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Army to increase intake from Cadets Corps
Facing an acute shortage of officers, the Indian Army is now considering increasing intake from the National Cadets Corps (NCC) into the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun, a senior official said on Monday.
- IANS
- Published: 23:35 January 5, 2009
New Delhi: Facing an acute shortage of officers, the Indian Army is now considering increasing intake from the National Cadets Corps (NCC) into the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun, a senior official said on Monday.
NCC director general R.K. Karwal said that the government could increase the intake of NCC cadets in IMA from 64 to 80. The IMA annually takes in upwards of 1,000 cadets in two batches.
"Alarmed over the shortfall of officers, the government is also likely to hike the intake of NCC 'C' certificate holders into the Officers Training Academy."
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