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Some of the most important duties and functions of Panchayat Samiti are as follows:

In Orissa, the Orissa Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad Act was passed in 1959 and it came into operation w.e.f 26 January 1961. However, in 1968 the Orissa Government amended this Act and replaced Zilla Parishads with District Advisory Councils.

Nagar Panchayats are created for a transitional areas (the area which is fast changing from rural to urban area) or for a very small urban areas.

Political Parties or Party systems are classified into three main kinds. One Party System, Bi-party System or two Party System, and Multi-party System.

The following can be described as the main merits of political parties:

Some of the most important functions of a welfare state are as follows: (1) Compulsory functions (2) Optional functions.

Individualism: Meaning, Background and Evaluation!

Welfare State: Meaning, History and Estimate of Welfare State!

Politics/Political Science has been a continuously developing subject of study. It has been continuously growing, changing and developing in accordance with the changes in the socio-economic-political environment. Its scope has been changing as well as expanding.

As a social science, Political science faces a question: Is it a science? The answer to this question is given differently by various scholars. Some hold that politics is not a science. It is an art because it has neither exactness nor the ability of prediction- making. Others hold that Political Science is a science […]

India experienced four different kinds of nationalisms. The major Indian nationalism was territorial, anti-colonial and led to the creation of a nation-state through a national movement.

Nationalism generally involves the identification of an ethnic identity with a state. The subject can include the belief that one’s nation is of primary importance.

Public Administration deals with the administrative activities of government and Pfiffner defines it “as the co-ordination of collective efforts to implement public policy.”

During the past two decades or so collaboration between Political Science and Sociology has been increasingly emphasised and the sociological foundation of politics stressed.

The terms ‘Sociology’ and ‘Political Science’ are closely related. They both lack clearly defined meaning.

Liberty, as we defined it, is moral freedom, and equality is essential to it, for without equality, the price of liberty for me might be the denial of liberty for you.