The Union Minister for Defence, Mr. Manohar Parrikar addressing the gathering at the presentation of Certificate by the Limca Book of Records to NCC, in New Delhi on September 24, 2015. The Director General, NCC, Lt. Gen. A. Chakravarty and the Editor Limca Book of Records, Mrs. Vijaya Ghose are also seen.
‘Largest Yoga Performance’
New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): On 24 Sep 2015, National Cadet Corps (NCC) was presented the certificate by Limca Book of Records for the ‘Largest Yoga performance’ simultaneously by a single uniformed youth organization (NCC) at multiple venues on International Day of Yoga on 21 Jun 2015. The certificate was presented by Mrs. Vijaya Ghose, Editor Limca Book of Records to Lt. Gen. A Chakravarty in the august presence of Defence Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar.
Based on the encouragement given by the Prime Minister Modi during his address in the Prime Minister’s NCC Rally on 28 Jan 2015, NCC created this record with 9,50,210 NCC cadets performing Yoga simultaneously at 1767 venues pan India on 21 Jun 2015.
Interacting with the NCC cadets, the Defence Minister shared with them some useful tips on how to make the ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign a success. He said, NCC is on the verge of undergoing major expansion as the demand for its expansion is huge. The Minister complimented the staff of NCC and all the cadets for their hard work and dedication and said that NCC could play a very crucial role in nation-building by grooming the youth as future leaders.
Earlier, the Director General of NCC Lt. Gen. A Chakravarty gave an account of NCC activities and said the organization is truly proud of its achievement of finding a place in the Limca Book of Records for which he also thanked Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Ayush for their support to NCC in conducting event successfully on International Day of Yoga.
(Source: PIB/GR/TYP/BIN/USPA/WN/IAIJ)