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Synopsis This book has been prepared to serve as a reference book for students taking courses in extension education, adult education, community development programme in agricultural colleges and universities in India.  This book is directed to the staff of the universities and trainers of field workers alike.  Policy makers, planners, scholars and academicians and field level executors of development programmes, the professional workers in the field who have genuine interest in the task of sustainable development of the community will also be equally benefited from this book.  This book is written primarily to meet the Indian situations.  It presents a critical review of the research work done on various aspects of NGO’s through out India, as NGO’s are playing very important role in all the conceivable aspects of Nation’s development.  This book is a result of the work done by different scholars, academicians research workers and change agents.  Editor has knitted them together and given it its present form.  Issues addressed in this book relates to NGO and women, children, elderly, income generation, disabled, adoption, consumer education, case studies as well as success stories.  NGO’s are the ultimate answer to several problems this is clear from the above discussion.  In recent years a number of research studies have taken place on the functioning of NGOs their contributions to environment, health, income generation and literacy.  The material in this book is the result of an effort to bring together best information available in literature.  A special feature of this book is the inclusion of name and address of NGO’s actively working in Baroda.  The cited literature and the bibliography add to its usefulness.  It is sincerely hoped that this book will prove informative and useful both as a text and a reference material.  Here the author has edited several papers theoretical and empirical of eminent scholars from diverse themes so that one can clearly understand how NGOs are contributing to the development of the society.