This preentation presents major contributions of the Non Governmental organization or more generically the Voluntary sector in India since early 1800s.
2. Hieun Tsang in 630 AD wrote: “Towards the west of the junction of the two rivers (Ganga and Yamuna at Allahabad) there was a great plain, called The Arena of Charitable offerings, as from very ancient times Kings from different parts of India frequented this spot for the purpose of practicing charity” 1.2 Million NGOs in 2007 source: PRIA
26. Post partition massacre*There was a need for relief work because of the regular occurrence of disasters such as famines, floods, and cyclones in this period of Indian history 1953 – Central Social Welfare Board to support the NGOs working in the field
27. 1970s – 90s NGOs grew rapidly and prolifically
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Christian missionaries in the early 1810s -they started to build schools, colleges, dispensaries, and orphanages around the 1810s and 1820s1820s - Raja Ram Mohan Roy - social reform, abolition of child marriage and polygamy, the improvement of the social status of women, the promotion of women's education, and remarriage of widows. 1800s - and organizations formed by other religions1870s also saw the emergence of dormant caste associations (such as Kurmi Mahasabha13 and NadarMahajan Sangam.14 These associations were formed mainly by lower castes' elite to promote their social and political mobility
AryaSamaj- 1869Brahma Samaj 1870sAccording to our assessment, the mostimportant organizational offshoot of the nineteenth century reform movement and subsequent national consciousness was the establishment of the Indian National CongressConference to discuss the problems of Indian Muslims and promote national brotherhood amongthem.
Muslim League was launched in 1906 lobby for Muslim political rightsThe Suddhi movement was launched by the AryaSamaj in retaliation to the Muslim conversion that was taking place in the early 1920s. Its aim was to proselytize fallen Hindus(recently converted Hindus) and borderline MuslimsThe organization also nourished the growth of a fundamentalist Hindu organization, RashtriyaSwayamSerakSangh (RSS), the National Corps of Volunteers. Gandhi returns from South AfricaIntroduces the concept of concept of development included all aspects of life: social, political, economic, cultural, and spiritualrural development was constructing self-supporting, self-governing, and self-reliant village communities where everyone's needs were satisfied and everyone lived in harmony and cooperation Introduces Constructive program" to achieve egalitarianism in Indian society by introducing basic education and sanitationGandhi. The volunteers called upon volunteers of the Congress Party to participate in India's independence movement in turn cooperated with Gandhi in mobilizing the masses to achieve political autonomy from the British through passive resistance.
First, there was a need for relief work because of the regular occurrence ofdisasters such as famines, floods, and cyclones in this period of Indian history. The need for relief work was further exacerbated by the Bangladesh War, in 1971, which led to a massive influx of refugees into India Bihar Famine 1966, Maharashtra 1970- 1973
198 Development & promotion of Participatory Methodologies1983 Occupational & environmental health & safety Strengthening Institutions of Panchayati Raj 1994 onwards Support to state Govts in devolution of awarenessReforming Municipal Governance in small & medium towns -
74th Amendment – still not functional
VilasraoSalunke –gram gauravprathisthan-PaniPanchayat – Stockholm Water award 1986 Gram ShikshanMohimMovement for literacy in the rural areas was started in 1959 1947 was only 14 per cent and female literacy was abysmally low at 8 per cent. Movement for literacy in the rural areas was started in 1959 Adult Education through Voluntary Agencies: To ensure greater participation of voluntary agencies, the Central Scheme of Assistance to Voluntary Agencies was revived in April 1982
Voluntary agencies did not receive willing co- operation from State Government ( Adult Education )