Essential Attributes
| S.No. | Essential Attribute | MOV |
| 1 | The Voluntary Agency is registered under the Societies Act /Trust Act/Trade Union/ Co-operative Act/Income Tax Act. It is apolitical and secular in nature. | Registration Certificate Organizational Byelaws – document |
| 2 | The Voluntary Agency has been in active
functioning since the last 3 years. |
Work Reports Expenditure statements |
| 3 | The Voluntary Agency has been getting its accounts audited continuously, for the past 3 years. | Audited Accounts Report for the last 3 years |
| 4 | The Voluntary Agency has been receiving funds for its programs continuously for the last 3 years and incurred a minimum expenditure of Rs. 1 lakh in the last financial year. | Financial statements Expenditure Statement of the last financial year |
| 5 | The Voluntary Agency has at least 4
staff members and its chief functionary / Secretary is a full-time
worker of the organisation. |
Expenditure Statement Information gathered from organizational visits Salary vouchers Attendance register |
| 6 | The Voluntary Agency has a separate
office and is not being run from residence. |
The Voluntary Agency’s
rent and electricity bills Organizational visit |
| 7 | The Voluntary Agency has a democratic
style of functioning. |
Organizational visit and
Staff Meeting records |
| 8 | The Voluntary Agency has a field
presence and a good reputation among the target community. |
Organizational & Field
Visits |
| 9 | The Organizational Head / Secretary has
never been convicted by the Court of Law. |
Affidavit from the
organisation to this effect Information gathered from organizational visits |
| 10 | The Voluntary Agency has never been
blacklisted by CAPART / CSWB / any other donor agency. |
Affidavit from the
organisation to this effect Available information / reports on blacklisted NGOs. |
Desirable Attributes
| S.No. | Desirable Attribute | MOV |
| 1 | The Voluntary Agency holds a public
hearing (Jan Sunwai) at least once in two years, to declare its
activities and accounts to the public. |
Invitation letter of the
Jan Sunwai and the meeting report. |
| 2 | The Voluntary Agency has its accounting
systems in place and it maintains financial transparency. |
Complete and
well-maintained financial records & statements. Audited Accounts Report for the last 3 years Organizational visit to assess the accounting system. Balance Sheet and other accounts open for sharing with ARAVALI and its partners. |
| 3 | The Voluntary Agency publishes and
distributes its Annual Report. |
Annual Reports of the last
3 years |
| 4 | The Voluntary Agency has a 5 years'
Perspective Plan to guide its functioning. |
Perspective Plan document
or some other equivalent document. Action-taken Report based on the Perspective Plan |
| 5 | The Voluntary Agency's activities are
in accordance with its vision, mission and goals. |
Voluntary Agency's
Memorandum of Association Annual Report & other Activity Reports |
| 6 | The Voluntary Agency has transparent
policy and procedure for staff appointment and removal.· The terms
of employment of the Voluntary Agency staff are fair and in tune
with the sectoral trends and norms |
Organizational byelaws Organizational visits · Salary Register and salary slips |
| 7 | The Organisation has a Staff Committee
of at least two members against Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace. |
Affidavit from the
organisation to this effect |