Transparency in NGO affairs
Every NGO claims to have acted successfully in "Poverty Reduction". But no actual figure has been brought in our front. How many persons, how many families have been able to cross the poverty line at the behest of the NGOs should be made available. NGOs get funds from abroad and borrow at 4% rate from PKSF. But they lend at a very higher rate. NCBs give loans to farmers at 8% . Still the farmers usually fail to repay the loan. But lending rates of NGOs are much higher. How they repay loans of NGOs punctually is a question that remains to be satisfactorily answered.
A layman like me fails to understand how a poor man will cross poverty line borrowing money at such a high rate.
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Quantity of heat in "Sand" should not exceed quantity of heat in the "Sun". Allegations that have surfaced recently warrant deep thinking over the matter. We feel that transparency in the affairs of NGOs should be ensured immediately. Some sort of government control over them should be established.