PANAJI
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that NGOs play an important role in bringing about social change and development which is being experienced in different parts of the Country.
"To stay ahead, NGOs have to relevant. They have immense role in bringing about social change and development and this change is being experienced from different parts of the country", said Parrikar.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Joint Staff Development Programme organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, in South Goa. The theme of the programme is NGO: Staying Ahead and Staying Relevant.
Ten well known NGOs and their grass root level workers spread all over the regions of the country are participating in the present JSDP. In his key note address, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India Founder Director V G Patel emphasized that with enhanced technology NGOs can connect with people in new ways to solve problems.
PHD Chamber President Gopal Jiwarjka said, "by2020, about 315 million Indians living in rural areas will be connected to the internet, compared to around 120 million at present."
