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APPENDIX-I

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CONDUCTING FINAL SURVEY, MAJULI Part-I

(Information to be collected from NGO Offices for case study) Separate questionnaire for separate NGO: Only 5

1. Name of the NGO:

2. Date of Registration:

3. Registration document produced on demand: Yes/No.

4. Address:

5. Particulars about NGO projects:

Name of the Project undertaken and Completed/Continue

Year of Starting

Year of Completion

Fund Received for the Project (Total)

Fund Spend for the Project (Total)

No. of Beneficiaries

Source Amount

If not completed, write continuing:

6. Position of NGO official interviewed:

7. objectives: Yes/No

8. NGO official interviewed can express achievements: Yes/No

9. The NGO has a Executive/Governing Body: Yes/No

10. If, yes particulars about Governing Body/Executive Body:

Name of G.B/E.B members

Sex Age Position Held in G.B./E.B.

Related with Other Members by Blood/Marriage

Work Experience

Gets from NGO Wage or Honorarium (W/H) Mention Amount, Monthly also

Education Level

11.

12. Executive/Governing members are selected through: Election/Selection.


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13. How many times Executive Body/Governing Body meet in a year:

14. Executive Body/Governing Body meeting minutes are maintained: Yes/No.

15. Executive Body/Governing Body meeting minutes are circulated among Members:

Yes/No.

16. NGO prints its programmes: Yes/No (Collect one copy)

17. NGO prints its Budget: Yes/No (Collect one copy)

18. NGO activities are audited by:

19. NGO activities are audited regularly: Yes/No

20. NGO has its staff recruitment rules: (Collect one copy)

21. NGO takes help of external expert: Yes/No

22. If yes, particulars:

Name of External Expert

Qualification Period of Visit/ Engagement

Purpose Remuneration/ Honorarium Received

Monthly Salary Received

23.

24. NGO has written policy on purchases, investment, loans etc: Yes/No

25.

26. Achievement of NGO:

Project Name Size of Fund Received Size of Fund Utilized No. of

Beneficiaries

27. Employment generation by NGO: (For last 3 / 4 years)

Name of Project Wage Employment (No.) Self Employment (No.)

1st

yr

2nd yr 3rd yr 4th yr 1st yr 2nd yr 3rd

yr

4th yr


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28. General Body Particulars:

Total No. of

Members

Male Female Average

Age

Average

Education

Membership Fee

29. PRA Practices of NGOs (Evaluation):

-5 with

respect to following:

A. Facilitation

(i) NGO people help local people to do all or most of the investigation, analysis,

presentation and planning to their problem.

B. Attitude:

(i) NGO professionals follow local norms (try to be a part of

local community)

(ii) NGO professionals listen to local people (rather than

lecturing)

(iii) NGO professionals maintain visiting time and visit

regularly project areas


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(iv)

C. Behaviour of the professionals and culture of sharing

(i) NGO professionals try to learn problem from local people

(ii) NGO professionals embrace error

(iii) NGO professionals continuously share information

with local people

D. Reversal of Learning:

(i) NGO professionals try to learn problems from rural people

(ii) NGO professionals enable people to participate at every

stage of development

E. Learning rapidly and progressively:

(i) NGO professionals employ flexible and adoptable

learning process depending upon local conditions

F. Off- Setting biases:

(i) NGO professionals:

(a) Listen to local people

(b) Do not impose any thing on them

(c) Helps most needy people

G. Optimizing Trade-Off:

(i) NGO professionals collect relevant information only

H. Tri-angulations:


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(i) NGO professionals collect information from different groups of people

( for cross checking)

I. On the spot analysis:

(i) NGO professionals help local people to analyze data

on the spot (and not in their office)

J. Information Sharing:

(i) NGO professionals share information with all people

K. Resource mapping:

(i) NGO professionals have collected data on

(a) Income & occupation of population

(b) Rainfall temperature

(c) Agriculture

(d) Education

(e) Health

(f) BPL families

(g) Small scale & cottage industries

(h) Migration and demography of their operation area.


