(a) whether the Planning Commission had brought out `Guidelines for Voluntary
Organisations` few years back;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Planning Commission have recently discontinued bringing out this publication;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the alternative measures proposed by the Government to draw the attention of voluntary
organisations/NGOs towards various centrally sponsored schemes aimed at poverty alleviation?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF
STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC
GRIEVANCE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND
PENSIONS
(SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a) to (e) : No, Sir. The Planning Commission had not brought out any `Guidelines for Voluntary
Organisations`. However, the Planning Commission had prepared a Directory of Schemes for
Voluntary Organisations during September 1995 giving information on various Central Sector
Schemes for poverty alleviation and social development, in which NGOs/Voluntary Organisations
can participate.