Role of NGOs in India By Solomon What

Role of NGOs in India By Solomon

What is an NGO? • A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) or Non. Profit Organization (NPO) is a legally constituted organization which is operated by legal persons who act independently from any government. • NGOs wok for a wide variety of causes that aims to bring about the change in the life of people for a greater cause.

NGOs in India • After the Independence Mahatma Gandhi made a plea for transforming the 'Indian National Congress' to 'Lok Sevak Sangh' (Public Service Organization). • But this plea was not accepted. • Later, Gandhi followers started voluntary agencies to work on social issues.

NGOs in India • Thereby NGOs were started in India and today in India number of national NGOs is around 3. 3 million. • The no. of NGOs increased in the time of 1960 s as people felt that the government projects are inadequate to deal with the development of deprived sections of India.

Ø In 1980 in Sixth Five Year Plan (1980 -1985), the government identified new areas in which NGOs as new actors could participate in development. • Optimal utilization and development of renewable source of energy. • Family welfare, health and nutrition, education. • Health for all programs. • Water management and soil conservation. • Social welfare programs for weaker sections. • Implementation of minimum needs program. • Disaster preparedness and management (i. e. for earthquakes, floods, cyclones, etc). • Promotion of ecology and tribal development. • Environmental protection and education.

• In the next Five year plans, a greater emphasis has been laid on the role of voluntary organizations in rural development and poverty. • The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. • The Govt and NGOs together making progress to achieve these goals.

The goals are • Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, • Achieving universal primary education, • Promoting gender equality and empowering women • Reducing child mortality rates, • Improving maternal health, • Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, • Ensuring environmental sustainability, and • Developing a global partnership for development.

Role of NGOs in India • Non government organizations (NGOs) in India play a vital role in helping people in a variety of ways. • By looking after the helpless, distressed and deprive people, these NGO's have helped and contributing to the development of the Indian society. • Where government outreach programs are hard to reach, these organizations trying to fill this gap by bringing welfare programs to people.

Role of NGOs in India • Welfare programs of these NGO vary like serving various segments of the society. Example: a welfare program for the upliftment of women, special program in the face of a natural disaster. • There are no fast and hard rules for an NGO; rather it is the rectification and identification of social issues in the society in a regular basis. • It is an undistributed fact that by helping weaker section in the Indian society, we are building a stronger nation.

Role of NGOs in India • The main motto of these NGO is solely providing free education for poor children in India and uplifts their lives that are living below the poverty line. • Apart from all these, they run various funds raising programs and events that will help them in raising funds for running all these welfare programs.

Role of NGOs in India • NGO's have found a new ray of hope in the declining society. • They provide leadership for social reforms in India and other developing countries. • For example, child welfare NGO unsafe present time of a child into the save and secured future. • They are also involved in educating them to make them self-sufficient.

Some of the most key roles of NGO • A Self-organization in Human society: Promote social awareness and Uplift of the poor, particularly women • Educate rural people and ensure their primary education • Improve maternal health and nutrition and combat diseases • Promote leadership • Promote appropriate and affordable technologies

Maintain an important space between Government and Profit Sector: • Serve as watchdog of both government and business • Disseminate information • Enable experimentation and social change • Supplement government efforts • Act as innovators and Mobilize resources • Provide training

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