<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt today encouraged the youth to cultivate a strong sense of purpose and passion to tackle life's challenges. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony of the National Cadets Corps (NCC) Boys and Girls Mountaineering Expedition 2023 in New Delhi, he praised the NCC for its significant role in nation-building. The expedition team consists of four officers, 10 Permanent Instructors and 18 NCC cadets out of which 11 are Girls.<br />''<br />'' The team will attempt to scale Mount Yunum at over six thousand metres in Himachal Pradesh by the first week of June 2023. This marks the 85th NCC Cadets Expedition since 1970.</span><br />