NCC A STEP TOWARDS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
India as a nation, and more importantly the Indian economy, in recent years has certainly started looking up. While a lot has been achieved, a lot more remains to be done as well. Even after seven decades of Independence, many are still deprived of a life of dignity. A humungous development deficit is staring at us in our face. The predicament is compounded by the precarious security situation prevailing in large swathes of our country. The question of greater national dignity merits reflection. An aspect which stands in our favour in the days to come is our demographic dividend. As is well known, 65 per cent of our population is under the age of 35. This generation has to be empowered to rewrite India’s success story. The empowerment process must not only include imparting employable skills but also life skills to transform them into young and dynamic leaders. National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed volunteer organisation in the world, is committed in the business of youth empowerment and is ideally suited to help the nation realise its demographic dividend, thereby making significant contributions to nation building. The military orientation of its training curriculum would also ensure handsome dividends in the security domain.The main aim of National Cadet Corps is to groom the youth of the country into disciplined, responsible and patriotic citizens. The National Cadet Corps in India is a voluntary organization which recruits cadets from high schools, colleges and Universities all over India and gives those volunteers’ military training.”The National Cadet Corps makes the nation just proud. Ever since its inception, the NCC has made immense contributions towards nation-building and the promotion of social harmony in our country. “It has brought together people from diverse backgrounds, religions, cultures and languages and inculcated in them the common values of humanism, patriotism and selfless service. It thus truly symbolizes the philosophy of unity in diversity, which forms the foundation of our nation hood. “The NCC played a stellar role during the relief operations following the natural disasters in Uttarakhand and Odisha. Our cadets also led the way in voluntarily contributing Rs. 50 lakhs towards the Prime Minister’s relief fund.NCC cadets have displayed exemplary courage and bravery in support of disaster relief operations. A grateful nation applauds them for this display of service and sacrifice”. NCC has been very active in the area of social empowerment. “We deeply value the awareness drives undertaken by it on issues like AIDS, female feticide and environment protection. These initiatives are praiseworthy and must continue, all students and youth to join the NCC, and experience a life of camaraderie, adventure and discipline.”The National Cadet Corps embodies fully the values important for our nation’s unity. There is no better training ground for the responsibilities that await our youth in years to come”. The NCC, is one of the premier youth organizations in our country, contributing in propagating national unity and integrity amongst youth. Its role in instilling in them the values of character, discipline and hard work and in shaping them into dynamic and responsible citizens of the country has been well recognized. NCC is a vital organization and apart from being a youth movement, it plays a crucial role as an interface organization between the educated youth of the country and the Armed Forces.Other than just social skills they also get to learn about the history and art of the new place. NCC cadets learn to take pride in them and the training also strengthens the spirit of being an Indian. This helps them gear towards joining the forces and providing their 100% when the country is in need of them.The whole aim is to inculcate a spirit of adventure, explorative inquisitiveness, develop Stamina, endurance, discipline, courage, determination, comradeship, leadership leading to development of self-confidence, team spirit and spirit-de- corps amongst NCC cadets.
