A press release by the Prime Minister’s Office states that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the annual NCC PM Rally at Cariappa Parade Ground in Delhi today at 5:45 pm. This year NCC is celebrating its 75th year of establishment. During the event, the Prime Minister will release a special Day Cover and a commemorative specially minted coin of Rs 75 denomination to commemorate 75 successful years of NCC.
The rally will be organized as a mixed day and night event and will also include a cultural program on the theme ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’. In the true Indian spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, 196 officers and cadets from 19 foreign countries have been invited to participate in the celebrations.
While addressing last year’s rally, PM Modi had lauded the cadets saying that the training and education that the PM received in the NCC has given him immense strength in discharging his responsibilities towards the nation.
PM Modi had said, ‘Our effort should be that more and more girls join the NCC.
Noting the young profile of the cadets, who are mostly born in this century, the Prime Minister outlined their role in taking the country towards 2047. “Your efforts and resolve and the fulfillment of those resolutions will be India’s achievement and success”, he said. The Prime Minister said that no power in the world can stop the country whose youth starts moving forward with the thought of nation first. The Prime Minister said that India’s success in the field of sports and the startup ecosphere is a clear example of this.
The Prime Minister asked the cadets to join the Self4Society portal, which is working to give new energy to the collective efforts of the country. More than 7 thousand organizations and 2.25 lakh people are connected with the portal.