Objectives

The objectives of this Federation is to provide integrated credit and services through its member societies in an effective and co-ordinate manner for improving the social and economic conditions of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes:

In order to achieve the above primary objective, Federation is authorized to undertake the following functions as per its approved bye law.

To supply all types of credit including production and investment. Marketing and consumption credit.
To purchase minor forest produce, agricultural products, finished goods etc.
To supply agricultural inputs implements, raw materials and other requirements of agricultural and industrial production.
To market agricultural produce, minor forest produce, finished goods etc.
To establish processing units.
To set up small scale and cottage industries units
To organize new SC and ST societies where ever necessary.
To arrange for training of members of affiliated societies in various trades.
To undertake extension work.
To guide, supervise and develop SC and ST societies.
To prepare and implement economic development programs for providing employment opportunities.
To raise funds required for the business by way of loans from financing institution, Government or statutory bodies for various programs.
To facilitate fund availability to the affiliated societies for the implementation of approved development programmers and to enable the affiliate societies to avail of the various development schemes chalked out to improve the economic and social conditions of SC’s and ST’s.
To undertake and promote either in its own account or on behalf of affiliated society or Government import, export or interstate trade in petroleum products, agricultural produce and other commodities and allied goods of member societies.
To educate the members in improving agricultural production by using modern techniques of agricultural production, importing technical expertise for starting processing units, cottage and small-scale industries, poultry, diary industries etc.
To conduct feasibility studies for the revitalization of SC and ST co-operatives in the State and to prepare time bound action programs for implementation.
To conduct socio-economic analytical studies on the economic conditions of the SC and ST in selected areas and to suggest measures for their economic uplift.
To arrange to obtain from Government timber coups contract, contracts, collection Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) contract lease of forest land for taungya cultivation, for and on behalf of the member societies.
To conduct market analysis/studies for the steady marketing of agricultural produce, minor forest produce, processed goods and finished industrial goods of member societies and to make necessary contracts/agreements for this purpose for and on behalf of the member societies.
To arrange contract works for and on behalf of member societies for construction of office/go-downs and business complexes.
To arrange for training of skilled workers and orientation camps in co-ordination with other concerned agencies.
To undertake construction of go-down on behalf of affiliated societies, to own go-downs of its own, to facilitate the storage of produce of affiliated societies.
To serve as a bureau for the dissemination of market intelligence of affiliated societies.
To advance money on the security of produce of affiliated societies.
To undertake and promote any activity which will generate gainful employment for tribal and SC population in general and landless labours and other weaker sections among tribal and Scheduled Castes.
To open branches, sale depots or agencies in any part of India as per rules framed and approved for the purpose by Registrar of co-operative Societies.
To undertake and arrange for training of employees of affiliated societies and to provide necessary personnel for affiliated societies.
To own lands building and fixtures, machinery and vehicles, run beverage shop, Ayurvedic factories, establish hospital, hostels, dormitories, tourists resorts, run educational institution etc.
To act as agents for Government, for public bodies and corporations registered under any Act with previous sanction of Registrar.
To do such other activities undertaken with the approval of the Registrar or conductive or incidental to the attainment of the above objects and to the promotion of affiliated societies calculated for the welfare of SC/ST in the state on co-operative principles.