scam

Named scandals in India
Scandal	Year reported	Scope	Location	Key players	Summary
2012 Indian coal mining controversy	2012	1,855,913.4 million (US$34 billion)	nation	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the coal ministry, many electricity boards and private companies	coal blocks allotted, not auctioned, leading to estimated losses as per the Comptroller and Auditor General of India[1][2][3]
Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam	2012	2,000 billion (US$37 billion)	Karnataka		[4][5]
Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam	2012	100 billion (US$1.8 billion)	Uttar Pradesh	Mayawati	[6][7][8][9][10]
2G spectrum scam	2010	1,760 billion (US$32 billion)	national	Nira Radia, A. Raja, M. K. Kanimozhi, many telecommunications companies	communication bandwidth auctioned for lower than market value[11][12]
Uttar Pradesh food grain scam	2003	350 billion (US$6.4 billion)	Uttar Pradesh	Kapil Sibal, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati	Food which the government purchased to give to the poor was instead sold on the open market[13][14][15][16]

• DIAL Scam – Central government lost 1,669,723.5 million (US$31 billion) by undue favours to GMR-led DIAL. DIAL (Delhi International Airport Limited) is a consortium of the GMR Group (50.1%), Fraport AG (10%), Malaysia Airports (10%), India Development Fund (3.9%), and the Airports Authority of India (26%).^[17][18]
• Granite scam in Tamil Nadu –^[19]
• Highway scam – 700 million (US$13 million)^[20][21][22]
• ISRO's S-band scam (also known as ISRO-Devas deal, the deal was later called off) – 2,000 billion (US$37 billion)^{[23][24][25][26][27]}
• Arunachal Pradesh PDS scam – 10 billion (US$180 million)^[28][29][30]
• Cash for Vote Scandal
• Kerala ice cream parlour sex scandal
• Scorpene Deal scam^[31][32][33]
• The Satyam scam^[34]
• Navy War Room spy scandal (related to Scorpene Deal Scam)
• Oil for food scam^[35]
• Gegong Apang PDS scam
• Taj corridor scandal
• Hawala scandal
• Bihar land scam – 4 billion (US$73 million)^[36]
• SNC lavalin power project scam – 3.74 billion (US$69 million)^[36]
• Bihar fodder scam – 9.5 billion (US$170 million)^[37][38][39]
• Purulia arms drop case* The Mundhra scandal – 12 million (US$220,000)^[40]
• Jeep scandal – 8 million
• Bofors Scandal^[40]
• Nagarwala scandal – 6 million (US$110,000)
• Commonwealth Games scam – 700 billion (US$13 billion)
• Belekeri port scam

[edit]2012

• Granite scam in Tamil Nadu – Loss of about 160 billion (US$2.9 billion).^[41] At present the matter is under the scanner of investigating / intelligence agencies of India.
• Maharashtra Irrigation Scam – Loss of about 720 billion (US$13 billion).^[42] At present the matter is under the scanner of investigating / intelligence agencies of India.
• Kinetic Finance Limited Scam – Banks lost about 2 billion (US$37 million).^[43] At present the matter is under the scanner of investigating / intelligence agencies of India.
• Ultra Mega Power Projects Scam – Central government lost 290.33 billion (US$5.3 billion) due to undue favours to Anil Ambani-ledReliance Power.^[1][44]
• Andhra Pradesh land scam – 1,000 billion (US$18 billion)^[45]
• Forex derivates scam – 320 billion (US$5.9 billion)^[46][47]
• Service tax and Central Excise Duty fraud – 191.59 billion (US$3.5 billion) crore)^[48][49]
• Gujarat PSU financial irregularities – 170 billion (US$3.1 billion)^[50][51]
• Maharashtra stamp duty scam – 6.4 billion (US$120 million)^[52][53]
• Maharashtra land scam^{[54][55][56][57][58][59][60]}
• MHADA repair scam – 1 billion (US$18 million)^[61]
• Ministry of External Affairs gift scam^[62][63][64]
• Himachal Pradesh pulse scam^[65][66]
• Flying Club fraud – 1.9 billion (US$35 million)^[67]
• Andhra Pradesh liquor scam^[68][69]
• Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam – Approximately 500 million (US$9.2 million)^[70][71]
• Jammu and Kashmir PHE scam^[72]
• Jammu and Kashmir recruitment scam^[73]
• Jammu and Kashmir examgate^[74][75]
• Jammu and Kashmir dental scam^[76]
• Punjab paddy scam – 180 million (US$3.3 million)^[77][78]
• NHPC cement scam^[79]
• Haryana forest scam^{[80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89]}
• Girivan (Pune) land scam^[90] (not to be confused with Pune land scam which came to light during 2011)
• Toilet scam^[91][92]
• Uttar Pradesh stamp duty scam – 1,200 crore (US$220 million)^[93]
• Uttar Pradesh horticulture scam – 700 million (US$13 million)^[94]
• Uttar Pradesh palm tree plantation scam – 550 million (US$10 million)^[95][96][97]
• Uttar Pradesh seed scam – 500 million (US$9.2 million)^[98][99]
• Uttar Pradesh elephant statue scam^{[100][101][102][103][104]}
• Patiala land scam – 2.5 billion (US$46 million)^{[105][106][107][108]}
• Tax refund scam – 30 million (US$550,000)^[109][110]
• Bengaluru Mayor's fund scam^[110]
• Ranchi real estate scam^[111]
• Delhi surgical gloves procurement scam^[112]
• Aadhar scam^{[113][114][115][116]}
• BEML housing society scam^{[117][118][119]}
• MSTC gold export scam – 4.64 billion (US$85 million)^[120]
• TIN scam^[121][122]
• Haryana Forest Development Corporation Cash Scam-^[123]
• Nayagaon (Punjab) land scam^[124]

