Dehradun/Delhi. (23 September 2024) There is good news for the youth who want to join NCC in the state. In the biennial program of the Joint State Representatives of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) held in New Delhi, the Ministry of Defense, Government of India has given its approval to the expansion of NCC in Uttarakhand. With this, now seven and a half thousand new cadets will be recruited in NCC. In the meeting, the Education Minister of the state Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat participated and prominently put forward the issues of expansion of NCC in the state, budget, and infrastructure.
The Education Minister of the state Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said that a high-level meeting of the Joint State Representatives was held today in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Minister of State for Defense Sanjay Seth regarding the NCC expansion plan. In which education ministers from all over the country, senior officials of the Ministry of Defense, NCC chiefs of all the states and officials of DGNCC headquarters participated. Dr. Rawat said that in the meeting, detailed discussions were held on the NCC expansion plan, refining policies, meeting financial requirements and setting up new infrastructure related to training and camps. He said that NCC issues related to the state were given prominence in the meeting. In view of the increasing demand for NCC in the educational institutions of the state, the demand for recruitment of 10 thousand cadets was placed in the meeting. On which the Government of India has approved the recruitment of seven and a half thousand cadets in the state under the NCC expansion plan. In which 50 percent girls cadets will be recruited.
Apart from this, a demand for financial support was also raised in the meeting to ensure the effective implementation of NCC activities and training programmes, on which the Union Minister of State for Defence gave a positive assurance. The Department Minister informed that there are currently 55214 NCC cadets in the educational institutions of the state, out of which 23534 are under secondary education and 31680 cadets are under higher education. 9 cadets are currently working in the state for conducting NCC activities, and a demand has been made to the Central Government to increase them. He informed that NCC is being operated in 561 educational institutions across the state. In which there is NCC in 338 schools under secondary education, 22 colleges under higher education and 201 private schools/colleges. Whereas NCC operation is proposed in 606 educational institutions of the state. In which 223 schools are included in secondary education, 24 colleges in higher education and 359 private schools/colleges.
The issues related to NCC were raised strongly in the biennial program of the joint state representatives of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). As a result, the Central Government approved the recruitment of seven and a half thousand cadets in the state under the NCC expansion scheme. The state government is committed to fulfilling the aspirations of the youth of the state. The increasing demand for NCC in the educational institutions of the state will be fulfilled in every possible way with the help of the Central Government. Dr. Dhan Singh Rawuttat, Education Minister, Uttarakhand Government.
