A STUDY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX OF MAHARASHTRA

Human development an integral part of economic development is fastly catching of various stakeholders around the world. It is also about people’s active engagement in shapin g development, equity and sustainability, intrinsic aspects of freedom of people have to lead lives they have reason to value. Human development index is a tool devised by United Nations for ranking countries for measuring levels of social and economic dev elopment measuring life expectancy, education , literacy and standard of living. This paper attempts to explore the HDI score for one of most economically progressive state in India, Maharashtra.