Question : REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE OF NGOS ENGAGED IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(a) whether the Government has recently conducted a review of Non-Governmental Organisations engaged in rural development schemes;

(b) if so, the outcome thereof;

(c) the shortcomings noticed in functioning of NGO`s;

(d) the remedial measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard;

(e) whether the Government has recently introduced new grading system for classifying NGOs; and

(f) if so, the advantages of the new grading system over the previous one?

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH)

(a) to (f) No specific review of NGOs has recently been conducted. However, CAPART has a system of monitoring and evaluation of NGOs under which they are regularly monitoring the functioning of the NGOs funded by them. As a result of which 354 NGOs have been blacklisted by CAPART. No system for grading of NGOs has yet been introduced by this Ministry.