Rajnath Singh has approved the expansion of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) by adding three lakh cadet vacancies, in response to increasing demand for NCC enrolment from educational institutions nationwide. The NCC, established in 1948 with 20,000 cadets, will now have a sanctioned strength of 20 lakh cadets, making it the world s largest uniformed youth organization. This expansion, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, aims to empower youth as future leaders. The plan includes distributing vacancies evenly across all States and Union Territories, establishing new Group Headquarters, and adding new NCC units.