New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, February 4, clarified in Rajya Sabha that the Prime Minister Internship Scheme does not provide employment but is a means for exposure. The Prime Minister Internship Scheme, which was announced in 2024, aims to provide skills to the youth to make them job ready.

"The intent of the programme itself is not to provide job, but to provide an exposure, and through the internship, and kind of awareness of what is there in the market for which they have to be trained," Nirmala Sitharaman told Rajya Sabha, responding to a question during the Question Hour.

She clarified and said that internship is different from employment, and explained the details of PM internship scheme and...