India is very large and poor, with more than 75 percent of people earning less than $2 a day. We have much to do in terms of providing even basic services to our citizens. In an ideal world, the government would tax the rich and efficiently offer free basic services to citizens. There would then be no need for philanthropy or for the private sector to provide these services. However, unfortunately, we are very far from achieving this ideal state. Thus, the first step in the search for alternative approaches is to recognise the limits of the government’s ability to finance and manage basic services for all citizens.In theory, non-profit private sector offers an alternative for the delivery of these services.
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