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The primary purpose for a DAF is to get a gist of your background and to ask questions based on them. If your DAF is almost empty; example no hobbies, no internships, no work experience, low grades etc, it will still not disqualify you. Moreover your interview will then end up being more focused on general questions from anything under the sun, which makes it more difficult.
A good or bad DAF does nothing except provide a direction to your interview. It's the board's discretion what and how they want to proceed with the personality test.
Also, the mains is where the selection actually happens. I've had friends who have screwed up their personality stage, even with good DAF, but still cleared the exam based on high mains score.
Otherwise, one should intern / work on their CV as if you are not going to clear. Like internships should be your steps towards your Plan B / back-up (in case UPSC is not cleared). For example, if you want to do litigation, then intern at senior counsel chambers where you can join after a couple of failed attempts.
In NITI Ayog's internship, you can choose from a variety of domain to work upon. From legal to infrastructure projects, there are plenty of relevant domains that the Ayog offers in this internship.