Objectives

• To identify economic activities of importance to the Scheduled Tribes so as to generate self employment and raise their level of income.
• To upgrade skills and processes used by the Scheduled Tribes by providing both institutional and on the job training.
• To make the existing States/U.T Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporations (SCAs) and other developmental agencies engaged in the economic development of Scheduled Tribes more effective.
• To provide financial support for meeting the working capital requirement of the Central / State government owned agencies for undertaking procurement and marketing of minor forest produces, agricultural produces and other products grown/made or collected by the Scheduled Tribes.
• To innovate, experiment and promote rather than replicate the work of the existing institutions.