Has a Poverty Alleviation Program Successful in Maharashtra? A Study of Thane District

The topics in the World i.e. poverty. The whole world has been facing the problem of poverty whether it is absolute or relative. Poverty is determined on the basis of Kilo calorie intake as well as the income of the family. Many of the Indian Economist like Dadabhai Naoroji, V.M. Dandekar, Dr. Amartya Sen, B.S. Minhas, P.D. Ojha, Nilkanth Rath, etc. have defined poverty on the basis of various criteria. The paper is classified into various parts like introduction, the profile of the Thane district, research methodology, data analysis, objective testing, summary, findings, and finally suggestions. The objectives of the research have been proved with the help of the primary and secondary data analysis i.e. Chi-square method as well as the tables and graphs