Voluntary organizations are non-profit groups that work to help disadvantaged sections of society. They operate voluntarily and without state control. The document discusses how voluntary organizations in India work to supplement government development efforts, especially in rural areas. They aim to empower local communities and make them self-sufficient through activities like spreading information, demonstrating use of local resources, and mobilizing community financing. The Seventh Five-Year Plan in particular recognized the role of voluntary organizations in development work alongside welfare activities.

1. Social Development and Role of
Voluntary Organization in Making
India Shine

2.  Voluntary organizations are also known as non
profitable or non Paid organization and voluntary
association
 Voluntary organization means a group of people
working together voluntarily to help the needy persons
with their needs and resources available to them.
 They not work for personal intention but they work for
humanity, welfare of people and development.
 particularly for disadvantaged sections of society.

3.  voluntarism is derived from the latin word “voluntas”
which means will or freedom.
 It is that action or activity which is not diverted or
controlled by the state. It is an activity which is
governed by its own members and not by any outside
force.
 we can say that voluntary organization is a group of
people who spend their free time helping others
without monetary compensation and do not make a
profit from their activities

4.  David .L.Sills:
 “Voluntary organization is a group of persons
organized on the basis of voluntary membership
without state control for the furtherance of some
common interests of its members”

5.  In the nineteenth century has been marked by the
initiation of social reform movements
 Several social reform movements were started
primarily, to
 raise voices against discrimination along lines of birth,
 gender, faith and practices. Much focus of such social
 movements remained on religion.
 During the first decade of the 20th century, the wave
of Swadeshi Movement swept across the country.
 The formation of Atmiya Sabha
 in 1815 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Brahmin Sabha in
1828, Arya Samaj (1875), Ramakrisma mission, etc.

6.  The major contributions of these movements during
this period of history were:
 1) Providing to untouchables access to education, work
 of choice and worship
 2) Providing to women access to education and other
 aspects of social life
 3) Spread of English education for induction of people

9.  Seventh five year plan and role of voluntary
organizations in India The traditional role of
voluntary organizations in India is to provide their
services to the deprived and underprivileged sections
of the society.
 Today, the major role of voluntary organisation is
cooperating with government agencies or
supplementing their efforts in the implementation of
their programs.
 The seventh five year plan document had identified
the role of voluntary agencies in the implementations
of development programs as follows.

10.  To supplement the government efforts in offering the
rural poor choices and alternative.
 To be eyes and ears of the people at the village level.
 It should be possible for the voluntary agencies to
adopt samples, innovative, flexible and inexpensive
means with its limited resources and to reach a large
population group with greater community
participating.
 To activate the delivery system and make it effective at
the village level and respond to the needs of the
poorest of the poor.

11.  To spread information.
 To make communities as independent as possible.
 To show how villages and original resources and how
human resources, rural skill and which local knowledge is
grossly underutilized at present, could be used for their
own development.
 To demystify technology and bring it in the simpler form to
the poor
 To train a cadre of gross root who believes in
professionalizing volunteerism
 To mobilize financial resources from within the community
with a view making communities stand on their feet.

12. For the first time during the Seventh Plan Period due
consideration was given to these organizations as their
role was recognized in development activities besides
those relating to welfare.
 The VOs were supposed to plan their own schemes and
follow their own modus operandi to deal with the
problems of rural poverty.
 The Seventh Plan document states that "serious efforts
will be made to involve voluntary agencies in various
development programs particularly in the planning
and implementation of programs of rural
development“.

15.  "Depending on the approaches adopted and the
priorities set voluntary agencies have been classified
into seven categories - J.B. Singh
 signifying at large that voluntary agencies operate
today in seven distinct areas. These are:
 Charity: giving food, clothing, medicine, alms in cash
 and kind, land, buildings, etc.
 Welfare: providing facilities for education, health,
 drinking water, roads, communication, etc.

16.  Relief: responding to call of duties during naturally
calamities like floods, drought, earthquakes and man-
made calamities like ravages of war, etc
 Rehabilitation: continuing and follow up of the work
in areas struck by calamities and starting activities
 durable in nature
 Services: building up infrastructure in depressed
backward areas. Tractor hiring services, providing or
facilitating credit, supply of seeds, fertilizers, technical
know-how etc.

17.  Development of social-economic environment around
human beings: socio economic transformation on area
basis covering all people in a given area.
 Development of Human Beings: Conscious raising,
 awakening, raising conscience, organizing, recording
of priorities to suit social justice

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