Aid and Private Funding in Development
Development Aid in India Development aid is financial aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social and political development in developing countries. It involves long term strategy to alleviate poverty. • Foreign experts call India a ‘development paradox’. India is one of the largest economies with high growth rate. It […]
Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Microfinance Institutions
What are SHGs? Self-Help Groups are informal associations of people who choose to come together to find ways to improve their living conditions. They help to build Social Capital among the poor, especially women. The most important functions of a Self-Help Groups are • to encourage and motivate its members to save • to persuade […]
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
What are Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)? Civil Society, when organized in structure and specialized in function, takes the form of NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations). Characteristics of NGOs: It is an organization of private individuals who believe in certain basic social principles. They structure their activities to bring about development to communities they are servicing. It is […]
Development process and development industry
Content:1. Development process and development industry2. Civil Society Development Processes What is Development and Development Process? A multitude of meanings have been attached to the term development. It is mostly confounded with economic growth. Also, larger meanings such as social development, sustainable development and human development are attributed to it. In simple terms, Development is […]
E-Governance
What is E-governance? According to the World Bank, “E-Governance refers to the use of information technologies (such as Wide Area Networks, the Internet, and mobile computing) by government agencies that have the ability to transform relations with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government. These technologies can serve a variety of different ends: • better […]
Social Audit
What is Social Audit? Social audit is a process in which details of resources used by public agency for development initiatives are shared with people often through public platforms, which allows end users to scrutinize the impact of developmental programs. Social audit serves as an instrument for the measurement of social accountability of an […]
Citizen Charter and Sevottam Model
What is Citizen Charter? A Citizen Charter is a document that outlines the commitment of a public body towards standard, quality and timeframe of service delivery along with grievance redress mechanism. It is an expression of understanding between the citizen and service provider about the nature of services that the latter is obliged to provide. Origin and the […]
Important aspects of governance
What is Governance? In 1993, the World Bank defined governance as the method through which power is exercised in the management of a country’s political, economic and social resources for development. In simple words, Governance is the process and institutions through which decisions are made and authority in a country is exercised. Governance can be used in several […]
Role of civil services in a democracy
Content: Evolution of Civil Services in India Role of Civil Services in a Democracy Issues with Civil Services in India Reforms Required in civil services Evolution of Civil Services in India The Indian civil service system is one of the oldest administrative systems in the world. In India, it had its origin in the Mauryan […]