May 05: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today reviewed the contribution of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in preventing the spread of COVID-19 through a video conference. This is the first-ever such conference in which Raksha Mantri has directly interacted with 17 NCC Directorates located all over the country. Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra, DG NCC and Dr.Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary also participated in the conference.
In his opening remarks the Raksha Mantri said that country is passing through challenging times and the government has taken several effective measures under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to contain COVID-19. He expressed confidence that the nation will emerge victorious from this crisis.
Shri Rajnath Singh appreciated the vital role that the NCC directorates were playing as more than 60 thousand NCC cadets, of whom 25 percent were girl cadets are assisting the local administration in preventing COVID-19.
The NCC cadets have been engaged in logistics and Supply chain management duties, ensuring the supply of essential food material, medicines, assisting in traffic duties, etc. Some cadets have also made educational videos for social media, while others have made masks and distributed them locally.
While appreciating their praiseworthy role, Raksha Mantri cautioned that the NCC cadets should be deployed for only such tasks for which they have been trained.
During the review meeting Shri Rajnath Singh announced that the Government is determined to expand the NCC and has decided to go ahead for its expansion in the Coastal and Border areas.
Raksha Mantri also stressed on the modernisation of NCC to make it more relevant to the new and changing times. He also stressed the need to make the NCC activities compatible with the semester system of colleges and universities.
The ADGs and DDGs of the NCC Directorates have unanimously thanked the Raksha Mantri for the unique opportunity of direct interaction with him and apprised him of the NCC cadets’ contribution in fighting COVID-19 in their respective Directorates.
They briefed that the morale of the cadets is very high and that their contribution has received praise from both the citizens and the administration.
Source: PIB
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