates with companies and internship opportunities.

ICAI to onboard 25 CA firms under PM Internship Scheme, targets 2,000 interns by year-end

ICAI plans to engage medium and large CA firms under the PMIS, with interns likely to start joining next month. The ICAI can later open it up for everyone.

Govt’s internship scheme missed targets. But for some it was an entry point into corporate India

Designed to provide internship opportunities to 1 crore youth over five years, the PMIS targets candidates from non-elite educational backgrounds in tier-2 and 3 towns.

‘Economic necessity & talent-building CSR tool’—Centre urges India Inc. to scale up PM Internship Scheme

At CII Annual Business Summit 2026, secretary for ministry of corporate affairs said scheme was designed to let industry shape future workforce while govt bore key costs.

After tepid response, govt to revamp PM Internship Scheme with higher Rs 9,000 stipend, wider age limit

Exclusive | Next round of PMIS, first launched in Oct 2024 with 12-month internship, will allow candidates aged 18-25 & cut internship duration to 6-9 months, it is learnt.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme has seen 44% drop out since 2024 launch. Budget deals drastic blow

Only 21 percent of interns complete programme as Centre slashes budget by over 50% after poor joining and high attrition.

On Camera

Modi is now the establishment, not an outsider. And he is running out of enemies to name

Jawan, kisan, vigyan, knowledge, new thinking—each word spoken from Red Fort offered an idea of what India might become. Dimagi Naxal is not an addition to that rich vocabulary. It is a subtraction.

Houston, we have a start-up boom: India’s space ventures jump from 1 to 400 in four years

India’s space start-up ecosystem has blasted off from one venture in 2022 to more than 400 in 2026, as the satellite communications industry targets an 8% share of GDP by 2033.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one women fighter pilots were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman