The main purpose of SPERDS is to sustain development of women in the target area. Hence, the focus of SPERDS is on empowering women, the specific objectives would be:

• Sensitize the rural community, particularly women, on the locally available opportunities for increasing employment and income
• Increase the awareness of the rural community and specifically women to empower them on various aspects that are directly and indirectly affect their socio-economic condition
• Promote demand based Income Generating Activities by the women as group that helps to generate additional income to the families
• Initiate activities for skill up-gradation, information sharing and market linkages to sustain their economic activities
• Lay emphasis on the activities that can influence the socio-economic improvement of the rural women in terms of employment, income, mobilization, awareness, attitude, motivation and participation.