3. Critically analyse the change in the nature of civil society in India due to the entry of a large number of professional and well-funded NGOs in it. Also discuss the dilemmas and the limits that this development has created for the civil society.

Approach:

♤ Explain the concept of civil society.

♤ Trace the background of civil society in India, preferably from the pre-independence period. Then explain how the nature of civil society has changed over the years due to entry of NGOs.

♤ Thereafter, discuss whether this has created new dilemmas. This can be done only when the nature of civil society has been clearly explained. Also discuss the limitations of the NGO sector, in light of the role that the civil society is expected to perform.