The Nonprofit FAQ

Governmental Policies in India

In July 2007 India released its "National Policy for the Voluntary Sector," developed over a number of years by the Planning Commission and other groups in consultation with the Indian voluntary sector. (The National Policy is here: http://www.credall.org.in/images/npvol07.pdf.) Thanks for this link to Mark Sidel, Professor of Law and Faculty Scholar, Lauridsen Family Fellow, University of Iowa Law School. For organizations that support nonprofits and similar work in India, see http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/166-227/85-56#india Links to discussions of the policy environment in many parts of the world are included in http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/936-213/297-268 Posted 11/16/07 -- PB