Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board has been established on 11th April 1960 by the Government of Maharashtra to promote Khadi and Village Industries in the State of Maharashtra, develop their organization and regulate them under the Bombay Khadi and Village Industries Act, 1960. To start, encourage, assist, and carry on khadi and village industries; to carry on trade or business connected with such industries; and to carry on trade or business in matters incidental to such trade or business. To assist people by providing work at their homes and to provide loans and other forms of financial assistance to individuals, organizations on such terms as may be prescribed. To encourage the establishment of co-operative societies for Khadi and village industries. To operate training centers and impart training to people in such centers with a view to imparting the knowledge required to start or run Khadi and village industries