[edit]2011

• Bellary mining scam
• Tatra scam – 7.5 billion (US$140 million)^[125]
• LIC housing loan scam
• NTRO scam – 8 billion (US$150 million)^{[126][127][128][129]}
• Goa mining scam^[130][131]
• Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike scam – 32.07 billion (US$590 million)^{[132][133][134][135]}
• Himachal Pradesh HIMUDA housing scam^[136][137]
• Pune housing scam^[138]
• Pune land scam^[139][140]
• Orissa pulse scam – 7 billion (US$130 million)^{[141][142][143][144]}
• Kerala investment scam – 10 billion (US$180 million)^[145]
• Mumbai Sales Tax fraud – 10 billion (US$180 million)^[146]
• Maharashtra education scam – 10 billion (US$180 million)^[147][148]
• Maharashtra PDS scam^[149][150]
• Uttar Pradesh TET scam^{[151][152][153]}
• Uttar Pradesh MGNREGA scam^[154]
• Orissa MGNREGA scam^{[155][156][157]}
• Indian Air Force land scam^{[158][159][160]}
• Bihar Solar lamp scam – 400 million (US$7.3 million)^[161][162]
• BL Kashyap – EPFO scam – 1.69 billion (US$31 million)^[163][164]
• Assam Education scam^[165]
• Stamp Paper scam (not to be confused with Abdul Karim Telgi's Stamp Paper scam) – 23.4 million (US$430,000)^[166]
• Pune ULC scam^{[167][168][169]}

[edit]2010

• Andhra Pradesh Emmar scam – 25 billion (US$460 million)^{[170][171][172][173]}
• Madhya Pradesh MGNREGA scam – 90 million (US$1.7 million)^[174]
• Jharkhand MGNREGA scam^{[175][176][177]}
• Indian Premier League scandal^[178][179]
• Karnataka land scam^{[180][181][182]}
• Karnataka housing board scam^{[183][184][185]}
• Uttrakhand Citurgia land scam^[186][187]
• MCI bribery scandal^{[188][189][190]}
• Chandigarh booth scam^[191]

[edit]2000s

[edit]2009

• Madhu Koda mining scam
• Goa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) scam^[192][193]
• Rice export scam – 25 billion (US$460 million)^[36]
• Orissa mining scam – 70 billion (US$1.3 billion)^[36]
• Orissa paddy scam^[194][195]
• Sukhna land scam – Darjeeling^{[196][197][198][199]}
• Vasundhara Raje land scam^[200]
• Austral Coke scam – 10 billion (US$180 million)^[201][202]
• Gujarat's VDSGCU Sugarcane scam – 187 million (US$3.4 million)^{[203][204][205]}

[edit]2008

• Hasan Ali black money controversy^{[206][207][208]}
• State Bank of Saurashtra scam – 950 million (US$17 million)^[209][210]
• Army ration pilferage scam – 50 billion (US$920 million)^[211]
• Jharkhand medical equipment scam – 1.3 billion (US$24 million)^[36][212]
• Haryana Teachers' recruitment scam^[213][214]
• Paazee Forex scam – 8 billion (US$150 million)^[215][216]

[edit]2006

• Penny stock scam
• Punjab city centre project scam – 15 billion (US$280 million)^[36]
• Uttar Pradesh ayurveda scam – 260 million (US$4.8 million)^{[217][218][219][220]}

[edit]2005

• Taj Co-operative Group Housing Scheme scam – 40 billion (US$730 million)^[221][222]
• IPO scam^[223][224]
• Bihar flood relief scam – 170 million (US$3.1 million)^[225]

[edit]2004

[edit]2003

• HUDCO scam^[226]

[edit]2002

• Stamp paper scam – 200 billion (US$3.7 billion)^{[227][228][229]}
• Provident Fund (PF) scam^[230][231]

[edit]2001

• Ketan Parekh securities scam
• Calcutta Stock Exchange scam^[232]

[edit]2000

• India-South Africa match fixing scandal^[233]
• UTI scam – 320 million (US$5.9 million)^[36]

[edit]1990s

[edit]1997

• Cobbler scam^[234][235]
• Sheregar Scam^[236]

[edit]1996

• Sukh Ram telecom equipment scandal
• C R Bhansali scam – 11 billion (US$200 million)^[237][238]
• Fertiliser import scam – 1.33 billion (US$24 million)^[239][240]

[edit]1995

• Meghalya forest scam – 3 billion (US$55 million)^[211]
• Preferential allotment scam – 50 billion (US$920 million)^[36]
• Yugoslav Dinar Scam – 4 billion (US$73 million)^[36]

[edit]1994

• Sugar import scam^[241][242]

[edit]1992

• Harshad Mehta securities scam – 50 billion (US$920 million)^[40]
• Palmolein Oil Import Scam, Kerala
• Indian Bank scandal – 13 billion (US$240 million)^[233]

[edit]1990

• Airbus scandal^[35][233]

[edit]1980s

[edit]1989

• St Kitts forgery^[233]

[edit]1981

• Cement Scam involving A R Antulay – 300 million (US$5.5 million)^[233]

[edit]1970s

[edit]1976

• Kuo oil scandal – 22 million (US$400,000)^[40]

[edit]1974

• Maruti scandal^[233]

[edit]1960s

[edit]1965

• Kaling tubes scandal^[40]

[edit]1964

• Pratap Singh Kairon scam^[243]

[edit]1960

• Teja loan scandal – 220 million (US$4.0 million)^[233]

[edit]1950s

[edit]1956

• BHU funds misappropriation – 5 million (US$92,000)^[233]

[edit]1951

• Cycle import scam^[244]

[edit]1948s

Jeep Purchase (1948)^[244]

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