List of scandals in India
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The following is a list of proven scandals in India since independence, including political, financial and corporate scandals. The year, or decade, is when the scandal was first reported.
1950s
- 1958 Mundhra scandal (₹12 million)
1970s
- 1971 Nagarwala case (₹6 million)
1980s
- 1985 Fodder scam (₹9.5 billion)
- 1987 Bofors scandal
1990s
- 1992 Indian stock market scam (₹50 billion)
- 1992 Stamp paper scam
- 1996 Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa
- 1997 Tatra Truck scam
- 1997-2006 Jalgaon housing scam
- 1998 Ajmer rape case
- 1998 Anubhav Plantations scam
- Ice cream parlour sex scandal
- Purulia arms drop case
- Palmolein Oil Import Scam (Kerala)
- Hawala scandal
- SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal (₹3.74 billion)
2000s
2000
- India-South Africa match fixing scandal: Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja were banned from cricket for life and 4 years respectively.
2001
- Operation West End
- Ketan Parekh securities scam (₹320 million)
- Roshni Act corruption scandal
2002
- Stamp paper scam (₹200 billion)
- Provident Fund scam
- Taj corridor case
2003
2004
2005
- Scorpene deal scam: A part of the Navy war room leak.
2006
- Ludhiana City Centre scam (₹15 billion)
- Navy war room leak case (US$6 billion)
- Fatwas for cash scandal
2008
- Hasan Ali Khan money-laundering case
- Indian Army ration scam (₹50 billion)
- 2G spectrum case (Not Proved)
- Cash-for-votes scandal
- Operation Kamala
2009
2010s
2010
- Housing-loan scam
- Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Adarsh Housing Society scam
2011
- Belekeri port scam: An estimated loss to the public exchequer of ₹35,000 crores (approx US$6 billion)
2012
- DIAL Scam (₹1,669.72 billion)
- Granite scam in Tamil Nadu (about ₹160 billion (US$2.0 billion))
- Haryana Forestry case
- Indian coal allocation scam (Not Proved)
- Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam
- Maharashtra Irrigation Scam (about ₹720 billion)
- Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam
- Uttar Pradesh sand mining scandal
- National Herald corruption case
2013
- Vyapam scam
- NSEL case (₹5,500 crore)
- Railway bribery scam - The CBI arrested railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew for allegedly accepting a ₹9 million bribe for a Railway Board member.
- 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
- 2013 Kerala solar panel scam
- 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal
- Madhya Pradesh Scholarship scam
- Saradha Group financial scandal: Collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Saradha Group, a consortium of over 200 private companies believed to be running so-called chit funds
2014
- Aavin scam - Ten-year adulteration of milk supplied from societies of the Tamil Nadu State Milk Union, estimated at ₹27 lakh per day. The owner of the truck was arrested in Chennai.
- Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority scam, West Bengal (₹200 crore)
- Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab case
2015
- Murder of Sandeep Kothari
- Lalit Modi case
- 2015 Cash for Vote Scam - MLA Revanth Reddy was jailed in Telangana.
- NSE co-location scam (about ₹50,000 crore) – Insider trading on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) from 2010 to 2014 The case came to light in 2015.
2016
- Narada sting operation
- Freedom 251 scam - A ponzi scheme, that was mounted by an entrepreneur named Mohit Goel through a company called Ringing Bells Private Limited. The company promised Mobile phones at 251 Indian rupee to customers and collected money. They failed to meet the obligation.
- Fugitive Economic Offender, Vijay Mallya escaped from India on March 2, 2016, through Jet Airways Delhi - London flight from Indira Gandhi International Airport.
- PACL scam
2017
- Noida Ponzi scheme - A special investigation team (SIT) probing an alleged Ponzi scheme run by Anubhav Mittal, managing director of Ablaze Info Solution, concentrated their efforts on suspicious transactions by nearly 200 gold and diamond dealers.
- Maharashtra scholarship scam - An investigation of alleged misappropriation of government scholarships intended for Other Backward Class students found that hundreds of institutes across the state had pocketed several thousand crore rupees since 2010.
- On 5 April 2017, the CBI registered six cases against Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery and Forever Precious Jewellery and Diamonds and their chief promoter, Jatin Mehta, for allegedly cheating three government banks of ₹1,530 crore.
