NEW DELHI, Jan 5:
One all-female NCC contingent comprising 148 cadets along with a band of 45 female cadets will participate in the Republic Day Parade this year, an official said.
Addressing the annual news conference, Lt Gen Aniruddha Chakravarty, who is the Director General of the National Cadet Corps, said 2,069 cadets, including 695 girls have participated in the NCC camp this year.
“Of this, one all-male contingent and all-female contingent with a strength of 148 each will participate in the Republic Day Parade. Plus, one all-male band of 90 cadets and all-female band of 45 cadets will also participate in the Republic Day Parade,” Chakravarty said.
With an aim of increasing the strength of women in the force to 33 per cent, the NCC has also planned an initiative to send its female cadets to conquer Mt Everest peak this year while a group of 91 international cadets from seven countries will also visit India as a part of the Youth Exchange Programme.
The government is already in the process of raising new NCC units in the coastal areas in the west along with in areas affected by left-wing extremism and insurgency besides those bordering Pakistan and China in a five-phase programme. (PTI)
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