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100			_aSiwach, Raj Kumar
245			_aGovernment - NGOs relations in India: An analysis
260			_c2013
300			_ap.391-404.
362			_aApr-Jun
520			_aThe Government-NGOs relations have always been a matter of a great deal of interest for the researchers, professionals and policy makers. In India, the equations between the Government and NGOs have been erratic and unpredictable not for officially prescribed conditions but for political affiliations, regime ideology, lobbying and invisible benefits shared by the vested interests. This article seeks to explain the nature of Government-NGOs relations in the context of emerging trends and the cumbersome process of receiving and utilising governmental grant. On the basis of an empirical analysis of 24 registered NGOs working in 15 states, the researcher concludes that prevailing ethos and strait-jacket-culture governing relationship patterns have given enough scope for corrupt practices, political expediency, red-tapism, arbitrariness and abuse of discretionary powers. It is observed that intense campaigns by NGOs for transparency and good governance, media surveillance and citizens' assertiveness, in a long run, could play a vital role in transforming archaic traits of government NGOs relations in India. - Reproduced.
650			_aNongovernmental Organizations - India
650			_aNongovernmental Organizations
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a101034
999			_c101033 _d101033