Oxfam Australia
       Oxfam Australia supports local non-government organisations and community-based organisations in India to implement a range of self-help initiatives. We support programs which address the causes of poverty; rural unemployment; the status of women; environmental degradation; access to health facilities; exploitation of tribal communities; bonded labour; land reform; education; and savings. India was the first country in which Oxfam Australia began operating, back in the 1950s. At that time Oxfam Australia's objective in India became, and remains, the provision of self-help to the poorest people in India. Our program in India addresses themes including:
• Sustainable livelihoods
• Gender equity
• The rights of indigenous tribal communities.
• HIV/AIDS
The official website for Oxfam Australia: http://www.oxfam.org.au/world/sthasia/india/

IUSSP
        The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) promotes scientific studies of demography and population-related issues. Originally founded in 1928 and reconstituted in 1947, the IUSSP is the leading international professional association for individuals interested in population studies. The IUSSP network includes almost 2000 members world-wide, one third of whom are from developing countries. The IUSSP's main goal is to "foster relations between persons engaged in the study of demography in all countries of the world, and stimulate interest in demographic matters among governments, national and international organisations, scientific bodies and the general public. The Union shall have power to organise conferences, and to publish scientific information, dealing with population issues."
http://www.iussp.org/index.php

CSE- Centre for Science and Environment
        Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is an independent, public interest organisation which aims to increase public awareness on science, technology, environment and development. The Centre was started in 1980.
        For more than two decades, CSE has been creating awareness about the environmental challenges facing our nation. Searching for solutions that people and communities can implement themselves. Challenging India to confront its problems. Inspiring it to take action. Pushing the government to create frameworks for people and communities to act on their own.
http://www.cseindia.org

Infochangeindia.org         
          InfoChange News & Features (www.infochangeindia.org) is a four-year-old online resource base that provides news, views, perspectives and debates on crucial issues of sustainable development and social justice in India and South Asia. It brings into sharp focus agents and avenues of change.
          The website aims to inform readers on issues that are increasingly being pushed into the margins by the mainstream media. It seeks to enable readers to marshal facts, opinions and perspectives on rights and development issues, so that they can participate in drawing up an agenda for a more equitable and sustainable world.

DFID- The Department for International Development
         The Department for International Development (DFID) is the British government department responsible for Britain's contribution towards international efforts to eliminate poverty. They work in partnership with developing country governments and other international development agencies. Their work is also related with business, civil society and the research community.
DFID India is one of a number of DFID offices worldwide. We have 170 staff based in New Delhi, and state offices in Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Over 400 million people in India live below the internationally agreed poverty line (living on less than US $1 per day). This is one in three of the world's poorest. Reducing poverty in India is an essential step towards ending poverty worldwide. The Government of India is strongly committed to reducing poverty. That is why the DFID is working with the Government and other organisations towards this aim. http://www.dfidindia.org.


Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Center
          The Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre is a collaborative research and policy programme which involves Save the Children, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) and partners in China, India, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Running from 2001 to 2005, it aims to contribute to global poverty reduction efforts by:
• Deepening understanding of the main causes of childhood poverty and poverty cycles, and increasing knowledge of effective strategies to tackle them in different contexts
• Examining economic and social factors at different levels - international, national and local - which contribute to poverty in childhood
• Informing effective policy to end childhood poverty, communicating research findings to policy makers, practitioners and advocates
• Raising the profile of childhood poverty issues and increasing commitment to tackling them through anti-poverty policy and action.
CHIP research in India examined:
• the evidence for and factors underpinning intergenerational poverty cycles
• the role of gender-and caste-based discrimination in maintaining poverty cycles
• the contribution of Government of India and Government of Rajasthan and civil society interventions, and of social relations to breaking intergenerational poverty cycles
This research focused on rural areas, where the vast majority of the population live and where poverty is more severe than in urban areas. http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/


USAID
         More than 50 years of U.S. assistance have helped India make tremendous gains. Today the U.S. India relationship is deeper and stronger than ever before.
USAID is investing in economic growth, health, disaster management, environment and equity in India. Programs focus on areas where help is needed most and people-level impact is high. Cutting edge alliances between U.S. and Indian organizations quicken the pace of progress.
India is close to attaining its primary development goal: halving poverty by 2015 and eliminating it soon thereafter. The U.S. and India are committed to walking the last mile of development in partnership. http://www.usaid.gov/in/


UNICEF
         UNICEF has been working in India since 1949. The largest UN organisation in the country, it is currently implementing a $400 million programme from 2003 to 2007.
UNICEF is fully committed to working with the Government of India to ensure that each child born in this vast and complex country gets the best start in life, thrives and develops to his or her full potential.UNICEF uses its community-level knowledge to develop innovative interventions to ensure that women and children are able to access basic services such as clean water, health visitors and educational facilities, and that these services are of high quality. At the same time, UNICEF reaches out directly to families to help them to understand what they must do to ensure their children thrive.
www.unicef.org/india/

World Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF)
172-B,Lodi Estate, Max Mueller Marg
New Delhi 110 032
         WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:conserving the world's biological diversity , ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable , promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption
http://www.panda.org

Population Foundation of India
B-28, Qutab Institutional Area,
New Delhi 110 016
          The Foundation supports innovative research, experimentation and social action to further the cause of population stabilisation and provide a forum for pooling of experiences and sharing of professional expertise to strengthen and enlarge the operational base of the family welfare programme.http://www.popfound.org