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. The minister of state in the ministry of corporate affairs Harsh Malhotra disclosed the figures in a written reply to a question raised by Congress MP Mukul Wasnik in the Rajya Sabha on social representation, detailing category-wise participation across both rounds of the PMIS pilot.

In his reply, Malhotra said Round I of the PMIS, launched on October 3, 2024, saw partner companies post more than 127,000 interns...