List of Scams in India till now

By Gourav Kapoor

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)