Marathi Asmita Swavalamban Foundation

Jai Hind Jai Maharashtra

Three centuries ago Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj proved that ordinary Marathi people, given opportunity and self-rule, could build something the empires of the day could not break. Swaraj was never only about territory — it was about a people owning their own livelihood. We carry that work forward: commerce is the engine that drives community, and we are building Maharashtra into a $2 trillion economy.

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj overlooking the Konkan coast

Swaraj begins with self-reliance — approvals in days, not months

5,000,000 Bhoomiputras in work, as Maharaj's Swaraj put land in the hands of those who tilled it

GDP per capita up 10% year on year — prosperity that reaches the village, not just the fort

From Raigad to today — the line of Marathi Asmita

Maharaj lit the fire of Swaraj. Those who followed carried it into learning, justice, equality and self-respect. Each of them is why this work exists.

Mahatma Gandhi Jyotirao Phule Savitribai Phule Dr B. R. Ambedkar Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bal Thackeray
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140+Lenders and handholding agencies on the platform
Born of Maharaj's vision

Swaraj, continued by other means

Marathi Asmita is not a sentiment. It is the inheritance of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's valour and vision — the conviction that a people who govern themselves must also be able to feed, heal, teach and employ themselves.

Mission

Maharaj built forts so that farmers and traders could work without fear. We build credit. Our mission is to strengthen the flow of capital to micro, small and medium enterprises, closing the financial and developmental gaps across Maharashtra's entrepreneurial ecosystem — and to give local Bhoomiputras zero-investment routes into business ownership, so that enterprise is theirs to own and not merely to serve.

Vision

Swaraj meant one authority a subject could turn to. We aim to be a single-window solution for the financial and developmental needs of the Marathi Manus and the MSME sector — delivered through modern technology platforms, reaching the Konkan coast and the Deccan villages alike, and making this state strong, vibrant and globally competitive. What Maharaj secured for Maharashtra, Maharashtra now offers to a greater India.

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The forts we build today

Ten arms of a modern Swaraj

Maharaj's Swaraj rested on garrisons placed where people actually lived — not one fort but a chain of them, each holding its own ground. Ours rests on ten arms: four the Foundation runs itself, six more through our partnership with Limo Group. All of them go to the entrepreneur rather than summoning them to a city counter.

Run by the Foundation

Swavalamban Connect Kendra

A durbar every citizen can reach: financial and developmental services for MSMEs across Maharashtra, open to anyone with an idea.

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Food Trucks for Maharashtra's Growth

Maharaj protected the trader on the road. These trucks put the road itself in the trader's hands — jobs and micro-entrepreneurship across the state.

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Mobile Learning & Skill Vans

He surrounded himself with counsel and learning. We carry skill development to regions that have never had a training centre of their own.

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Mobile Health Clinics

A ruler who fed his people in famine would not leave them untreated. Swasthya Sahayak Vans bring care to underserved rural and urban areas.

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Run with Limo Group

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Limo Bike

An electric two-wheeler on rent, with title transfer at 36 months.

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Limo Delivery

Every delivery category, one dispatch engine.

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Limo Yoddha

Training, ranks and recognition for every rider we place.

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Limo Jobs

Placement into gig work, in the worker's own language.

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Every fort began with one decision

Maharaj took Torna at sixteen. Call us on +91 8419 977 971 and take yours.

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Why choose us

Terms a fair ruler would recognise

Maharaj's revenue system was famous for one thing: the cultivator was not to be ruined by the collector. Assessment was fair, relief came in bad years, and no middleman stood between the farmer and the state. We hold ourselves to the same standard.

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    Personal loan at 10.75%

    A rate that lets the enterprise keep its earnings, not surrender them.

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    Repayable in 12 to 60 EMIs

    Terms set to your season, as revenue once moved with the harvest.

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    Lowest APR available to you

    Assessed on your own merit — never a flat levy applied without looking.

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    No prepayment penalty

    Clear your obligation early and owe nothing further. Swaraj means the debt ends when you say it does.

Swavalamban Startup Kendra

The durbar, reopened

Maharaj's court was known for being reachable — a cultivator with a grievance could be heard. Capital in Maharashtra has not worked that way. This platform reopens the door: financial and developmental support for startup MSMEs, with no patronage required.

  • Access to enterprise loans like MUDRA and Stand-Up India schemes
  • Business ideas, project profiles and knowledge hubs for entrepreneurs
  • A marketplace connecting loan seekers with 140+ lenders and handholding agencies

Including Limo vehicle rentals. The same window arranges a rented Limo Bike or Limo Trike, and the PM SVANidhi credit that funds your first month of stock.

