The Centre has vehemently denied media report that the Government Military Training has a plan to mobilize disciplined 10 lakh forces of youth. This report gives the impression that the Government is working for military training of 10 lakh youths annually. The report aims to sensationalize the whole matter by twisting facts.
Contrary to the abovementioned report, a meeting was held in PMO to revamp the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS). Ministry of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Human Resource Development and NCC through the Ministry of Defense participated in the discussion. The discussion was mainly focused on taking measures for strengthening NCC & NSS and how youth could be empowered through these institutions.
Currently, there are 13.5 lakh cadets in NCC in the age group of 12 to 26 years with pan India presence in about 703 out of 716 districts. It was noted that there are a large number of educational institutions in the country including those 8600 on the waitlist in which NCC is yet to be extended.
The NCC has an annual budget allocation of about Rs. 2200 Cr. with Central Government share of about Rs. 1600 Cr. NCC with this meager resources, is not able to expand itself and to cover all the districts of the country.
Due to emerging demand from educational institutions, it has been decided to set up a committee under the Chairmanship of former Secretary of School Education Anil Swarup, with suitable representations from NCC, Youth Affairs and HRD ministry to suggest measures to strengthen NCC and NSS.
The committee is expected to touch on issues like expansion, strengthening training infrastructure, rationalizing resources, reducing manpower deficiency affecting NCC and NSS. The committee will also submit measures for building synergies between these two institutions viz. NCC and NSS.
Centre readies plan to revamp NCC
By IndianMandarins - 2018-07-18 10:55:27
The Centre has vehemently denied media report that the Government Military Training has a plan to mobilize disciplined 10 lakh forces of youth. This report gives the impression that the Government is working for military training of 10 lakh youths annually. The report aims to sensationalize the whole matter by twisting facts.
Contrary to the abovementioned report, a meeting was held in PMO to revamp the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS). Ministry of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Human Resource Development and NCC through the Ministry of Defense participated in the discussion. The discussion was mainly focused on taking measures for strengthening NCC & NSS and how youth could be empowered through these institutions.
Currently, there are 13.5 lakh cadets in NCC in the age group of 12 to 26 years with pan India presence in about 703 out of 716 districts. It was noted that there are a large number of educational institutions in the country including those 8600 on the waitlist in which NCC is yet to be extended.
The NCC has an annual budget allocation of about Rs. 2200 Cr. with Central Government share of about Rs. 1600 Cr. NCC with this meager resources, is not able to expand itself and to cover all the districts of the country.
Due to emerging demand from educational institutions, it has been decided to set up a committee under the Chairmanship of former Secretary of School Education Anil Swarup, with suitable representations from NCC, Youth Affairs and HRD ministry to suggest measures to strengthen NCC and NSS.
The committee is expected to touch on issues like expansion, strengthening training infrastructure, rationalizing resources, reducing manpower deficiency affecting NCC and NSS. The committee will also submit measures for building synergies between these two institutions viz. NCC and NSS.
