A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operate independently from any form of government.
The term originated from the United Nations (UN) and is normally used to refer to organizations that are not a part of the government and are not a conventional for-profit business.
In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments, it maintains its non-governmental status by excluding government representatives from membership in the organization.
The term is usually applied only to organizations that pursue wider social aims that have political aspects but are not openly political organizations.
In India non-profit, non-governmental/ public charitable organizations can be registered under trusts, societies, or a private limited nonprofit company, under section-25 companies. Registered Non-profit organizations in India
(1) operate independently of the state;
(2) Are self-governed by a board/group of trustees or ‘managing committee’/ governing council, comprising people who generally serve in a fiduciary limit;
(3) Create benefits for others, basically outside the membership of the organization; and
(4) Are ‘non-profit making’, in as much as they are prohibited from distributing monetary leftover to their own organization members.
non-government organization
Indian Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be done under various Indian laws, and the different legal entities under which civil society organizations can register themselves are:
2.) Public Trust
3.) Private Trust
4.) Non Profit Companies (Section 25)
5.) Co-operative Societies
6.) Multi-State Co-operative Societies (MACTS)
7.) Trade Unions
