3. General objects

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be -

to promote community based organisations;

to builed up the capacity of such organisations;

to promote the educations of the under privileged;

to carry out relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes;

to promote health education, and to provide information on the eradication of malnutrition;

to further, the welfare and development of the under privileged;

to promote income generating projects in the plantations as well as in the villages, and to launch self help projects, with a view to generating employment;

to provide assistance to relive distress caused by natural disasters such as floods, cyclones and droughts ;

to disseminate knowledge and information on improved methods of agriculture , horticulture aquaculture, sericulture, animal husbandry, fresh water fisheries and bee keeping, through the publication and distribution of books and pamphlets and the conduct of seminars, workshops, lectures and film shows;

to promote thrift among the under privileged.