"Main focus to prepare NCC cadets for Viksit Bharat": DG NCC Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh

New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Director General of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh, on Friday said that the main focus for the NCC Republic Day Camp 2025 is to prepare cadets for "Viksit Bharat."
The NCC DG emphasised the importance of training cadets to understand their responsibilities towards the country and how a disciplined workforce of cadets could contribute to the nation's growth and stated that there was a 20 per cent change in the syllabus to align with their view.
"Our main focus is on how to prepare the NCC cadets for Viksit Bharat... How to prepare NCC cadets for Viksit Bharat, how to develop them during training, how cadets can understand their responsibility towards the country, and how one disciplined workforce of the cadets can help for Viksit Bharat... We have changed the syllabus by 20 per cent from next year so that the cadets can meet future challenges better," Lieutenant General Singh said.
The DG also discussed the completion of NCC expansion in border areas, with a target of three lakh new cadets, and the ongoing enrolment process. He also mentioned the expansion of the naval unit under the coastal area initiative, with progress in Lakshadweep.
"We have completed the expansion of NCC in the border areas. There was an expansion for three lakh cadets, and we have already started enrolment for it... Under coastal area expansion, we have done expansion of our naval unit in Lakshadweep," the DG added.
Notably, this year the NCC Republic Day Camp 2025 will witness the largest participation of girl cadets, with 917 out of a total of 2,361 cadets from all 28 states and eight union territories across the country taking part in the month-long event at the Cariappa Parade Ground, according to an official statement from the Ministry of Defence.
Speaking on the occasion, Lieutenant General Singh welcomed the cadets and congratulated them on being selected for the most prestigious NCC camp and advised the cadets to display the highest qualities of character, integrity, selfless service, comradeship, and teamwork, cutting across the barriers of religion, language, and caste in a spirit of "nation first." (ANI)