- Enhance research capacity by studying & monitoring changes in the country.
- Inform policy and decision making by producing sound empirical evidence.
- Provide data and tools that can be useful in the evalution of policies in the social and economic sectors.
- Conduct comparative surveys that would place Indian indicators in a regional and international prospective.
- To conduct interdisciplinary research in analytical and to assist both central and state governments by undertaking systematic studies of resource potential, identifying factors influencing growth and economy for reducing poverty and unemployment.
- To establish fruitful contacts with other institutions and scholars engaged in social science research through collaborative research programmes and seminar, and to conduct training courses and refresher programmes for university and college teachers and public functionaries.