India, Oct. 11 -- One of the most useful youth organisations created immediately after Independence was the National Cadet Corps, the genesis of which was to create a force of young minds at the national level to train young boys and girls to be better citizens and future leaders of our vast country in all walks of life, including the defence forces. This was rightly realised by our leaders through a committee under Pandit H N Kunzru in 1946, and subsequently, after a series of meetings at various levels, it came into existence on 16th July 1948 under the NCC Act XXXI of 1948 under the Ministry of Defence with the following aims:
The National Cadet Corps was given an inter-service image in 1950 when the Air Wing was added, followed by the ...