New Delhi, Nov 23 (UNI) The National Cadet Corps (NCC), will celebrate its 76th raising day with traditional fervour on Sunday.
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh laid wreath and paid homage to the fallen heroes on behalf of the entire NCC fraternity at the National War Memorial, India Gate, here, an official statement said on Saturday.
Speaking on the occasion, the Defence Secretary said that NCC has made commendable efforts in increasing the strength of cadets by three lakh and will be touching the strength of 20 lakhs in coming years.
He emphasised the role of NCC in the Viksit Bharat Campaign, a pivotal initiative by the Government of India.
Singh said, “NCC continues its relentless efforts, towards moulding the present day youth into responsible citizens of tomorrow in order to achieve the objective of ‘Yuva Shakti – Viksit Bharat’.”
Cadets, besides participating in march past and cultural activities at various cities, ‘Blood Donation Camp’ are also being organised. The quantum of blood donation this year is likely to exceed the mark of 50,000 blood units donation achieved last year.
Apart from this, various social activities and cultural awareness programs are being organized like tree plantation drive, cleaning of statues, swachhta hi sewa, nasha mukti abhiyaan and others.
