NCC to raise its strength to 15 lakh by 2015

NCC is planning to raise 60 more battalions, taking its total number to 788. This would mean that the number of cadets will increase to 15 lakh from 14 lakh by 2015, NCC Director General P S Bhalla told reporters here.

"NCC will also improve its training structure in the next three years," said Bhalla, who visited 3 Gujarat Battalion of NCC here.

NCC in a voluntary organisation which recruits cadets from high schools, colleges and universities. It consists of Army, Navy and Air Force wings.

Bhalla said NCC also plans to raise 12 more women battalions.

"We plan to increase representation of female cadets to 33 per cent of the total strength and then take it to 50 per cent after creating necessary infrastructure," he said.

 

NCC is also planning to set up "language labs" in its units to improve cadets' chances of getting into defence services, the Director General said.

These labs will improve language skills of cadets, particularly English, so as to improve their confidence and enable them to join the armed forces, he added.