PM NARENDRA MODI ANNOUNCES NATIONAL CADET CORPS EXPANSION.
                     PM NARENDRA MODI ANNOUNCES 
NATIONAL CADET CORPS EXPANSION
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INTRODUCTION
• In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra 
Modi spoke about the expansion of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) 
in coastal and border districts of India.
Source: Times of India
ANNOUNCEMENT
• Modi announced that from the 173 coastal and border districts, one 
lakh cadets, a third of them girls, will be trained.
• Under the initiative, training will be given to around one lakh new NCC 
cadets and an attempt will be made that one-third of these will be girl 
cadets. 
Source: Business Standard
EXPANSION OF NCC
• Expansion of NCC in the border and coastal area has been under 
consideration of the Ministry of Defence for quite some time. 
• There have also been discussions about increasing the footprints of 
the organisation in the tribal areas too. 
Source: The Indian Express
THE ORGANISATION
• NCC was formed in 1948, has its roots to British era uniformed youth 
entities like University Corps or University Officer Training Corps.
• Currently the NCC has a strength of around 14 lakh cadets from 
Army, Navy and Air Force wings.
Source: Hindustan  Times
NCC QUALIFICATION
• NCC enrols cadets at high school and college level and also awards 
certificates on completion of various phases. 
• The NCC currently has 17 regional directorates which govern the 
NCC in units in various states or groups of states and union 
territories.
Source: Indian Express
NCC MILITARY RANK
• Headed by a Director General of three-star military rank, the NCC 
falls under the purview of MoD and is led by serving officers from the 
Armed forces at various hierarchical positions.
Source: Times of India
SIGNIFICANCE OF EXPANSION IN 
BORDER AND COASTAL AREA
• NCC does have units in several border and coastal districts, officials 
believe there is a lot of scope for expansion.
• In the coastal regions, youth are already familiar with the sea. So the 
training will increase interest in careers.
Source: Daily Hunts
RECOMMENDATION
• Restructuring of the NCC was one of the key recommendations of the 
CoE headed by Lt Gen DB Shekatkar (Retd) and constituted by then 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar back in mid-2016. 
• There is certainly scope for NCC to increase its footprint in coastal 
and border areas. 
Source: The Financial Express
ROAD AHEAD FOR THE NCC
• NCC need to the adoption of new and changed times with 
modernisation of it’s structure.
• Government is thinking of making the NCC activities compatible with 
the semester system of the colleges and universities.
Source: The Indian Express
CONTRIBUTION O STATE & CENTRE
• NCC has a dual funding model where both the centre and states or 
union territories provide budgetary support. 
• CoE has recommended that along with Defence Ministry, the Home 
Ministry and Education Ministry should also contribute towards the 
NCC.
Source: Vajiram IAS