Patil honours NCC Cadets who bring laurals to Punjab state

Chandigarh, January 31, 2014: Honouring NCC cadets today at Punjab Raj Bhawan, who have brought laurels to the State of Punjab by participating in the Republic Day Parade and Prime Minister’s Rally held in New Delhi, the Punjab Governor and Administrator UT Chandigarh, Shivraj V.Patil said that he was pleased to learn that every year cadets from Punjab come out with flying colours by winning maximum medals as compared to other states. He  also welcome all those cadets who have achieved rare distinction in various national level competitions and brought glory to the State of Punjab.

Speaking on the occasion, Patil said the Youth is a vital part of every society whose energies if tapped properly and utilized for constructive purposes the nation can scale new heights in all spheres of life. He said today NCC organization is not only confined to imparting military training to the youngsters but it also equips the youth to undertake social services activities to serve the humanity in a better way. It is due to the training and inspiration given by the NCC organisation that our cadets are able to discharge significant duties such as regulating  traffic, tele-communication services, civil defence, night patrolling and during national crises. During peace times also they are contributing substantially in the field of social services like blood donation, eye-donation, cleanliness, tree plantation, adult education, AIDS awareness and by campaigning against superstitions and social evils, he added.

The Governor further said that there was no doubt that NCC training inculcates the qualities of character, leadership, discipline and the spirit of patriotism in cadets and thus makes them responsible citizens. He said that military training should also include adventure sports to cultivate the qualities of courage, unstinted faith in the self and the spirit of adventure in the cadets.

Keeping in view the positive role played by NCC, Patil suggested that NCC training should be made compulsory in all schools and colleges. He said he was happy to know that the Punjab Government has started four new NCC units and two World Class NCC training academies at Malout and Ropar in the State.

Congratulating all the officers and other staff who worked hard and made these youngsters capable of taking part in Republic Day Parade, he also congratulated NCC cadets who have made us proud.

Describing brief achievements and activities of NCC, Brig. R.P.S. Sandhu, NCC Group Commander, said with approximately 14 lakh cadet NCC is the largest uniformed youth organisation of its kind in the world. He said it was through this organisation that efforts were being made to channelise the tremendous power and the potential of the youth of India in the right direction, so that these future builders of our Nation are able to shoulder responsibilities in each walk of life.

Prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion included, Roshan Sunkaria, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Punjab, Maj. Gen. G.S. Cheema, Additional Director General NCC, Sh. Tarsem Dhariwal, Director of Public Instruction Punjab and NCC officers.//punjab news live, punjab news online, punjab news, punjab news headlines, punjab breaking news, india news, punjab news, world news,