Social Development and Role of Voluntary Organization in Making India Shine

Voluntary organization plays a vital role in bringing out socio-economic development in urban as well as in rural areas in India. It has become an important worldwide force today. It not only have a definite place in modern era but they perform a number of functions for the welfare of its members, the development of a country, integration and solidarity of the society and nation.voluntary organization provide services to the poor, needy, neglected, the old aged and the sick people. They not only provide free services to the urban but also to its rural folk and made different efforts and initiate different programmes at local, national and at international level to aware the common people. They perform their duties in emergency situations like droughts and floods etc at massive scale. The main functions of the voluntary organization is to identifying the needs of individuals, groups, communities, and initiate programmes and projects to meet them on their own or with the grant-in-aid of the government. Voluntary organization is being increasingly used as development agencies by policy makers because they provide more accountable, effective and equitable services in many areas than public or private agencies. Voluntary organization are independent, non profitable, democratic, and secular which work for the welfare of the society and enriching the lives of citizens and progress of nation. The voluntary agencies in India have gradually changed and widened their outlook towards overall socio-economic development of the society. The need of the hour is that both government and non-government agencies should work hand in hand which will enhance the developmental process in urban as well as in rural area which will make India shine.