The social, economic and cultural requirements keep on changing in a developing society with the changing development processes. It is generally accepted that Voluntary Organizations(VOs)could effectively contribute in mobilizing community participation and in ascertaining the needs of the people so that our programmes are driven by demand of the community. With the purpose of encouraging participation of Voluntary Organizations in various developmental and social activities, the State Government is providing monetary assistance to Non Governmental Organizations(NGO’s). The aim of the State Government is to reach the most needy in the society through innovation and experimentation by covering all aspects of Human Resource Development.
In order to support and systemize the efforts of the voluntary organizations in the State, Punjab Government has issued guidelines vide this department’s letter No.PSPB/ARO(W)-99-2000/8622, dated 15.10.1999 duly approved by the Council of Ministers. Subsequently, the Council of Ministers in its meeting held on 22.2.2001 and 30.12.2002 had approved the following amendments respectively:-
Amendment-I
- The foundation grant for Mother Unit has been enhanced from Rs.1.00 lac to Rs.2.00 lac.
- The project supervisory grant for Mother Unit has been increased from 5% to 7.5%.
- In para VIII of the guidelines, condition VI should be read as:
“The grant-in-aid released would be utilized/spent in accordance with the by-laws of the society”.
Amendment-II
In continuation of this department’s letter No.PSPB/ARO(W)-99-2000/8622, dated 15.10.1999, the figure of Rs.5.00 lacs and Rs.10.00 lacs appearing in Item No.(ii)of Para VIII of the guidelines issued vide letter referred to above be read as Rs.10.00 lacs and Rs.15.00 lacs respectively”.
Amendment-III
“In continuation of this department letter No.PSPB-RO(W)-2000-2001/2011, Dated: 27th March, 2001, the Project Supervisory Grant for Mother NGO has been increased from 7.5% to 10%”.
These amendments were circulated vide letter Nos.PSPB-RO(W)-2000-01/2011-15, dated 27.3.2001, No.PSPB-RO(W)-2000-01/1317-26, dated 25.2.2003 and PSPB-RO(SES)-06/16410-11, dated 6.11.2006.
Constitution of Committees
- For promoting the role of Non-Government Organisations(NGO’s) for the development of State, Apex Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of CS, Punjab vide this Department letter No.PSPB-RO(SW)-NGO’s/2654, dated 21st April, 1998. The same has been reconstituted vide this Department letter No.25/26/PSPB/RO/NGO/2009/ 8488-98, dated 17th Sept., 2009.The Commette has been re-constituted vide this Disst in letter No. 25/26/PSPB/RO/NGO/2012/2776, dated 20th Sept., 2012.
- A Steering Committee had been constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary Planning vide this department letter No.PSPB-RO(W)/NGO-2000/2625-33, dated 27/3/2000 and was reconstituted vide this department letter No.1/6/PSPB-RO(NGO)-20047/7806, dated 31/7/2007,
- District Level Coordination Committees had been constituted for promoting the role of NGO’s in the districts with Deputy Commissioners as Chairmen vide this department letter No.25/26-PSPB-RO(NGO)/2005/9518, dated 26th July 2005 and was reconstituted vide letters No.25/26-PSPB-RO(NGO)/2007/7827-38, dated Ist August 2007 and No.25/26-PSPB-RO(NGO)/2010/4380-98, dated 16/4/2010.
Objectives:
The objective is to associate voluntary organizations working for various developmental and social welfare activities, by providing monetary assistance to these organizations to achieve the objective of economic and social upliftment of targetted sections of society.