Subject(s): Volunteer workers in social service -- Social Welfare -- History of voluntary movements -- Conceptual framework : Regional profile of voluntary effort, motivation for voluntary effort, scope of voluntary action, viability of voluntary sector -- Organizational framework : Peoples elected institution, national voluntary organization, volunteerism -- Financial aspects : Grants in aid, foreign funding -- Relationship with the government : Policy on voluntary action, relationship with the government, minimum standards, machinery for enforcing standards -- Voluntary action : Health, leprosy control and rehabilitation, drug addiction, population education and family welfare, education, adult education, pre-school education, housing, recreation, social welfare, disaster relief, child welfare, youth development, women welfare and development, aged and infirm, welfare of handicapped, welfare of scheduled castes and tribes, adoption, social defense, consumer protection, agricultural extension and rural development, environment protection, legal aid