TOP 10 SCAMS IN INDIA YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT

Scams in India

Hello Readers of CA Groups, Being finance and accounting professionals we all should know about the following facts. It is about Top 10 Scams in India You must Know About, that has affected the Indian economy. Must Read and share….. .

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1) INDIAN COAL ALLOCATION SCAM -YEAR: 2012 -SIZE: RS. 1.86L CRORE

This scam is in regards to Indian Government’s allocation of nation’s coal deposit to PSU’s and private companies. The scam happened under Manmohan Singh government and came out in 2012. The basic premise of this scam was that wrongful allocation of Coal deposits by Government without resorting to competitive bidding, which would have made huge amounts to the Government (to tune of 1.86 Lakh crore).

2) THE FODDER SCAM - YEAR: 1990S -SIZE: RS. 1,000 CRORE

Known as Bihar’s fodder scam of 1996, also recognized by the name of “Chara Ghotala,” as it is popularly known in the vernacular language. In this corruption scandal worth Rs.1000 crore, an unholy nexus was traced involved in fabrication of “vast herds of fictitious livestock” for which fodder, medicine and animal husbandry equipment was supposedly procured.

3) THE HAWALA SCANDAL -YEAR: 1990-91 – SIZE: RS. 100 CRORE

It involved payments allegedly received by country’s leading politicians through hawala brokers. From the list of those accused also included Lal Krishna Advani who was then the Leader of Opposition. Thus, for the first time in Indian politics, it gave a feeling of open loot all around the public, involving all the major political players being accused of having accepted bribes and also alleged connections about payments being channeled to Hizbul Mujahedeen militants in Kashmir.

4) COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCAM -YEAR: 2010 -SIZE: RS. 70,000 CRORE

Another feather in the cap of Indian scandal list is Commonwealth Games loot. It is estimated that out of Rs. 70000 crore spent on the Games , only half the said amount was spent on Indian sportspersons. The Central Vigilance Commission, involved in probing the alleged corruption in various Commonwealth Games-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders – like payment to non-existent parties, will-ful delays in execution of contracts, over- inflated price and bungling in purchase of equipment through tendering – and misappropriation of funds.

5) BOFORS SCAM -YEAR: 1980S & 90S -SIZE: RS. 100 TO 200 CRORE

The Bofors scam was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; when the then PM Rajiv Gandhi and several others including a powerful NRI family named the Hindujas, were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India’s 155 mm field howitzer. The Swedish State Radio had broadcast a startling report about an undercover operation carried out by Bofors, Sweden’s biggest arms manufacturer, whereby $16 million were allegedly paid to members of PM Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress. Most of all, the Bofors scam had a strong emotional appeal because it was a scam related to the defense services and India’s security interests.

6) HARSHAD MEHTA & KETAN PAREKH STOCK MARKET SCAM - YEAR: 1992 -SIZE: RS. 5000 CRORE (COMBINED)

Although not corruption scams, these have affected many people. There is no way that the investor community could forget the unfortunate Rs. 4000 crore Harshad Mehta scam and over Rs. 1000 crore Ketan Parekh scam which eroded the shareholders wealth in form of big market jolt.

7) 2G SPECTRUM SCAM - YEAR: 2008 -SIZE: RS. 1.76 L CRORE

It involved the process of allocating unified access service licenses. At the heart of this Rs.1.76-lakh crore worth of scam is the former Telecom minister A Raja – who according to the CAG, has evaded norms at every level as he carried out the dubious 2G license awards in 2008 at a throw-away price which were pegged at 2001 prices. In some respects, this remains the biggest scam in India if you consider the inflation. The 2G spectrum allocation happened 5 years earlier than Coal Scam which came out in 2012. The cases are still going on against many people including A. Raja, M. K. Kanimozhi and many telecommunication companies as well.

8) WAKF BOARD LAND SCAM -YEAR: 2012 - SIZE: RS. 1.5-2L CRORE

In March of 2012, Anwar Maniapddy, the chairman of Karnataka State Minorities Commission submitted a sensational report which alleged 27,000 acres of land, which was controlled by Karnataka Wakf Board had been allocated illegally or misappropriated. The value of land which was misappropriated was in tune of 1.5 to 2 lakh crore rupees. The land managed by Wakf board, a Muslim charitable trust, is typically donated to under-privileged and poor people of Muslim community. However, the report alleged that nearly 50 percent of the land owned by Wakf board was misappropriated by Politicians and Board members in conjunction with real estate mafia at fraction of actual land cost.

9) TELGI SCAM -YEAR: 2002 – SIZE: RS. 20,000 CRORE

Abdul Karim Telgi had mastered the art of forgery in printing duplicate stamp papers and sold them to banks and other institutions. The tentacles of the fake stamp and stamp paper case had penetrated 12 states and was estimated at a whooping Rs. 20000 crore plus. The Telgi clearly had a lot of support from government departments that were responsible for the production and sale of high security stamps.

10) SATYAM SCAM -YEAR: 2009 – SIZE: RS. 14,000 CRORE

Satyam is the biggest fraud in the corporate history to the tune of Rs. 14000 crore. The company’s disgraced former chairman Ramalinga Raju kept everyone in the dark for a decade by fudging the books of accounts for several years and inflating revenues and profit figures of Satyam. Finally, the company was taken over by the Tech Mahindra which has done wonderfully well to revive the brand Satyam.

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