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ANNEXTURE-II

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CONDUCT FINAL SURVEY, MAJULI

Part-II (About beneficiaries who are selected at least 3 / 4 years back)

1. Name of the beneficiary: 2. Address - (I) Village: (II) Block: (III) Rural / Semi-urban: (IV) Age: 3. Family particulars (at the time of receiving NGO assistance): (3 /4 yrs. Back) Name of

all Members

Relationship with

beneficiary

Age Sex Education Marital Status

Age of marriage

Physical Disability

if any

Occupation Yearly Income Main Secondary

4. Particulars (at the time of survey):

Name of all

Members

Relationship with

beneficiary

Age Sex Education Marital Status

Age of marriage

Physical Disability

if any

Occupation Yearly Income Main Secondary

5. Particulars of NGO help / assistance received:

Name of NGO Project / Scheme under which help /

assistance received Type of help /

assistance received (List)

Activity Started by Beneficiary

Year of Joining by Beneficiary

Year of Starting Activity by Beneficiary


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6. Change in Income during NGO Scheme Operation:

Total Family Income (Yearly)

Family Occupation Scheme / Activity

Income from NGO Project / Scheme (Yearly)

Back Current Back Current Year Main Secondary Main Secondary 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Back: At the time of starting / joining NGO project / Scheme.

7. Employment Generation from NGO Scheme / Project. NGO Scheme /

Activity Started / Joined

No. of Person Engaged year

Mandays Utilized yr. Hired labour & Mandays yr. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

No.

MD No.

MD No.

MD No.

MD

(Calculation of mandays should be done carefully} 8. Others Activities of NGO Scheme / Project:

Activities No. of Time Days 1st yr 2nd yr 3rd yr 4th yr

NGO Meeting Attended (Nos.) NGO Group Discussion Attended (Nos.) Health Camp Attended (Nos.) Training Received (Nos.) Educational Tour (Nos.) Visit to Other Project Places (Nos.) Visit to NGO Office (Nos.) Visit to Bank (Nos.) Community Meeting Attended (Nos.) 9. PRA Practices of NGOs (Evaluation):

5 with Respect to following. A. Facilitation


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(i) NGO people help local people to do all or most of the investigation, analysis, presentation and planning of problem

B. Attitude :

(i) NGO professionals follow local norms (try to be a part of local

community)

(ii) NGOprofessionalslisten to local people (rather than lecturing)

(iii) NGO professionals maintain visiting time and visit regularly project areas

(iv) expersise

C. Behaviour of the professional and culture of sharing (i) NGO professionals try to learn problem from local peoples

(ii) NGO professionals embrace error

(iii) NGO professionals continuously share information with local

people.

D. Reversal of Learning : (i) NGO professionals try to learn rural problems from rural

people

(ii) NGO professionals enable people to participate at every stage

of development

E. Learning rapidly and progressively :

(i) NGO professionals employ flexible and adoptable learning

process depending upon local conditions.

10. Awareness level of beneficiary (ranking in 1 5 scale):

(a) Attends NGO meetings :

(b) Attends political meetings :

(c) Knowledge about national politics :

(d) Knowledge about sports :


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(e) Knowledge about culture :

(f) Self confidence :

(g) Attitude towards collective efforts for development :

(h) Attitude towards problem of Majuli :

(i) Attitude towards NGOs :

11. Applicable fro beneficiaries of NGO health and education project only.

A. Health assistance received from NGO: (last 3 / 4 years)

(i) Who is the other beneficiary?

(Respondent / whole family of the respondent / only children / only

Mother / any other)

(ii) Types of health assistance received from NGO (last 3 / 4 years):

(a)

(b)

B. Education assistance received from NGO: (last 3 / 4 years)

(i) Who is the other beneficiary?

