- Organize programmes for women, children, elderly, disabled and other marginalized and disadvantaged section of population;
- Bring the organizations as well as rural communities in close contact with state and regional institutions/ research bodies for furtherance of their programmes;
- Collaborate with, and to seek the collaboration of various governmental, public and other agencies functioning in the field of rural development;
- Assist in evaluation of development programmes undertaken by organizations;
- Organize training programmes for rural planners and rural development workers with a view to developing skills and methods of work at the ground level; and
- Conduct research and organize seminars, conferences and workshops on different social and development issues at various levels and publish documents.