NCC band team from Lakshadweep school invited to special national integration camp by PMO
The Hindu
The NCC band team from GSPSSS, Kalpeni, has been invited to participate in the special national integration camp scheduled in New Delhi between January 14 and 21 on the directives of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Defence, and Director General, NCC.
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) band team from GSPSSS, Kalpeni, has been invited to participate in the special national integration camp scheduled in New Delhi between January 14 and 21 on the directives of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Defence, and Director General, NCC.
The team will also participate and perform in Bharat Parv, which is scheduled for January 23 and 24. The Ministry of Defence has arranged a special Air Force flight from Agatti to New Delhi either on January 12 or 13 to carry the team. The invitation comes close on the heels of a two-day visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the archipelago last week.
Four NCC officials have also been asked to reach Agatti on or before January 11. The principals concerned have been directed to relieve the officials, said an order issued by Rakesh Dahiya, Director of Education, Lakshadweep Administration.
The Port department will arrange a suitable schedule for the movement of the band team to Agatti. Jomon George, principal, GSPSSS Kalpeni, has been directed to make arrangements for the accommodation, transportation, and food of the cadets during their stay in Agatti.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists