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Role of Non-government Organizations (NGOs) in the development process in the third world countries like India is very crucial, especially in the 21st Century. They have a greater role to play in the lives and livelihoods of the tribal and backward communities of India today. An attempt has been made in this paper to see the role of an NGO in the development of lamani settlement. It is also attempted to understand how the information and support from the agency (NGO) helped the community to become self-reliant. The present paper is an outcome of fieldwork among lamani settlement in the Gangajal Tanda as part of PhD work. An NGO by name NEEDS is working for the development of lamani dominant tribe (economically, socially, politically and numerically in Karnataka )inhabited in Gangajal Tanda settlement Of Haveri r District in Karnataka The drawbacks of the developmental interventions of the agency or civil society are also examined in this paper.