Haryana Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora on Friday flagged off a cycle rally of the NCC cadets on NCC Foundation day, dedicating it to the daughters.
The Chief Secretary said that the main purpose of flagging off the rally is to make the candidates aware of the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao of the campaign. She also announced an incentive of Rs 5,000 each to NCC cadets who participated in the cycle rally.
Arora said that empowering daughters is a mass campaign and it requires a joint effort from all the sections the society, pointing out that NCC was established in the year 1948 and today it is the largest uniformed organisation in the world with about 1.5 million cadets.
She said NCC gives a very important message to the youth to keep participating in the social service by building unity and discipline, secularism and mutual brotherhood and also motivates the youth to make their career in the armed forces.
During the program, the group commander of NCC Brigadier Rajeshwar Singh said that there are about 15,000 NCC cadets in the State, out of which 6,000 are girl cadets and further out of which 4 thousand girls are directly contributing to Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao.
He said that these girls are participating in the various rallies and are holding various interaction programmes with the Sarpanches in the panchayat, motivating daughters to move forward and empowering them.
Chief Secretary also presented sweets to the cadets as per NCC tradition and wished them a bright future. Principal Secretary Higher Education Department, Ankur Gupta and Director A. Sreenivas and other officials of NCC were present.