A one day meeting was held in Patna, Bihar, to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by the voluntary organizations in Bihar in association with VANI, New Delhi, CENCORD – Patna and ABVA-Patna. The meeting was attended by 72 VOs from all over Bihar. Mr. Harsh Jaitli (CEO-VANI) talked about invariable questioning on legitimacy on VO sector and stressed the fact that the government is run by economics based people; hence the social issues are neglected while looking at the report since they look primarily at numbers. He further said that the private sectors in India are getting stronger day by day and especially through their CSR policy, they are venturing into the social world. Therefore, today, the voluntary sector has to deal with both government and the private sector.Mr. Ganesh Prasad (Secretary-ABVA and Executive Director- Adithi, Patna) said that through the State policy on VOs there will be more bureaucratic control over us and hence we need to strengthen ourselves as a sector by being united and well represented. Shaibal Gupta (Secretary – ADRI, Bihar) talked about three factors namely market, state and civil society playing major role in the development of any state which has not been very remarkable in Bihar historically. He suggested preparing a roadmap of 10-20 years to be made followed by the advocacy and inculcating esteem for this sector. Download Report