The 1990s saw the proliferation of NGOs that bridged the gap between governmental agencies and the general public.
What necessitated the NGOs?
1. Red tape caused delays in governmental agencies’ working processes and benefits could not be transferred immediately to the common public. NGOs played an important role in providing the services fast – by either getting contracts from the agencies or by raising fund from the wealthy people and utilising them for the common good.
2. Most government people are administrators, they are not experts in particular fields so the execution becomes better in certain cases where the NGOs work.
3. NGOs are public organisations – they have members from all fields of work. So they can effectively monitor/verify the government’s plans and implementations and raise voice or suggest improvements in case they notice some incorrect idea or execution.
ALL these factors make NGOs a necessity for any country to flourish.
Pros & Cons of NGOs-
1. NGOs can act as arms of the government or play an advisory role.
2. NGOs often get subjected to corruption because of mal intent of a few of its members – however, this can be checked using proper audits (internal and external ).