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NCC targets to enroll one lakh youth from NE states

Shillong, Jul 25 (UNI) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is targeting to enroll over a lakh students from the eight north-eastern states by 2020, Director-General NCC, Lt. Gen. Vinod Vishisht said today.
The NCC Chief also lamented that no educational institution from the region has introduced NCC as an elective subject to attract the youth into the organisation and imbibe in them sense of national integration, value system and feeling of patriotism.
“At present, there are 89,000 NCC cadets in the region. By 2020, we will exceed one lakh youth who join NCC,” Lt Gen Vishisht told reporters here in Meghalaya.
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