1. “Exercise NCC Yogdan” launched on 2nd April 2020 to offer a helping hand to the authorities
fighting against COVID19.
2. NCC celebrated its 71st Raising Day on 24th November 2019.
3. First all-girls NCC Mount Everest expedition was flagged off by Union Minister of State for
Defence Rao Indrajeeet Singh in New Delhi.
4. The National Cadets Corps came into existence under the National Cadet Corps
Act XXXI of 1948 (passed in April, 1948; came into existence on 16th July, 1948).
5. The motto of NCC is:“ UNITY AND DISCIPLINE”.
6. It is the NCC Crest in gold in the middle, with the letters “NCC”; encircled by a
wreath of seventeen lotus with a background in Red, Blue and Light blue.
7. The seventeen lotuses represent the 17 State Directorates.
8. The NCC Day is observed on the four Sunday of November.
