Besides the above, NABARD plays the following promotional roles for the develop­ment of Indian Rural Economy:

1. Training and skill up gradation through Training-cum-Production Centres, rural entrepreneurship development, training by and of master craftsmen, market ori­ented training for rural artisans and training the beneficiaries of development credit

2. Development and dissemination of technology, employment oriented produc­tion technology, area planning for rural industrialization.