Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Why NGOs are important?

The non government organizations such as Relief India Trust play a significant role in the welfare of our society in India. They work day and night looking after the underprivileged, distressed, helpless and socially weak people. The role of NGOs becomes even more relevant where the government’s social and development programs are hard to reach to the common people in the tribal and remote areas. The NGOs adhere to the code of conduct of the NGO’s regulatory bodies and the policies of the government. Other than that, within the NGO set up, they are free to operate however they want. The NGO’s management just ensures that their vision and strategies are properly implemented, giving satisfactory results for their efforts. The results obtained should necessarily be well acclaimed by the government, regulatory bodies, donors and other stakeholders of the NGO as well. That is also the philosophy of the Relief India Trust as well who believe in complete freedom of their operational activities which produces quality and satisfactory results.
Perception of Government of NGOs:
A lot of government departments have varied views about the role of NGOs in our society. Surprisingly, in developing economies most of the views of political parties and other government officials about NGOs is negative. They believe that the government should have trained people who can give the right idea and approach or doing social and relief work for the benefit of the society. They believe that the NGOs recruit all talented people with lucrative salaries, which creates a void in the governmental sector. Further, the NGOs take the entire credit for any welfare work which is even done by the government. They believe that NGOs basically overshadow their efforts and work done for the society. This is generally the perception of the national government. On the other hand, the perception of NGOs by the local government is very much positive. They know the importance of NGOs, especially during crisis or disastrous situation. A lot of local governments can’t work properly in emergency situations without the help of NGOs. The Relief India Trust
has done several notable works in collaboration with the local government bodies.
Expectations of Government from NGOs:

Sadly, the government of developing countries met with different crisis and emergency situations every now and then. The government bodies in emergency situations always look up to the NGOs to play a significant role in disaster management and in the relief work or the society. The government has got all the resources and financial means to encounter any kind of emergency situation.  On the other hand, the NGOs have got the brains and better ideas to cope with any such situation. The government expectations are very high from the NGOs and want them to work in collaboration in most of the situations faced by the country. The government and NGOs should develop good relationships for the benefit of the country. Further, the NGOs are also benefited several times by the government financially.