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Mobile Food Trucks

Ownership, not employment

Maharaj refused to let Marathi land be worked for someone else's treasury — Swaraj meant the people held what they produced. The same principle, in a vehicle: local Bhoomiputras start a business with zero investment, carrying groceries, fresh produce and daily essentials. The truck belongs to the entrepreneur, not to a master.

  • Zero upfront costs, with government and corporate backing
  • Sales training and marketing support
  • A scalable model built toward financial independence

Now extended through Limo Group. The same programme now offers a rented Limo Trike as a mobile shop, and a Limo Kitchen cloud-kitchen route for those who would rather cook than drive.

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Swasthya Sahayak Vans

A ruler's first duty

Maharaj's standing orders to his commanders were unambiguous: the cultivator, his crop and his household were not to be harmed, even in campaign. Protecting the ordinary body was the first duty of Swaraj. These vans carry that duty into the village — essential healthcare for underserved areas, free or at low cost.

  • Basic health check-ups, vaccinations and telemedicine
  • Maternal and child health care, plus nutrition education
  • Government-supported, community-focused delivery
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Shiksha Sahayak Vans

Raigad had a school before it had a throne

Maharaj governed in Marathi and Sanskrit when the court language of the age was foreign — insisting that his people be administered in words they owned. Knowledge was sovereignty. These vans carry basic skill education and digital expertise to remote entrepreneurial areas, closing the gap the same way.

  • Skill enhancement programmes and development workshops
  • Digital expertise boot camps for youth
  • Partnerships with vocational institutes and NGOs

Extended by Limo Yoddha's night school, so those already earning through the day can still study after dark without giving up a shift.

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Kaushal Yatra Vans

Mavalas were made, not born

The Maval infantry were village men — farmers and hill folk, trained into the finest light force of their century. Maharaj's genius was seeing capability where others saw peasants. These vans do the same: training young adults in construction, retail and healthcare trades until the skill is undeniable.

  • Certification courses and job placement assistance
  • A pathway to self-employment and formal jobs through skill-based training

Paired with Limo Yoddha. Trainees who finish here can move straight onto Yoddha's rank ladder — ITI certification, commercial driving and financial literacy — and onto a rented vehicle of their own.

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Limo Group Partnership

A vehicle on rent today. A business you own tomorrow.

Maharaj did not ask the Mavalas to buy their own horses before they could serve. He equipped them, trained them, and let merit do the rest. Our partnership with Limo Group works on that principle: the entrepreneur does not need capital to begin — only the will.

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Rent the vehicle

A Limo Bike or Limo Trike on rental through the Foundation. No purchase, no large deposit, no collateral — the barrier that stops most Bhoomiputras is removed at the first step.

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Get trained

Limo Yoddha's night school, ITI certification, commercial driving and financial literacy programmes, delivered alongside our own Kaushal Yatra and Shiksha Sahayak vans.

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Start earning

Every delivery category under Limo Delivery is open to you — food, quick-commerce, e-commerce parcels, bulk logistics and ONDC orders — through one dispatch engine.

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Own it

Rental converts to ownership. Title transfers to the rider, the mobile shop becomes yours, and the Yoddha ranks open the way to running a fleet of your own.

Not ready to rent a vehicle? Limo Jobs is the other door — placement into gig work this month, with the ladder to ownership still open later.

Earnings figures quoted in these sections are published by Limo Group as modelled targets, not guaranteed income. Actual earnings vary by district, hours worked and market conditions. The Foundation facilitates access, training and paperwork; it does not guarantee returns.

Entrepreneurship

Limo Yoddha

Training, upskilling and rank for every rider we place

Maharaj's Mavalas rose on merit, and their deeds were recorded so the next generation knew what was possible. Every entrepreneur the Foundation places on a Limo vehicle is trained and upskilled through Yoddha.

  • Five documented ranks, from platform rider to Senapati network owner
  • Night School, ITI certification and commercial driving training
  • Financial literacy and mentorship pathways
  • Two podcast shows putting workers' stories on record
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E-Commerce & Q-Commerce

Limo Delivery

The trade routes — national delivery capacity

He secured the roads and the Konkan coast so that goods could move and traders could profit. Limo Delivery is that infrastructure for the digital economy: one integrated fleet, one rider network, one dispatch engine.

