Operation, Impact and Financing of Sulabh

In respect of basic documentation of the organization and its size the facts stated below give a picture and an idea about it. Sulabh International Social Service Organisation is a non-profit society registered under the Societies Registration Act – XXI of 1860 bearing no. 73/1970-71. It was founded in 1970 by a sociologist, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, in Bihar, India. The Society has a Board of Governors. (Organogram is enclosed at Annexure-I) The Governing Board comprises of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, General Secretary and Treasurer with the Administrative Wing led by President, Executive President, Senior Vice-Presidents/Vice-President, Advisors assisted by Secretary, Accountant, Technical Officers like Planners, Administrators, Engineers, Architects, Doctors, Scientists, Social Scientists, Associate Members and Social workers etc. It is a self-reliant organization. The income or profit earned is not shared among the members of the Board; rather, the money is ploughed back on research and development, education, welfare measures and to fulfill the primary objectives viz. on sanitation activities and to achieve the social purpose of abolition of scavenging in the country. The organization is not funded by receipt of grant from the State or Central Governments or national or international agencies. The accounts of the organization are audited every year by a qualified Chartered Accountant and sent to the Income Tax Department, Govt. of India for clearance.