NCC was raised in 1948 after the India got Independence fron the British Emipre and itis the largest uniformed youth organization in the world.
Speaking on the occasion, the Defence Secretary said that the NCC has made commendable efforts in increasing the strength of cadets by 3 lakh and will be touching the strength of 20 lakhs in coming years.
On this 76th Raising Day, Cadets are participating in March past at various cities and are involved in various cultural activities. As per tradition, NCC day is being celebrated across India and pan-India ‘Blood Donation Camp’ are being organized. 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 etc.
According to a press release , apart from aiming NCC expansion, the syllabus and training of NCC cadets have also been overhauled with a specific aim and desired outcome in consonance with various government initiatives like Skill manthan, I4C (Cyber Awareness), Ideas & Innovation, Training with National Disaster Response Force ( NDRF)/ State Disaster Response Force ( SDRF) to mention a few. This change of syllabus is done with an aim to make the cadets confident by building their character and confidence which will lead to a developed country.