YOUTH ARE OUR NATION’S STRENGTH SAYS
PROFESSOR CHAMAN LAL GUPTA
The Minister of State for Defence Professor
Chaman Lal Gupta has said that youth are our nation’s strength and
National Cadet Corps (NCC) provides them a structural platform for
the purposeful use of their potential constructively. Addressing
the Central Advisory Committee Meeting at New Delhi today, Professor
Gupta said that well defined aims and researched training schedule
of NCC has contributed immensely in national building.
Professor Gupta said
that he is aware that NCC had made a lot of progress during the
last 54 years but lot more is still required to be done to hasten
the process and the Government will give full support for the
betterment of the NCC. He said that the fruitful interaction during
today’s meeting and collective wisdom of this august gathering
will contribute to evolve guidelines, which will further contribute
to overall growth and development of the NCC.
In the meeting issues
regarding absorption of the Short Service Commissioned Officers
& Women Entry Scheme Officers as a whole time officers and
whole time Lady Officers in NCC was discussed. The shortage of
civilian staff and the three wings of the Defence Services also
came up for discussion. The issue of evolution of Second Lieutenant
or equivalent ranks in Navy and Air Force in the senior divisions
of the NCC as has been done in the three services was also discussed.
Director General
NCC Lt Gen BK Bopanna gave the update on the activities and service
being rendered by the NCC for the nation in various fields. He
particularly highlighted the problems faced by the NCC due to
non- payment of 50 per cent share by some of the states for the
Annual Training Camps. The Chief of Staff Committee and Chief
of Naval Staff Admiral Madhvendra Singh, Chief of Army Staff,
General NC Vij, senior officials of the Ministry of Defence and
three services were also present on the occasion.
