Army likely to increase officers' intake from NCC pool.Byline: ANI New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): Director-General NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). Lt. General RK Karwal said here today that the government is considering a proposal to raise intake of cadets from the National Cadet Corps (NCC) into the prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA) from 64 to 80. Alarmed over the shortfall of officers, the government is also likely to hike the intake of NCC "C" certificate holders into the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, from 79 to 100, he added. Addressing a news conference coinciding with the NCC Republic Day Camp, Lt General Karwal said since 2007 the NCC is working on a programme to raise the enrolment of cadets, a majority of them would be girls. The strength of the NCC would go up from the present 13 lakhs to 15 lakhs in five years, he added. The Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born April 1, 1934) is the current Vice President of India. He is a former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).[1] He is also an academician, a career diplomat, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. would inaugurate the annual NCC Republic Day Camp on January 8. There are 1,950 cadets participating in the month-long camp. Four bands would be participating in the camp. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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