- A public-interest litigation petition was filed against Adani Group, Reliance Group, Essar Group and other mining and energy companies for an investigation of alleged ₹290 billion overcharges for Indonesian coal and imported power equipment from 2011 to 2015.
2018
- Punjab National Bank Scam: A fraudulent letter of undertaking worth ₹11,600 crore (US$1.77 billion) was issued at the Punjab National Bank branch in Brady House, Mumbai, making the bank liable for the amount. The fraudulent transactions, linked to Nirav Modi, were first noticed by a new employee of the bank. Two branch employees were involved in the scam, in which the bank's core banking system was bypassed to raise payment notes to overseas branches of other Indian banks (including Allahabad Bank, Axis Bank and Union Bank of India) with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Three jewellers (Gitanjali Group and its subsidiaries, Gili and Nakshatra) are also under investigation. Mehul Choksi is also accused in the scandal.
2019
- Karvy Scam
- INX Media case: Against former Union Minister P. Chidambaram
- Hyderabad gang rape and murder case
2020s
2020
- Kerala gold smuggling scandal: On June 30, 2020, The customs officials at the airport detained diplomatic baggage from Dubai which turned out to be a consignment carrying illegal gold. This smuggling is alleged to have connection with top echelons of Kerala Government and is under probe by agencies such as National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate etc.
- Republic TV TRP manipulation scam: In October 2020, Mumbai Police filed a charge sheet against India Today, News Nation, Republic TV, and multiple Marathi channels on grounds of manipulation of TRP.
- Bengaluru drug raids: In August and September Karnataka Police arrested and quizzed numerous actors and individuals working in Kannada cinema industry in connection with drug abuse and peddling.
2021
- Pegasus Snooping Scandal: An international investigative journalism initiative by the name of Pegasus Project that alleged that the Pegasus spyware was used on several individuals including ministers, opposition leaders, political strategists, judges, journalists, administrators and activists.
2022
- West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam: On 23 July 2022, Education Minister of West Bengal and Secretary General of All India Trinamool Congress (ruling party of West Bengal State) Partha Chatterjee was arrested from his residence by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged State School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam cases along with his aide actress Arpita Mukherjee. He was admitted to SSKM Hospital after complaining of chest pains. Later, he was shifted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar where doctors said that he suffers from chronic diseases but does not need immediate hospitalization. He is currently in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate. As of 28 July 2022, the Enforcement Directorate has recovered ₹49.8 Crores cash, gold worth ₹5.07 Crores, ₹56 lakhs worth foreign currency and coded diaries from properties related to him and Arpita Mukherjee. On 28 July he was expelled from the cabinet Ministries he was in charge of and suspended from the TMC. On 5 August 2022, he and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to jail custody.
2024
- Modi Government Scam: CAG open many types of Scam by Modi Government and their officers like Ayushman Bharat Scam, Pension Scam etc.
- Dwarka Expressway Scam: Modi government made dwarka expressway and his expenditure of 1 KM road is Rs. 250 Crore. They have not give any expenditure report of this Rs. 250 crore of 1 KM road.
- PM CARES Fund Scam: BJP (Bharatiya Janta Party) or Modi government created PM CARES fund after closing PMNRF in 2020. This authority collect amount from public when public demand all expenditure then authority refused them and said that this is private authority so can't give expenditure record but this authority used by government and use amount by Bhartiya Janta Party.
- Electoral Bond Scam: BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) has scammed 6500 Crore by Electoral Bond. There Government passed Electoral Bond System in 2017 and collect donation through illegally and these bond Sell and Purchase through SBI. In this Scam SBI also involved.
- Delhi liquor scam: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been accused of favoring specific liquor traders who allegedly paid bribes for obtaining licenses under the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021–22. Manish Sisodia is arrested by CBI under the investigation.
- Mahadev Betting App Case: The Mahadev Betting App Case is a scandal involving an illegal online gambling platform that was used to launder money. The app was run by Dubai-based Saurabh Chandrakar and his accomplice Ravi Uppal, both of whom hail from Chhattisgarh.
See also
Further reading
- Shourie, A. (2006). Indian Controversies. New Delhi: Rupa & Co.
- In 2020, Real Estate Scam Fighters is formed with a basic mission to debunk various Frauds in the real estate sector and create awareness for the investors.