New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Over 42.92% of interns under the Prime Minister's Internship Scheme (PMIS) Pilot Project belonged to Other Backward Classes (OBCs), while 31.01% were women, 14.26% Scheduled Castes (SCs), 5.45% Scheduled Tribes (STs), and just 0.97% Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), the government told Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply, the minister of state in the ministry of corporate affairs Harsh Malhotra said Round I of the PMIS, launched on October 3, 2024, saw partner companies post more than 127,000 internship opportunities on the portal. "Against this, over 621,000 applications were received from about 181,000 candidates. Partner companies made over 82,000 internship offers to over 60,000 candidates and over 8,700 inte...