Corruption is a major difficulty that every country of the world is facing. India being the largest democracy in the world and sub-continent in Asia, is a great nation with multi-dimensional complexities intertwined with multi-religious, multi-lingual, multi-cultural masses. The idea of welfare state was given added significance by the framers of the fundamental law of the land. Today millions of the people in India continue to live in an incalculable suffering stalked in extreme poverty, vast gulf of differences and disparities amongst the rich and poor, which lead to a large number of men, women and children leading a life of destitution, misery and pity. Corruption is considered to be the greatest obstacle in the way towards progress for developing country like India. This article deals with the evolution of the corruption in India.