The total number of cadets enrolled in the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in the country during the last five years is as follows:

Year	Total Number of Cadets enrolled	Senior Wing Girls	Junior Wing Girls	Total Enrollment of Girl Cadets	Percentage of Girl Cadets
2021	1464727	229005	291021	520026	35.50
2022	1481279	234490	294850	529340	35.74
2023	1514518	252602	308109	560711	37.02
2024	1533866	268774	327966	596740	38.90
2025	1558199	282579	351225	633804	40.68

During the last five years, a total of four NCC units have been raised in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Measures taken by the Government to encourage the participation of girls and strengthen infrastructure for female cadets in NCC include upgradation of training infrastructure, standardisation of the NCC Curriculum and Drill Modules to ensure equal training opportunities for women cadets, increased induction of women Associate NCC Officers (ANOs) and Permanent Commissioned Officers and mandatory presence of women ANOs, Lady Officers, trained women instructor and women medical staff at campus.

The details of recruitment of NCC cadets in the Armed forces and their further progression is maintained by the three services.

his information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Sanjay Seth in a written reply to Dr Bhola Singh in the Lok Sabha today.

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