  • E-bikes and e-trikes under a single dispatch layer
  • Serving food, quick-commerce, parcels, logistics and ONDC
  • Every rented Limo Bike and Trike plugs straight into this network
  • District franchise ownership for local operators
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Trike Pods and Food on Wheels

Limo Trike

Available on rental — the cargo bullock, reborn electric

Electric three-wheeler cargo vehicles, taken on rent through the Foundation with no purchase price to find. Carry bulk loads for Limo Delivery, or run it as a mobile shop of your own.

  • Mini Pod and Mega Pod, up to roughly 975kg payload
  • Rental access first — ownership converts over the agreed term
  • Running cost of about ₹1.28 per kilometre
  • PM SVANidhi-eligible credit from ₹15,000 to ₹50,000
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Rental for Delivery

Limo Bike

Available on rental — from pilot to proprietor

Maharaj's light cavalry were fast, disciplined and respected — not day labourers but professionals. Rent an electric two-wheeler through the Foundation and ride every Limo Delivery category from day one.

  • Six variants — Executive, Cargo+, Flex, Shuttle, Courier, Alpha
  • Rental from as little as ₹180 per month on the Alpha model
  • Vehicle title transfers to the pilot over 36 months
  • Family healthcare and education subsidies at hub level
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Hire Cooks and Kitchen on Rent

Limo Kitchen

Employment for cooks — and cloud kitchens to own

Cooking is Maharashtra's most practised skill and its least paid. Two routes open here: salaried placement as a verified culinary professional, or your own cloud kitchen supplied and delivered by the Limo network.

  • Cook placement — trained, verified, FSSAI-compliant, fairly paid
  • Cloud kitchen ownership with Limo Delivery handling every order
  • No storefront, no rent on a high street, no waiting staff
  • Hourly, weekly and monthly demand already running in Mumbai
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Limo Jobs

Placement into gig work — in the worker's own language

Not everyone wants to own a vehicle. Some need work this week. Limo Jobs is the recruitment arm: it matches workers to ride-hailing, delivery and logistics platforms, and supports them in the language they actually think in.

  • Mentoring in Hindi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and eight more
  • Language Captains drawn from the worker's own home region
  • Housing help, health insurance and mental wellness support
  • Onboarding by WhatsApp or a missed call — no office visit needed
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Join the partnership

Take your place in it

For riders, cooks, operators and franchise owners

Bring nothing but willingness. We arrange the rental, enrol you in training, connect you to the dispatch network and handle the paperwork — then step back while you build the thing that becomes yours.

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Limo Bike · On rental

An electric two-wheeler, without buying one

The single greatest barrier for a young Marathi entrepreneur is the down payment. We remove it. The Foundation places you on a rented Limo Bike — rental on the Alpha model starts at about ₹180 a month — and you begin earning across every Limo Delivery category from your first shift. Over thirty-six months the title transfers to you. You end owning the machine you started out renting.

  • Six variants for different work — Cargo+, Flex, Courier, Shuttle, Executive, Alpha
  • Four-step onboarding: KYC, police clearance, three-day academy, safety gear
  • Family healthcare and education subsidies through the hub
  • Charging infrastructure and route optimisation included
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Limo Trike · On rental

Bulk cargo, or a shop that moves

The Mini Pod and Mega Pod carry what a two-wheeler cannot — the Mega Pod is engineered toward roughly 975kg. Rent one through the Foundation and you have two businesses open to you: run bulk and parcel loads through Limo Delivery, or fit it out as a mobile retail shop and trade on your own account. At about ₹1.28 per kilometre, the running cost leaves the margin with you.

  • Rental first — no purchase price, converting to ownership over the term
  • Limo Force platform ties leasing, charging and earnings together
  • PM SVANidhi-eligible credit from ₹15,000 to ₹50,000 for working capital
  • Pairs directly with our Mobile Food Truck programme
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Limo Delivery · The work itself

Every delivery type, one dispatch engine

A rented vehicle is only worth what it can earn, so we place every entrepreneur straight onto the network that keeps it busy. Limo Delivery runs e-bikes and e-trikes as one fleet under a single dispatch layer — which means a rider is not tied to one platform's quiet hours or one category's seasonal slump.

  • Food delivery and quick-commerce runs
  • E-commerce parcels and light logistics
  • Bulk and 3PL loads for the Mega Pod operators
  • ONDC network orders, D2C brands and local sellers
  • District franchise ownership once you are ready to run others
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Limo Yoddha · Training & upskilling

Nobody is left to work it out alone

Handing a man a vehicle and wishing him luck is not empowerment. Every entrepreneur the Foundation places goes through Limo Yoddha alongside our own Kaushal Yatra and Shiksha Sahayak vans — learning the trade, the money and the route to rank. Maharaj's Mavalas were village men turned into the finest light force of their century because somebody trained them properly.

