Role of ngos in rural development: An exploratory study in West Bengal

In view to Indian perspective there are four types of NGOs i.e. local, regional, national and international which are functioning to undertake various rural development projects in the villages. The smooth functioning of NGOs depends upon the availability of resources i.e. human resources, funds, infrastructural support, expertise in the area of rural development, leadership skills etc. These resources extremely varies as per strata-wise classification of NGOs. It is evident from the study that the local based NGOs are not functioning properly due to deficiency of the aforesaid resources which result to the stumbling block in its performance in the area of rural development. While the regional and national based NGOs are well off in-terms of their resources and are working smoothly in the rural development sector. They have the aptitude to take care of the local based NGOs to strengthen their rural development efforts which in turn would enhance greater impact upon the rural poor.