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- Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, Volume 2 (2004)
ISBN 1-56549-184-X | Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Associates.
Resulting from the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, this second volume of the Global Civil Society series continues our comprehensive country-by-country analysis of the scope, size, composition, and financing of the civil society sector in 22 countries around the world. This download contains the table of contents and introductory chapter; the full volume is available for purchase in paperback and Kindle editions at Amazon. See also: 36-Country Data Tables. - India: Defining the Nonprofit Sector (1993)
Comparative Nonprofit Sector Working Paper #12 | Siddhartha Sen.
Attributes the complexities of Indian society in religion, ethnicity, cultural diversity and politics as causes for the lack of an underlying trend in the Indian nonprofit sector. Divides the development of voluntarism into three periods of Indian history and links them with ancient religious scriptures. Explains the role of the British in the development of this sector during their colonization of India and the emphasis on philanthropic works by three major religious movements, Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh. Chronicles the development of the nonprofit sector following independence in 1947 and underlines differences between the conceptual and legal status of nonprofits in India. - India: Defining the Sector in India - Voluntary, Civil or Nonprofit (PRIA, 2000)
PRIA Working Paper #1.
The first of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper focuses on the definition and classification of nonprofit organizations as part of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in India. - India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Delhi (PRIA, 2004)
PRIA Working Paper #13.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of Delhi, India. - India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Maharashtra (PRIA, 2003)
PRIA Working Paper #11.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of Maharashtra, India. - India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Meghayala (PRIA, 2003)
PRIA Working Paper #8.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Meghayala, India. - India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Meghayala (PRIA, 2003)
PRIA Working Paper #9.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of Meghayala, India. - India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in West Bengal (PRIA, 2003)
PRIA Working Paper #7.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of West Bengal, India. - India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from Delhi (PRIA, 2004)
PRIA Working Paper #12.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the preliminary findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Delhi, India. - India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from Maharashtra (PRIA, 2003)
PRIA Working Paper #10.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the preliminary findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Maharashtra, India. - India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from Tamil Nadu (PRIA, 2002)
PRIA Working Paper #4.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. - India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from West Bengal (PRIA, 2002)
PRIA Working Paper #6.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of West Bengal, India. - India: Invisible Yet Widespread - The Nonprofit Sector in India (PRIA, 2002)
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the preliminary findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in India. - India: Legal Framework for Nonprofit Institutions in India (PRIA, 2001)
PRIA Working Paper #2.
One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, as part of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, this paper examines the contemporary legal framework in which the nonprofit sector is active in India. - India: Nonprofit Institutions Satellite Account, 2008-2010 (2012)
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Information (MOSPI) produced this nonprofit institutions satellite account for India, reporting on the Central Statistics Office comprehensive, nation-wide study on societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860/Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 and its State variants.The survey was conducted between 2008-2010 and identified 31,74,420 such societies. The satellite account report can also be found at the MOSPI website here. - India: Workforce, expenditures, and revenue data (2000)
Adapted from Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Associates, Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, Volume Two (Bloomfied, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004). Data circa 2000.