Role of Voluntary Agencies and Social Change in India

Broadly speaking, more voluntary groups in all, they must run into thousands-especially those working in rural areas, can be divided into four major groups: Charity and relief groups, Envelopment groups, Action groups some more openly political then others and Support groups. The number of voluntary groups in India actively interested or involved in environmental issues today is larger than in any other Third World Country and probably matches the numbers found in Western Countries, where the environmental movement had its beginnings. To enable the achievement of this prime objective of a people‘s movement, a three-pronged approach in strategy is called for comprising three levels of achievement of power, viz. political, economic and social.