Abstract :
This paper intends to measures the quality of life of the beneficiaries adopted by Non-governmental organizations. The specific objectives are to understand the perceived QOL of NGOs’ beneficiaries in various developmental blocks of Telangana state and analyze the perceptions of the beneficiaries. The descriptive and analytical research design is adopted to measure the quality of life of the beneficiaries of the NGOs. Using stratified disproportionate random sampling method ten NGOs were selected from three developmental blocks (developed, developing and underdeveloped) of Telangana state. It is found that the beneficiaries who belongs to the developing block are enjoying more quality of life in the majority quality of life dimensions namely, “psychological being”, “spiritual being”, “ physical belonging” “community becoming” “leisure becoming” and “growth becoming” than other developmental blocks of Telangana. In the developed block of Telangana NGOs beneficiaries are enjoying more quality of life in the dimensions namely “physical being” and “practical becoming”. Interestingly in developed block beneficiaries are not enjoying in dimensions like “leisure becoming” and “growth becoming”.
Keyword :
NGOs, Quality of Life (QOL), Developmental Blocks.