
| To promote self employment opportunities for the rural poor by conducting training in tailoring and cutting, weaving, masala making, candle making, | |
| soap/detergent making, doll making, knitting etc. | |
| To centrally arrange or otherwise loans on repayment basis for trainee/interested persons to setup small scale production units for | |
| augmenting/generating income of rural families. | |
| To organize camps for creating awareness about income generating programmes and anti poverty campaign etc. | |
| To train selective families in fish farming, dairy farms, bee keeping, poultry farming etc; help them to set these up by providing subsidy and arranging | |
| institutional funds/loans. | |
| To promote cottage and small scale industries at village level with emphasis on the traditional skills of each area/region, and set up | |
| production/marketing centres in association with/with assistance from specialized agencies like KVIC etc. | |
| To educate small and marginal farmers in modern agricultural methodologies for increasing output. | |
| To improve the income level of rural artisans by training them in repair and maintenance of agricultural implements, cycles, two/four wheelers, | |
| mechanical and electrical equipments. Etc. | |
| To rehabilitate disabled persons by helping them in securing suitable placements in industries, and through self employment. | |
| Generally to promote, aid, guide, organize, plan, undertake, develop, maintain and co-ordinate projects/schemes aimed at all round development; | |
| creation of employment opportunities; promotion of self-reliance; generation of awareness; improvement in the quality of life of people in rural areas in general and of the economically weak and socially handicapped sections in particular. |