NCAS Transparency Details

The NCAS management, administrative, financial and programme practices and policies lay emphasis on statutory and institutional framework that ensures an efficient, ethical and transparent manner of governance.

The NCAS policy of governance aims at internal as well as external accountability of the organisation, internal accountability of the team members and management for the task they are entrusted with and external accountability to the public for the cause and values the organisation represents, and finally accountability to the donors as well as funding agencies for the money received for implementing a programme or a project.         

NCAS Management policy

NCAS follows a decentralised, task oriented and functional management approach, with multiple leadership roles for a more participatory management practice.

NCAS believes in human dignity. The dignity of the person is of supreme value, and every team member of NCAS is given due respect and recognition as a human being. A team member enjoys freedom and equality with every other team member, though there may be functional distinction of status and roles. NCAS provides a conducive atmosphere, facilities and opportunities for its team members to learn, grow and develop their perspectives, knowledge, skills and sensitivities. There is ample space for individual initiatives that fall within the nature and scope of NCAS.

The NCAS team is best described as a group of people who have come together on the basis of commitment to the cause of the underprivileged sections of the society and on the basis of a set of values like public interest, service, human rights, social justice, gender equality, transparency, participation and accountability.

The NCAS financial practices are based on the following principles:

1. Transparency and accountability of organisational budget accounts

2. Optimum utilization of resources for the sustainability and direct benefits of the envisaged programmes as   well as the organisation

3. Means of attaining sustainability to include developing corpus funds, effective marketing and sales of publications, specialist skills and expertise of the organization

4. To ensure that funds provided are always used for their intended purposes, for upholding the organizational and financial credibility

5. Periodic monitoring i.e. monthly internal audit and quarterly external audit 

6. Natural justice in all transactions

7. Decentralisation and delegation at all levels, wherever possible

8. Emphasis on accounting systems.

NCAS TEAM MANUAL

The NCAS Team Manual has been an outcome of a number of deliberations towards setting up institutional operational guidelines, standard operating procedures and service regulations for its team members with the overall aim of increasing the efficiency of the institution. It is an exhaustive document covering aspects of the organisational structure, appointments and induction, salary and allowances, leave and holidays, travel policy, general office procedures and guidelines.

NCAS SALARY STRUCTURE

The current salary structure and levels of scales approved by the Executive Committee of NCAS is as follows:

Diversity Table of NCAS

NCAS strongly believes in Human Rights, Social Justice, and Creed, Caste and Gender Equality. It strongly advocates human dignity and dignity of labour. The institution is essentially national and non-partisan in character.  It has Team Members hailing from 18 States of India including Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Manipur, and from Minority Communities. It encourages participation of people from different communities such as SCs, STs and OBCs.

Our Funding Partners:

1. Christian Aid

2. The Ford Foundation

3. Lutheran World Relief (LWR)

4. International Budget Project (IBP)

5. Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS)

6. Just Associates

7. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

8. Oxfam Novib