(Respondent / whole family of the respondent / only children / any

Other)

(ii) Types of education assistance received from NGO (last 3 / 4 years):

(a)

(b)

12. Health, education awareness of beneficiary (applicable to all project

beneficiaries): (ranking in 1 5 scale)

(a) Attends awareness campaign :

(b) Sense of cleanliness of respondent :

(c) Knowledge about AIDS / HIV :

(d) Knowledge about human body :

(e) Knowledge about merits of good health :


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(f) Knowledge about merits of good education :

(g) Attitude towards family members :

(h) :

(i) No sex preference :

(j) Knowledge about health care facility :

(a) Local (b) Outside

(k) Knowledge about education facilities :

(a) Local (b) Outside

(l) Knowledge about ill effect of:

(a) Smoking (b) Alcohol (c) Drugs

(m) Opinion about early marriage :

(a) Daughter (b) Son

(n) Knowledge about safe drinking water :

(o) Knowledge about sanitation :

(p) Knowledge about smokeless cooking system:

(q) Knowledge about vaccination :

(r) Knowledge about prenatal & post natal care :

(s) Knowledge about ORS :


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APPENDIX-III LIST OF PUBLICATIONS/PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

1. List of Publications

(I) Does NGO Practise PRA Techniques? : A Case

Study of an NGO in Majuli Island of Assam Contemporary Research in

India, A peer-reviewed Multi-Disciplinary International Journal, Vol-2: Issue

- 4 : December, 2012, ISSN No. 2231-2137

(II) Article published entitled

Barak R in Sustainable Development of Water Resource in

Northeast India, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi (Edited Book), First

Published 2011, ISBN 978-81-8370-272-0

(III) Article published entitled Terrorism-its Impact on the Tourism and Travel of

in Socio-Economic Development in

North-East India: A Comprehensive Approach, Krantikaal Prakashan, Nagaon,

Assam (Edited by Dr. Jayanta Baruah), First Edition: July, 2012. ISBN-978-

93-81694-24-4

(IV) Article published entitled Rural Socio-Economic Upliftment through

NGOs in Majuli in Health and Development in Rural North East

India, Abhijit Publication, New Delhi, (Edited by Dr. Harendra Sinha),

ISBN 978-93-5074-45-3

(V) Prevalence of Morbidity Among Women: An

analysis of North Tripura and Unokuti District, Tripura, Pratidhwani-

A Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Vol.- I, Issue- I, July-2012,

ISSN 2278-5264

2. List of participation in Seminars

(I) Paper presented in a Symposium on Sustainable Development of

Water Recourses Assessment of Local

Organized by

Assam University, Silchar, IQAC in collaboration with Institute of

Northeast India Studies.


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(II) Paper presented in a National Seminar on Problems of Rural

Development in North- Role of NGOs in Economic

. Organized by

Radhamadhab College, Silchar, Assam.

(III) Paper presented in a National Seminar on Panchayti Raj Institutions

-East India, entitiled

Raj and Rural Development in Assam: An Overview . Organized by

Nehru College, Pailapool, Cahar, Assam.

(IV) Paper presented in a National Seminar on Human Rights: Violation

vis-à-vis Socio-Economic System, entitled -

. Organized by Deptt. Of Commerce,

Gurucharan College, Silchar

(V) Participated in a National Seminar on Human Rights and Values in

Education.

(VI) Participated in a National Seminar on One Day International Seminar

on Higher Education for sustainable Livelihood, organized by Assam

University, Silchar & CCLP Worldwide Promoting Education Charter

(VII) Participated in a State-Level Seminar on Innovation in Teaching-

Learning of Language and Literature at Under-graduate Level,

organized by N. C. College, Badarpur.

(VIII) Participated in a National Seminar on Status and Prospects of Human

by Women College, Silchar.

(IX) Participated in a National Seminar on Barak Upatyaka Banga- O-

Hailakandi.

3. List of workshops participation

(I) -

Graduate Courses, organized by Deptt. Of Economics, Assam University,

Silchar.


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(II) Participated in an ISI-AU Workshop on

Theory and Application, organized by Computer Vision and Pattern

Recognition Unit, ISI, Kolkata & Deptt. Of information Technology,

Assam University, Silchar.

(III) Participated in a Workshop on Data Analysis Using SPSS, organized by

Deptt. Of Business administration & SPSS Inc. Bangalore.

(IV) Participated in Three Day National Workshop on Accessibility and quality

Enhancement of Higher Education through ICT Integration, organized by

UGC-Network Resource Centre, Karimganj College.

(V) Participated in a Workshop on SQC & OR Practices using computer

Software, organized by ISI, Kolkata & Janata College, Kabuganj.

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