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NGO FULL FROM
(1) What is a NGO – Non Governmental Organization?

Ans :- NGO may be defined as an association having a definite cultural, educational, religious or social program registered with the Central Government. The full form of NGO is Non Governmental Organization, NGO’s are also referred to as Non Profit Organisations (NPO’s) sometimes.

(2)What is an NGO in India ?

Ans :- NGO’s are nor “owned” by anyone and cannot distribute profits through the form of dividends as such. Whatever profits they may earn from economic activities are reinvested or spent on appropriate non-profit activities.

The typical sources of revenue for non-governmental organizations are donations, funding grants from unilateral and multi-lateral agencies, membership fees, miscellaneous sources and interest and dividends on investments.

The following forms of associations may act as NGO :

(a) A trust of two or more persons as Trustees therein. The Trust may be registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1982.

(b) A company registered u/s. 25 of Companies Act, 1956. Usually clubs, associations of professionals get registered under this provision of the Companies Act, 1956.

(c) A society of persons registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 with the Registrar of the Societies, with aims and objects and a structure as laid down in the said Act.

(d) A statutory body consisting membership of persons constituted by or under a stature, having a structure as laid down in the statute by which it is constituted.

(e) A charitable trust constituted under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1920.

(f) Any other organization akin to a society.

Thus an NGO in India can either be registered as a trust,society or as a company under sec 25.

Given below are some NGO’s which are doing exemplary work around the world.

(1)BRAC. BRAC “is a development organisation dedicated to alleviating poverty by empowering the poor to bring about change in their own lives.” BRAC began in 1972 and has established itself as “a pioneer in recognising and tackling the many different realities of poverty.” BRAC came 4th on the 2012 list.

(2)Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation is “dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top-ten internet property.” Wikimedia ranked 1st in the 2012 list.

(3)Acumen Fund. This new comer to the list is an anti-poverty NGO, which hopes to see a world where “one day every human being will have access to the critical goods and services they need – including affordable health, water, housing, energy, agricultural inputs and services.”

(4)Danish Refugee Council. Established in 1956 they have aided over one million people in their history and their goal is that “no displaced person must be without help when it comes to finding protection and durable solutions.” Danish Refugee Council ranked 9th last year.

(5)Partners In Health. They have a two part goal with the first being “to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and [secondly,] to serve as an antidote to despair.” Partners in Health ranked 2nd in 2012.

(6)Ceres. New to the top 100 NGO list, Ceres’ work “mobilizes a powerful network of investors, companies and public interest groups to accelerate and expand the adoption of sustainable business practices.” The end goal of Ceres work is to be able to build a healthy and sustainable global economy.

(7)CARE International. CARE works to help fight global poverty with a focus on women. By helping women in particular, they are more likely to help change the lives of families and communities. CARE retained its 7th place ranking from 2012.

(8)Médecins Sans Frontières. Médecins Sans Frontières, the founders of the “without boarders” movement work, as “an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare.” Médecins Sans Frontières retained its 8th place rank from 2012.

(9)Cure Violence. New to the list this year, this Chicago-based organization formerly known as CeaseFire, “are advocates fighting to stop the spread of violence” through communities. Cure Violence actively seeks to “diffuse potentially explosive situations” to show “community members how to resolve conflicts peacefully.”

(10)Mercy Corps. Mercy Corps. were established in 1979 when they were known as Save the Refugees Fund. The group’s missions statement is to “alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.” Mercy Corps.was able to move up one spot from its 11th position in 21012.

Source From:- (1)http://www.miratelinc.com/blog/10-top-ngo-from-the-global-journal-100-best-list-2013/ (2)https://indiamicrofinance.com/ten-technologies-transform-india-nasscom-ilf-2014.html (3)http://www.nadihaprayas.org.in/2018/08/28/ngo-full-from/ ‎