NCC to soon set up air, naval units in J-K: Director General

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) has decided to soon raise air and naval units in Jammu and Kashmir to strengthen its presence in the state.
"We are looking forward to raising a naval unit in Jammu and an air unit in the Valley," Director General (DG), Lt Gen P S Bhalla told reporters here today during his first visit to the city as NCC chief.
A company of boys have been raised with 1,400 cadets at Leh as part of NCC's plan of increasing cadet intake, specially from the rural areas of J-K, he said.
"Raising of NCC units in J-K will provide the youth here with an opportunity to join the (armed forces)," the DG said.

The NCC J-K directorate currently has a strength of 23,880 cadets across three regions of the state.
Emphasising on the need for changes in its curriculum to keep pace with changing aspirations of the youth, Bhalla said, NCC's approach in that regard is being reviewed.

"The training philosophy for cadets has been refined and focus is to facilitate soft skills and personality development," Bhalla said.
All CBSE schools in the country have added NCC as an elective subject to promote one of the country's oldest organisations.
"University Grants Commission has also selected 30 autonomous universities in the country where NCC has been chosen as an elective subject," he added.