Scandals
SCANDALS IN 2000S
Named scandals
Named scandals in India
Scandal
Year reported
Scope
Location
Key players
Summary
2012 Indian coal mining controversy
2012
185,591.34 crore (US$33.78 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
200,000 crore (US$36.4 billion)
Karnataka
[4][5]
Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam
2012
10,000 crore (US$1.82 billion)
Uttar Pradesh
Mayawati
[6][7][8][9][10]
2G spectrum scam
2010
176,000 crore (US$32.03 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
35,000 crore (US$6.37 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 166,972.35 crore (US$30.39 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 - 70 crore (US$12.74 million) [20][21][22]
ISRO's S-band scam (also known as ISRO-Devas deal, the deal was later called off) - 200,000 crore (US$36.4 billion) [23][24][25][26] am-under-process-says-assam-govt_1359342|newspaper=DNA}}[27]
Arunachal Pradesh PDS scam - 1,000 crore (US$182 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
Named scandals
Named scandals in India
Scandal
Year reported
Scope
Location
Key players
Summary
2012 Indian coal mining controversy
2012
185,591.34 crore (US$33.78 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
200,000 crore (US$36.4 billion)
Karnataka
[4][5]
Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam
2012
10,000 crore (US$1.82 billion)
Uttar Pradesh
Mayawati
[6][7][8][9][10]
2G spectrum scam
2010
176,000 crore (US$32.03 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
35,000 crore (US$6.37 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 166,972.35 crore (US$30.39 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 - 70 crore (US$12.74 million) [20][21][22]
ISRO's S-band scam (also known as ISRO-Devas deal, the deal was later called off) - 200,000 crore (US$36.4 billion) [23][24][25][26] am-under-process-says-assam-govt_1359342|newspaper=DNA}}[27]
Arunachal Pradesh PDS scam - 1,000 crore (US$182 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