Basically, Political science, especially as an academic subject is the study of the state, government, and politics and is one of the social sciences. This encyclopaedia of political science encompasses vital information on political science theories, systems, processes and practices. Alphabetically arranged, each entry is written competently, explained clearly and defined in simple words. The terms are judiciously selected, reflecting on the whole realm of political science. It is designed in such a way that it will prove vade mecum to students, teachers, researchers, journalists, political scientists and politicians besides the aspirants appearing for various competitive examinations.

Corruption in public services is a well known fact to the common people of India and abroad. But, its dimensions as it is today are a matter of speculation only. We have had innumerable Commissions of inquiry on corruption-The Railway Corruption Inquiry Committee under Acharya Kripalani (1953), The Vivian Bose Commission (1962), the Santhanam Committee on Prevention of Corruption (1964), the Wanchoo Committee Report on Black Money (1971) and so on. There are sufficient legal provisions in India to combat corruption and to bring the corrupt persons to the legal net. The PCA provides ample power to the administrative machinery to prosecute and book those who are involved in corruption. Though the provisions of the PCA are supposed to be most effective in combating corruption of public servants, in practice the problem instead of reducing its dimensions has widened it in an unlimited manner. Since it has its roots and ramifications in society as a whole, every culture has to devise its own remedy depending on the depth and spread of the tentacles or the roots. Effective provisions of anti-corruption laws to tackle the problem not only of public servants but also of Politicians, MP's, and MLA's, are required to be devised. This book should be of equal use to students of Sociology, Political Science and Criminal Law and of great interest to all persons with a social awareness.

In the present complex society, due to increased number of aspirants for rare opportunities, competition has become acute and the situation of 'survival of fittest' has come. Gone are the days when the degrees were enough to get a job. Now the thorough study of any subject is required to get through in any competitive examination. The objective multiple choice type questions are asked almost in all the competitions. In order to meet the increasing demand of the aspirants to equip them with ready and uptodate knowledge, we have prepared the Data Bank of Indian Polity. It is concise, comprehensive and dependable which has a wide coverage of the syllabus. The proportion, of questions from Politics in General study has get tremendous increase in the recent past. Near about 15% questions are asked from this portion. In the present data bank we have touched all the corners of syllabus as well as the latest pattern of questions asked in UPSC, SSC, LIC, GIC, CDS, NDA and other examinations. We have taken utmost care in preparing the questions with particular gradation and level of the various examinations. The readers can send us their valuable comments for further improvements in the subsequent edition of the book.

In the present age is the age of competitions. Gone are the days when the degrees were enough to get a job. Now the thorough study of any subject is required to get through in any competitive examination. The objective multiple choice type questions are asked almost in all the competitions. In order to meet the increasing demand of the aspirants, we have prepared the Data Bank on Current Affairs and Miscellaneous G.K. and feel pleasure on presenting the same before you. It is concise, comprehensive and dependable which has a wide coverage of the syllabus. The proportion, of questions from Current Affairs and Miscellaneous G.K. in General study has get tremendous increase in the recent past. Near about 15% questions are asked from this portion. In the present data bank we have touched all the corners of syllabus as well as the latest pattern of questions asked in UPSC, SSC, LIC, GIC, CDS, NDA and other central/state level examinations. We have taken utmost care in preparing the questions with particular gradation and level of the various examinations. The readers can send us their valuable comments so that further improvements may be made in the subsequent editions of the book.