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Ans. Civil society comprises of everything outside family/individual realm excluding market and state. People - (state + market + individual) - (Civil society) Changed nature: → Corporatisation of NGOs → Growing scale of operations of CSOs ex: Pratham's large scale operations pensive in Indian villages → Digitisation: more disconnect from the unequipped population ex: Fund raising campaigns like Childhelp ch compliance burden on CSOs ex: FCRA, IIT valuing, have helped in better regulation Delhi CSI (not forshadowing to be allowed) to be the only used for the CSOs expense

Outline: The fact that compliance burden acted as a deterrent on many CSOs shows that in a sum towards democratic regulation of CSOs the state overstepped in interventions leading to loss of ground-level connect of these NGOs. → The diverted resources of time and effort to comply have counted against participatory democracy. → The rules ex: FCRA is a part of statutory approach rather than promoting procedural transparency which is entailed to ensuring accountability. Hence: easing FCRA rules and focusing on accountability mechanisms like NGOs under RTI, transparency: the improvised special audit on lines of schemes comparing website/data with onground scene: Can help achieve the task of CSO accountability and participation both.

— SRIGIRIRAJU V P S SAI KRISHNA · AIR 125