NGO stands for “Non-Government Organization”. The term was coined by the United Nations in 1945. This is comparatively a new concept of organizing some specific types of works related to a country or society or community. According to Mitlin et al (2006), it does not have any evocative or analytical value. The United Nations wanted to differentiate between the international private organizations and inter-governmental organizations for the sake of more clarity in their work processes and investments in different kinds of social developmental works. So, NGOs are legal entities that are independent of any government. Moreover, they do not undertake any business activities; hence, they are non-profit seeking organizations. The rapid growth in number, influence and effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in recent years has produced greater demands for NGO accountability; accountability to its stakeholders and to the society as a whole. Thus, Social Accountability is very crucial to organizations in general and NGOs in particular. The very fact that NGOs aspire to improve the lives of the poor means that they have committed themselves in some manner to perform activities on behalf of others; their ability to accomplish what is expected and promised is fundamental and necessary to their relationship with others as well as to the community or poor. Such organizations are therefore not free of critique, expectations or input from those whom they serve, and receive legitimacy, funding and interact NGOs have been struggling with the idea of evolving such tools and mechanisms, which would help them further to enhance and demonstrate their accountability towards various stakeholders. This paper tries to examine accountability aspects of NGOs.

KEYWORDS: NGOs, Accountability, Stakeholders, Public Sector, Answerability.