Introduction:
The NGOs not only in India, but worldwide
are growing at a very rapid pace. According to some reliable resources, there
are millions of NGOs that are operating worldwide. USA alone has more than 2
million NGOs whereas India has got about a million NGOs which are registered
and the Relief India Trust is just
one of them. There may be several more which are still not registered, but
working in the humanitarian and other sectors. If we talk about China, then it
is the country which has nearly 2 million NGOs where thousands of them are still
not registered. There are about 40,000 International NGOs which have operations
and connections in several parts of the world. As we can see that the growth in
the NGO sector is enormous, but at the same time it is challenging and raises a
lot of concerns for the NGOs to manage on their own. There are several reasons
that accountability is an issue for the NGOs which they are finding a bit hard
to address. It became a very hot disputed topic, especially in the 1990s, when
the growth of NGOs started to pick up viciously. The Relief India Trust is well aware with this issue and trying hard to
come up with a really inspiring accountability structure of their NGO.
Increased
amount of funds:
A lot of money is involved in the NGOs
sector and many of the NGOs even in India gets millions of dollars in the form
of aid. This obviously raises concerns for having a transparent accountability
system as where the money is coming from and how is it used. The main challenge
here for the NGOs as according to the Relief
India Trust is that there are several bodes such as your local and state
government and also the donors are very much interested to know that where the
funds are used and what are the results that they achieve through their
operations. It is always not about just the usage of the money, but the
concerned parties are more interested in knowing that what results they
produced by the millions of dollars that they received in the form of donations
by different national and international donors. The NGOs sometimes which are
honest and doing notable work fail miserably to meet the accountability
expectations that the stakeholders have with the NGO. This may result in
negative impacts and the future funding can be affected big time.
Pressure
of the government:
Whether an NGO is working in collaboration
with the government or not, they always feel some sort of pressure either
directly or indirectly from the government. It is because both these parties
share the common interests and also the common goals, especially when it comes
to the welfare of the society. This becomes a serious challenge and a war of
survival for the NGO