  • Night school for those already working through the day
  • ITI certification and commercial driving licences
  • Financial literacy — pricing, saving, credit and tax
  • Five documented ranks from rider to Senapati network owner
  • Two podcast shows putting Marathi workers' stories on record
Start training Limo Yoddha site →
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Limo Kitchen · Two doors

Employment for the cook. A kitchen for the entrepreneur.

Maharashtra's kitchens hold more unpaid expertise than any trade school in the state — most of it women's, most of it uncounted. Limo Kitchen opens two routes, and the Foundation will walk you through either.

  • Cook employment — trained, verified and FSSAI-compliant placement, dispatched to households on hourly or subscription terms, paid as a professional
  • Cloud kitchen ownership — cook from your own premises with no storefront, no high-street rent and no waiting staff
  • Limo Delivery carries every order, so the kitchen never needs its own riders
  • Demand already running across Mumbai's western suburbs, expanding outward
Choose your route Limo Kitchen site →
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Limo Jobs · Gig work placement

Aap akele nahi hain — you are not alone

Owning a vehicle is not every family's first step. Some need wages this week, not a business next year. Limo Jobs is the door for them: a recruitment platform that places workers with ride-hailing, delivery and logistics companies, and then stays with them. Maharaj's Swaraj did not ask a man to become a commander before it would feed him — it gave him a place in the ranks and let him rise from there.

  • Placement across ride-hailing, food delivery, quick-commerce and parcel logistics
  • An AI mentor that speaks Hindi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and eight more languages
  • Language Captains from the worker's own region — someone who knows the dialect and the distance from home
  • Housing facilitation, health insurance and mental wellness support
  • Registration in about three minutes, by WhatsApp or a missed call

The step before ownership. Workers placed here can move on to Limo Yoddha's rank ladder, and from there to a rented Limo Bike or Limo Trike of their own.

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Apply in three easy steps

No patronage, no waiting at the gate

Maharaj's administration was known for moving quickly and keeping its word. Three steps, plainly stated, is our version of that.

Select amount and terms

Choose the sum and the season of repayment that fit your enterprise — you set the terms, not a collector.

Enter personal information

Your KYC and business details, submitted once, online, without an intermediary taking a cut to carry them.

Get a decision quickly

Approved applications go straight to a matched lender. A promise kept quickly is the oldest form of good governance.

How much do you need?

Know the cost before you commit

Maharaj's revenue records were kept openly so a cultivator could verify what was owed. Nothing here is hidden either — see the whole obligation before you agree to it.

₹1,00,000
24 months
Monthly EMI—
Interest rate10.75%
Total repayable—
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Voices from the Swaraj

The people Maharaj built it all for

Not generals or ministers — the farmer, the trader, the carpenter. They were the point of Swaraj then, and they are the point of this work now.

Mobile Food Trucks

"My grandfather worked another man's field his whole life. I had no capital either, but the zero upfront cost and training covered everything. The truck is mine — the first thing our family has ever owned outright."

R. PatilFood truck owner, Navi Mumbai
Mobile Health Clinics

"We are three hours from the nearest hospital. The van caught my diabetes early and my children got their vaccinations, at no cost. Someone finally came to us instead of waiting for us to arrive."

S. GaikwadFarmer, Ahmednagar
Mobile Learning Centers

"I left school young and thought that was settled. The digital literacy course gave me computer and coding basics — and the sense that learning was mine to claim, not something reserved for other people."

P. DeshmukhDigital skills trainee, Satara
Vocational Training Vans

"I had no formal skills, only willing hands. The carpentry course turned that into steady work, and now I am planning my own shop. They saw what I could become before I did."

S. ShaikhCarpentry trainee, Kolhapur
Swavalamban Connect Kendra

"I had an idea and no connections — which usually ends the story here. The platform took me from MSME loan application through to a handholding agency without my knowing a single person of influence."

A. JoshiMSME entrepreneur, Pune
Marathi Asmita Channel

The chronicle continues

The bakhars recorded Maharaj's Swaraj as it happened. These are the dispatches of its present chapter.

Empowering Marathi women: paving the way for economic democracy

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The systematic erasure of Mumbai's fishermen: a vanishing livelihood

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Bridging the healthcare divide: how mobile vans are changing the landscape

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Vocational training vans: a lifeline for Maharashtra's non-skilled youth

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Rebuilding the glorious Maharashtra of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — and offering its strength to a greater India.

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