It is beneficial to have NGOs in India. Having said this, I shall give you reasons for their advantageous influence on our economy. However, every good thing is open to criticism, and Indian NGOs are not above such treatment. The first criticism is levelled against the money the NGOs waste. Nothing could be more further from the truth. Indian NGO's actually suffer from shortage of funds. They struggle to raise the appropriate amount of funds. Even if the funds are raised, shortage does remain. How? For example, the number of orphans in India alone is eleven million. The number of orphanages that the country has at present is not sufficient to contain these eleven million children. So where does the question of wastage of funds go? It is true that certain orphanages have been, accused of mislaying the funds. But the greater number, has continued to use the funds for the required needs. So orphanages cannot be written of on the grounds of misuse or wastage of funds. We need NGOs in India because our population is huge and it is not economically viable for the government to take on the task of caring for the entire populace. Hence the term non-Governmental Organizations. The function of Indian NGOs, are not narrowed down to the care of orphans but it runs the gamut from new housing to natural disaster relief and rehabilitation. One of its functions can be raising the standard of living of the people. It is no secret, the economic status of our country. We are ranked among the low-income fast growing countries (according to the UNIDO resort 2009). Low income amounts to low standard of living. Therefore, we see that Indian NGOs take it upon themselves to bring about changes in people's lifestyles. A great contributor to standard of living is the diet, sanitation and health facilities people enjoy. In our country, dismal sanitation is a scab on the face of our civil authorities. NGOs help people improve their sanitation condition by raising money to help them, help the poor people build new toilets. NGOs in India should be and are assisted in these endeavors. Indian NGOs do provide education. In our quality education deprived country, NGOs in India are a ray of light. The Human Development Index (HDI) done by the UNDP ranks our country a dismal 134 out of 170 odd countries. Two of the variables taken into consideration are Longevity and Education. India has a large number of primary school drop-outs. This would contribute to the dismal rank. So an NGO has its job cut out i.e. the Indian NGOs working at this problem have their job cut out. A couple of NGOs in India have taken it upon themselves to run a program wherein the children covered under their scheme avail of free education. These Indian NGOs find it the hardest to raise the required funds So it would seem unfair to say that India does not need any NGOs. The government has also been very cooperative to its NGOs. India provides its statistics for any survey, though of late the government has been most unwilling to do so in particular fields. However, our country does not rank among Iraq, Iran, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Taiwan, which are countries that indulge in 'Statistical Invisibility'. So in conclusion I would recommend the functioning of NGOs in India as it would only enhance the status of our economy.
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It is beneficial to have NGOs in India. Having said this, I shall give you reasons for their advantageous influence on our economy. However, every good thing is open to criticism, and Indian NGOs are not above such treatment. The first criticism is levelled against the money the NGOs waste. Nothing could be more further from the truth. Indian NGO's actually suffer from shortage of funds. They struggle to raise the appropriate amount of funds. Even if the funds are raised, shortage does remain. ...
Shawn Jeffrey is the author of this article on Quality education for slum children. Find more information about Ngo in India here.
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