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The role of NGOs in the development of Himachal Pradesh and their financial appraisal is a critical and comprehensive study of the three NGO s namely CORD (Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development, Kangra), HPVHA(Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Health Association, Shimla) and SRDA(Society for Rural Development and Action, Mandi). The study throws light on their respective scope of service to sectors such as social welfare, health, education, rural development and environment protection and their span of delivery to the beneficiaries, rural essentially comprising man, women, adolescence, aged, etc.

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Dr. Nisha Sharma is a Ph.D in Commerce from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. She has a flair for writing papers. She has an immense potential for research and has published several research papers in national journals. She has a three years of teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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