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Sahyadri Textiles Ltd, a profitable company, funds a village sanitation project through an NGO that mobilises villagers and monitors the work, while the district administration provides land and approvals. Which role is the NGO playing in the social governance framework?

The NGO is acting as civil society, serving as an implementing and community-mobilising partner. It organises villagers and monitors the work, while the government provides land and approvals and the company provides funds. This is the usual tri-partite division of roles in social governance.

  1. ACivil society acting as an implementing and community-mobilising partnerCorrect
  2. BGovernment acting as the statutory regulator of the project
  3. CCorporate acting as the primary source of public revenue
  4. DCorporate acting as the sole decision-maker on public policy

Explanation

The NGO is a civil society organisation. It mobilises the community and executes and monitors the work, which is the typical civil society role. The district administration represents government, and the company supplies funds as the corporate partner.

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