NCC Organization

  1. The NCC organization is administered through the MOD. The Defence Secretary is overall in-charge, who is responsible to the Govt, of India for efficient functioning of the NCC and other matters.
  2. The NCC is headed by Director General (DG), an Army Officer of the rank of Lieutenant General, who is responsible for the functioning of the NCC in the country through the Dte Gen NCC situated at Delhi. The DG at the Dte Gen NCC is assisted by two Additional Directors General (ADsG), one Major General from the Army and the other a Rear Admiral from the Navy or an Air Vice Marshal from the Air Force. There are five Deputy Directors General (DDsG) of the rank of Brigadier and equivalent; three Brigadiers and one Commodore/Air Commodore and one civilian officer.
  3. At the state level, the country has been divided into 17 Directorates (Dtes) covering all States and Union Territories. These Dtes are headed by an officer of the rank of Brigadier or its equivalent from the other two Services. Each of the State NCC Dte controls two to fourteen Group Headquarters (Gp HQ), headed by an officer of the rank of Colonel or its equivalent. In all, there are 95 Gp HQs in the country, who exercise control over a network of 657 Army Wing Units (including Technical and Girls’ Unit), 59 Naval Wing Units and 58 Air Squadrons. The NCC unit is commanded by a Lt Col/ Col (TS) or equivalent. In addition the NCC has two training establishments- Officers Training School (OTS), Kamptee (near Nagpur) and Women Officers Training School (WOTS), Gwalior where professors and teachers from colleges and schools are specially trained to impart training to the cadets as Associate NCC Officers (ANOs).
  4. The NCC has been organized into three wings i.e. Army, Navy and Air Wing. Each Wing consists of Junior Division (JD) and Senior Division (SD). Each Wing in addition to JD and SD also has a Girls Division, consisting of Junior Wing (JW) and Senior Wing (SW).
  5. The NCC is staffed by personnel drawn from the three Services
    1. Regular officers drawn from the three Services.
    2. Whole Time Lady Officers.
    3. Associate NCC Officers.
    4. Girl Cadet Instructors.
    5. Permanent Instructional (PI) Staff.
    6. Civilian Gliding Instructors.
    7. Civilian Staff
    1. Regular Officers. The NCC Directorates are headed by Service Officers of the rank of Brigadier and equivalent, Group Headquarters are headed by Service Officers of the rank of Colonel and equivalent and Units are headed by Service Officers of the rank of Colonel (TS)/Lieutenant Colonel/Major and equivalent. They are responsible for proper training, planning and execution of NCC activities.
    2. Whole Time Lady Officers(WTLOs). A cadre of Whole Time Lady Officers (WTLO) with cadre strength of 110 officers has been sanctioned in 1995. They are to be commissioned partly through departmental channel and partly through UPSC in a phased manner.
    3. Associate NCC Officers (ANOs). ANOs are teachers or lecturers in the respective schools or colleges, who volunteer to serve in the NCC. They are responsible for training and administration of the NCC sub units attached to their schools/colleges and for the overall discipline of the cadets placed under their charge. They are paid an honorarium for their service by the State Government. They are granted commission in NCC on a part time basis.
    4. Girl Cadet Instructors (GCIs). For training of Girl Cadets, a cadre of Girl Cadet Instructors (GCIs) was instituted in the sixties. This is a group `C’ post. The GCIs look after the administration in the Girl’s Battalions and also perform escort duties for Girl Cadets when they go for camps and adventure activities. In order to give them better promotional avenues, the cadre has recently been restructured into three grades viz Grade I, II and III instead of two grades earlier.
    5. Permanent Instructional Staff (PI Staff). PI staff for the NCC consisting of Junior Commissioned Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Armed Forces are posted on tenure basis on Extra Regimental Employment.
    6. Civilian Gliding Instructors (CGIs). CGIs are posted to NCC Air Wing Squadrons. Their primary task is to train NCC cadets in flying.
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