Tuesday, 27 March 2018

(Units) of National Cadet Corps:

 
  

       Units

These 17 directorates are divided in total of 814 units divided in three service groups Army, Naval and Air. Out of those 684 are Army, 69 Naval and 61 Air units.[8]
Types of units and their numbers are given below:
Type of Unit Number
ARMD SQN 11
ARTY REGT 03
ARTY BTY 20
ENGR REGT 02
ENGR COY 11
SIG REGT 01
SIG COY 13
MED BN 02
MED COY 11
R&V REGT 03
R&V COY 15
EME BN 02
EME COY 06
CTR 11
CTC 12
INF BN 369
INF INDEP COY 46
GIRLS BN 97
GIRLS INDEP COY 12

Arms

  • HQ: HQ NCC, DTE, Group HQ, BN & COYHQ
  • ARMY: Technical (Engineers, Signals, Medical, EME, CTR),:Non Technical(Infantry, Armoured & ARTY)
  • AIR: Flying & Technical
  • NAVY: Unit, Naval Tech., Medical, DAS
  • TRG: OTA- Gwalior & OTA- Kamptee[9]

Strength

  • Army: Each battalion or unit of NCC consists of a number of platoons or coy. For senior division boys each platoon consists of 52 cadets and each coy consists 160 cadets. Each BN has 4 to 7 coys so each BN carries around 640 to 1120 cadets. A senior wing girls BN consists of 2 to 7 coy means a total of 320 to 1120 cadets. For junior division boys and junior wing girls each troop has 100 cadets and each BN has at least one troop.
  • Navy: For senior division boys each BN or unit consists of 4 to 8 divisions and each division consists of 50 cadets. For senior wing girls similar arrangement exists as of senior division boys. For junior division boys and junior wing girls each BN has a troop of 100 cadets.
  • Air: For senior division boys and senior wing girls each unit consists of at least 2 fleets each consists of 100 cadets. So each unit known as Squadron carries around 200 cadets. For junior wing girls and junior division boys each squadron has a troop consisted of 100 cadets.
However, each unit can have up to 24 troops of senior division boys expanding their strength to 2400 cadets but this is maximum limit.

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