Grand Opening to NCC National Games
Grand Opening to NCC National Games
The NCC National Games-2015 was formally declared open by the Director General NCC Lt Gen Aniruddha Chakravarty at DG NCC Camp, Delhi Cantt today.
Nearly 2000 cadets from 17 State Directorates representing all states and Union Territories in the country are participating in this game.
The aim of the NCC Games is to provide the talented sportspersons amongst the cadets a feel of a major sporting event and prepare them with requisite match temperament and further their sporting careers. An added aim is also to showcase and promote low cost indigenous games such as Kabbadi and Kho-Kho among the youth.
The NCC National Games being conducted over eleven days from 07 to 17 October 2015 will see competitions in seven sports disciplines i.e. Football, Hockey, Athletics, Kabbadi, Kho-Kho, Volleyball and Shooting. Football will be played at various venues in Delhi Cantt with finals slated on 14 Oct 2015. Hockey will be conducted in Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Delhi with finals on 16 Oct 2015. All events are being conducted at Delhi except Shooting which has already been conducted at Asansol, West Bengal.
A colourful closing ceremony is planned for 17 Oct 2015 at Garrison Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt, where top dignitaries of the Defence Ministry are expected to attend.
Nearly 2000 cadets from 17 State Directorates representing all states and Union Territories in the country are participating in this game.
The aim of the NCC Games is to provide the talented sportspersons amongst the cadets a feel of a major sporting event and prepare them with requisite match temperament and further their sporting careers. An added aim is also to showcase and promote low cost indigenous games such as Kabbadi and Kho-Kho among the youth.
The NCC National Games being conducted over eleven days from 07 to 17 October 2015 will see competitions in seven sports disciplines i.e. Football, Hockey, Athletics, Kabbadi, Kho-Kho, Volleyball and Shooting. Football will be played at various venues in Delhi Cantt with finals slated on 14 Oct 2015. Hockey will be conducted in Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Delhi with finals on 16 Oct 2015. All events are being conducted at Delhi except Shooting which has already been conducted at Asansol, West Bengal.
A colourful closing ceremony is planned for 17 Oct 2015 at Garrison Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt, where top dignitaries of the Defence Ministry are expected to attend.
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Cabinet approves construction of National War Memorial
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the construction of a National War Memorial and a National War Museum at Princess Park, near India Gate, New Delhi in memory of all Indian soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice for the country post-independence.
The estimated cost of the project will be around Rs. 500 crore and the total time for completion of the entire project is estimated to be five years.
Post-Independence, more than 22,500 soldiers have made the supreme sacrifice in national interests and in defence of the sovereignty and integrity of the country. However, even after 69 years of Independence, no memorial to commemorate the martyrs has been constructed till date. With the present decision of the Cabinet a long pending demand of the Armed Forces has been redressed.
It has been decided that the prestigious project will be monitored by an empowered Steering Committee chaired by Defence Secretary and assisted by a dedicated project management team, to ensure that the proposed project is completed within scheduled time frame, Post commissioning, a management body will be formed for maintenance of the National War Memorial and Museum.
This government will be establishing a War Memorial and a Museum with a deep sense of gratitude to honour those brave soldiers, who laid down their lives. The memorial will promote a sense of patriotism in the minds of visitors, and will award an opportunity to citizens of this vast nation, to express their token sense of gratitude to the brave soldiers, who laid down their lives for the mother land.
While their final movements, would have gone unnoticed and on occasions their final resting place unknown, this museum will capture those poignant moments in history and bring out the variegated nature of their commitments.
Their dedication, this government feels is a part of unfinished work in nation building. This Government resolves with all its humility at its command that they did not die in vain and that Bharat Mata is enriched by their contribution. A visit to the memorial shall inspire us to rededicate ourselves to this great nation with utmost devotion.
The estimated cost of the project will be around Rs. 500 crore and the total time for completion of the entire project is estimated to be five years.
Post-Independence, more than 22,500 soldiers have made the supreme sacrifice in national interests and in defence of the sovereignty and integrity of the country. However, even after 69 years of Independence, no memorial to commemorate the martyrs has been constructed till date. With the present decision of the Cabinet a long pending demand of the Armed Forces has been redressed.
It has been decided that the prestigious project will be monitored by an empowered Steering Committee chaired by Defence Secretary and assisted by a dedicated project management team, to ensure that the proposed project is completed within scheduled time frame, Post commissioning, a management body will be formed for maintenance of the National War Memorial and Museum.
This government will be establishing a War Memorial and a Museum with a deep sense of gratitude to honour those brave soldiers, who laid down their lives. The memorial will promote a sense of patriotism in the minds of visitors, and will award an opportunity to citizens of this vast nation, to express their token sense of gratitude to the brave soldiers, who laid down their lives for the mother land.
While their final movements, would have gone unnoticed and on occasions their final resting place unknown, this museum will capture those poignant moments in history and bring out the variegated nature of their commitments.
Their dedication, this government feels is a part of unfinished work in nation building. This Government resolves with all its humility at its command that they did not die in vain and that Bharat Mata is enriched by their contribution. A visit to the memorial shall inspire us to rededicate ourselves to this great nation with utmost devotion.
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