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Poverty means not having access to a whole lot of services like education, health services, water supply, sanitation and so on. It also means loss of status in the community, exclusion from certain social functions, and a sense of inferiority in the group or community. In short, poverty means marginalization of an individual or household in the community. There is no denial that poverty alleviation programmes should lead income to the poor but also requires to basic services. Since India became part of the global economy and underwent economic reform in 1991, its economy is growing at a faster rate of nearly 10 percent per annum. In the process, India has become the fourth largest economy in the world. In the last two decades significant proportion of the population across the country has reaped the benefits of this economic growth. They have become the part of global economy and market, and their lives have transformed into one of global citizens with all the comforts and luxury in life. A part from this burgeoning middle class in the county, the economic growth seemed to have touched the lives of the poor also.