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Steering Committee for Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007).

Voluntary Sector

Summary Record of First Meeting

Dated 5th Febrary 2001

In the context of the formulation of the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07), it has been decided to set up the following Steering Committee for the active involvement of Voluntary Sector in the development process:

The Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee will be as follows:

1. to review the policies, procedures, guidelines of the government and other organisations for involving voluntary organisations in different programmes / schemes and suggest alternative policies and simplified procedures / guidelines for involvement of the voluntary sector.
2. to review the existing arrangements for capacity building of the voluntary sector and suggest measures to make VOs / NGOs more effective for good governance, service delivery and managing newer challenges of development.
3. to examine the existing partnership levels between voluntary sector and private sector and PRIs / Municipalities and recommend appropriate steps to facilitate and enhance such partnerships.
4. to review the level of people's participation and volunteerism in development programmes and suggest measures for reviving / galvanising the spirit of volunteerism and people's participation in development, particularly, suggesting ways for effectively utilizing services of volunteers, through VOs / NGOs, in the management of disasters such as earthquakes, floods, famines and cyclones etc.
5. to review the existing methods for monitoring and evaluation of schemes / programmes implemented through VOs / NGOs and suggest improvements in methodologies for effective monitoring and evaluation.

The Chairman of the Steering Committee may, if necessary, constitute Sub-Groups on any specific area / problem and also co-opt additional Members.

The expenditure on TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Steering Group will be borne by the parent Department/Ministry/Organization to which the officers belong. Non-Official members will be entitled to TA/DA as admissible to Grade-I Officers of the Government of India and this will be paid by the Planning Commission.