CNRI is not a Funding Agency

It is clarified for information of its members that CNRI IS NOT A FUNDING AGENCY, and the members should not, therefore, have any false hope, impression or expectation that CNRI will fund the projects and programmes of the member NGOs. To drive home this point, it is re-iterated that CNRI is an Apex Body of NGOs of Rural India established with the specific objective of strengthening, co-ordinating and facilitating their working at the grass root level for the integrated development of rural India .

CNRI members do not have to approach CNRI State Chapters or Headquarters for routing their applications for assistance from Central or State Government Organisations. Each one of the members is at liberty to approach these funding organizations independently for assistance. There should not be any misapprehension on the part of the CNRI members that by becoming member of CNRI they would get assistance from the Government and other organizations. The members should understand very clearly that their request or proposal for assistance will be decided by the funding organizations based on the merit of the proposals and the decision of these organizations would have nothing to with their membership of CNRI. CNRI will, however, in all cases where there is a legitimate grievance affecting the common interests of the member-NGOs will take up such specific issues with the concerned organisation.