List of scams in India

CA Pooja Agarwal (Chartered Accountant) (3228 Points)

26 October 2012

This is why we say " India is a developing country"

The following is a list of alleged scandals in the country since independence. These consists of political, financial, corporate and many others.

2012 - Coal Mining scandal - INR1,070,000 crore

- Karnataka Wakf Board Land scam - INR200,000 crore

- Andhra Pradesh land scandal - INR100,000 crore

- Service Tax and Central Excise Duty scam - INR19,159 crore

- Gujarat PSU financial irregularities - INR17,000 crore

- Maharashtra stamp duty scandal - INR640 crore

- Ministry of External Affairs gift scandal

- Himachal Pradesh pulse scandal

- Flying Club fraud - INR190 crore

- Jammu and Kashmir PHE scandal

- Jammu and Kashmir recruitment scandal

- Jammu and Kashmir examgate

- Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scandal - Approximately INR50 crore

- Andhra Pradesh liquor scandal

2011 - UP NRHM scandal - INR10,000 crore

- ISRO's S-band scam

- KG Basin Oil scam

- Goa mining scam

- Bellary mining scam

- Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike scam - INR3,207 crore

- Himachal Pradesh HIMUDA housing scam

- Pune housing scam

- Pune land scam

- Orissa pulse scam - INR700 crore

- Kerala investment scam - INR1,000 crore

- Maharashtra education scam - INR1,000 crore

- Mumbai Sales Tax fraud - INR1,000 crore

- Uttar Pradesh TET scam

- Uttar Pradesh MGNREGA scam

- Orissa MGNREGA scam

- Indian Air Force land scam

- Tatra scam - INR750 crore

- Bihar Solar lamp scam - INR40 crore

- BL Kashyap - EPFO scam - INR169 crore

- Stamp Paper scam - INR2.34 crore

2010 - 2G spectrum scam and Radia tapes controversy

- Adarsh Housing Society scam

- Commonwealth Games scam

- Uttar Pradesh food grain scam

- LIC housing loan scam

- Belekeri port scam

- Andhra Pradesh Emmar scam - INR2,500 crore

- Madhya Pradesh MGNREGA scam - INR9 crore

- Jharkhand MGNREGA scam

- Indian Premier League scandal

- Karnataka housing board scam

2009 - Madhu Koda mining scam

- Goa's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) scam

- Rice export scam - INR2,500 crore

- Orissa mining scam - INR7,000 crore

- Sukhna land scam - Darjeeling

- Vasundhara Raje land scam

- Austral Coke scam - INR1,000 crore

2008 - Cash for Vote Scandal

- Hasan Ali black money controversy

- The Satyam scam

- State Bank of Saurashtra scam - INR95 crore

- Army ration pilferage scam - INR5,000 crore

- Jharkhand medical equipment scam - INR130 crore

2006 - - Scorpene Deal scam

- Navy War Room Spy Scandal

- Punjab city centre project scam - INR1,500 crore

2005 - IPO scam

- Oil for food scam

- Bihar flood relief scam - INR17 crore

2004 - Gegong Apang PDS scam

2003 - Taj corridor scandal

- HUDCO scam

2002 - Stamp paper scam - INR20,000 crore

- Provident Fund (PF) scam [118][119]

- Kargil coffin scam[120]

2001 - Ketan Parekh securities scam

- Barak Missile scandal

- Calcutta Stock Exchange scam

2000 - India-South Africa match fixing scam

- UTI scandal - INR32 crore (US$6.38 million)

1997 - Cobbler scandal

- Hawala scandal

- Bihar land scam - INR400 crore

- SNC lavalin power project scandal - INR374 crore

1996 - Bihar fodder scandal - INR950 crore

- Sukh Ram telecom equipment scam

- C R Bhansali scandal - INR1100 crore

- Fertiliser import scandal - INR133 crore

1995 - Purulia arms drop case

- Meghalya forest scam - INR300 crore

- Preferential allotment scandal - INR5,000 crore

- Yugoslav Dinar scandal - INR400 crore

1994 - Sugar import scandal

1992 - Harshad Mehta securities scandal - INR5,000 crore

- Palmolein Oil Import Scandal, Kerala

- Indian Bank scam - INR1,300 crore

1990 - Airbus scam

1989 - St Kitts forgery

1987 - Bofors Scam

1981 - Cement Scandal including A R Antulay - INR30 crore

1976 - Kuo oil scam - INR2.2 crore

1974 - Maruti scam

1971 - Nagarwala scam - INR60 lakh

1965 - Kaling tubes scam

1964 - Pratap Singh Kairon scandal

1960 - Teja loan scam - INR22 crore

1958 - The Mundhra scam - INR1.2 crore

1956 - BHU funds misuse - INR50 lakh

1951 - Cycle import scandal

1948 - Jeep scam - INR80 lakh (US$159,600)