In the last decade, India has experienced strong and sustain economic growth. A new data suggest that about 900 million people lived in extreme poverty. For every 1000 babies born in India, in 2016, 43 died before their fifth birthday. By adapting sustainable development goal, the world bank group target to bringing down the number of people living in extreme poverty to less than three percent of the world population by 2030. Many causes of poverty is discussed in this article. India has a long history of assessment of poverty and various assessment methods are used by planning commission is being explained clearly. To eliminate poverty, the government of India take many efforts and introduced various schemes for poverty alleviation also discussed. Poverty is a historical reality in India. Poverty is not a divine curse, but a human
