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Captain D. Senthil Kumar stressed the need to establish free coaching centres to train rural students for defence examinations The contribution of candidates from Tamil Nadu in joining the Indian Navy is less than 1%, with the contribution from the southern districts including Madurai being almost nil. There is a need to establish separate coaching centres to train rural students to crack the competitive defence examinations, says Commanding Officer of 2 (Tamil Nadu) Naval Unit NCC, Captain D. Senthil Kumar. Speaking to The Hindu, Capt. Senthil Kumar says that recently, the Indian Navy has increased the intake of sailors to 6,500 to 7,000 every year as compared to previous years when only 2,000 sailors were recruited. Despite the increase in intake, the number of candidates joining from Tamil Nadu is less than 1%. “Those who join the Indian Navy from Tamil Nadu are mostly from cities, with almost nil contribution from the rural parts of the Southern districts,” he says. One of the reas...

The NCC raising day, was also celebrated all over India, with cadets participating in blood donation camps and social development programmes. NCC Day 2020 New Delhi:National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world, will be celebrating its 72nd Raising Day on 22 Nov 2020. The raising day function was marked by paying homage, at the National War Memorial, today, to the fallen heroes, who made the supreme sacrifice of their lives. The Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar and DG NCC Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra laid wreaths on behalf of the entire NCC fraternity. Defence Secretary said, during the current year, the NCC cadets have contributed, by participating selflessly during the COVID-19 pandemic, through Ex ‘NCC Yogdaan’ as Corona warriors to spread awareness about measures to fight against the pandemic. The cadets and Associate NCC Officers, led by example in activities such as ‘Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat’, ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Fit India’. The cadets participat...

 The strength of the 72-year old National Cadet Corps will grow to 15 lakh when the expansion in coastal and border areas is implemented. NCC cadets take part in a rehearsal for the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi, Friday. Expres Photo By Amit Mehra) 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. He announced that from the 173 coastal and border districts, one lakh cadets, a third of them girls, will be trained. A look at the NCC, arguably the world’s largest voluntary uniformed youth organisation and significance of its expansion in coastal and border districts of the country and the road ahead. Prime Minister’s Announcement. In his speech, the Prime Minister said under the new 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. “In border areas, th...