List of scandals in India
The following is a list of unproved scandals in India since independence, including political, financial and corporate scandals. Entries are arranged in reverse chronological order by year. The year, or decade, is when the scandal was first reported.
2020s
2020
- Goa Mining Scam Laxmikant Parsekar, a BJP politician issued 88
- Himachal PPE Scam Himachal Pradesh’s suspended director of health services, Dr AK Gupta, allegedly “demanded a bribe” following the delivery of six to seven consignments of personal protection equipment kits worth over Rs 1 crore by a Derabassi-based manufacturer.
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2010s
2019
- PMC Bank scam
- DHFL scam and UPPCL employee provident fund scandal
- INX Media case against former Union Minister P. Chidambaram
- IMA ponzi scheme
- D. K. Shivakumar money-laundering case
2018
- Rotomac bank fraud: According to an 18 February 2010Central Bureau of Investigation first information report, Rotomac allegedly defaulted on loans worth crore. The FIR said that Rotomac diverted the loans to a fictitious company, which routed the money back to Rotomac.
- Punjab National Bank Scam: A fraudulent letter of undertaking worth 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 with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Three jewellers are also under investigation.
2017
- Noida Ponzi scheme - A special investigation team 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 overcharges for Indonesian coal and imported power equipment from 2011 to 2015.
2015
- The Supreme Court found that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation's National Urban Livelihood Mission had built only 208 houses for nine lakh homeless people, although the central government had allocated to the mission.
- Delhi Jal Board tanker scam – Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was accused of floating costly tenders. The government of Delhi's Anti-Corruption Branch filed an FIR against Dikshit and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
- Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust land-grab case - A revenue court ordered the return of land sold to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust by an industrial house to the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation.
- Delhi CNG scam - Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung were accused in the scam.
- Delhi power scam - The CAG reported that Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group subsidiary BRPL is accused of inflating their rates by almost ₹8,000 crore, and rates in the city should be reduced.
- Gujarat fisheries scam - Gujarat ministers Purshottam Solanki and Dileepbhai Sanghani were accused of illegally granting fishing contracts for 58 reservoirs.
- GIDC plot-allotment bribery case - Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar's brother-in-law Dilip Malvankar, a field manager attached to the Goa Industrial Development Corporation, was arrested while allegedly accepting a ₹10,000 bribe to allot a plot in the Tuem Industrial Estate.
- Mizoram office of profit scam - Health minister Lal Thanzara resigned from the cabinet for allegedly holding a 21.6 percent share in Sunshine Overseas, a road construction company which had received government contracts.
- Maharashtra Annabhau Sathe Development Corporation scam – MLA Ramesh Kadam was arrested by the CID for siphoning funds from the state-run ASDC.
- Uttarakhand liquor-license scandal - Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat and his secretary, Mohammed Shahid, were seen negotiating with a liquor baron for a ₹100-crore bribe to change the state's policy on the sale of alcohol.
- Nagpur land-grab case - The high court of Maharashtra fined Member of Parliament Vijay J. Darda and ex-chief minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan ₹25,000 each and ordered an enquiry into encroachment by Jawaharlal Darda Education Society, controlled by Vijay and Rajendra Darda
- Integrated Child Development Services "Chikki" controversy - Maharashtra women and child welfare minister Pankaja Munde did not solicit mandatory e-tenders in awarding contracts to vendors.
- Bangalore illegal land de-notification scam B. S. Yeddyurappa, chief minister of Karnataka, was the prime suspect.
- Virbhadra Singh disproportionate-assets case - The CBI registered a preliminary enquiry of Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh.
- NTC land scam - The CBI booked former Gujarat CM Shankersinh Vaghela.
- Lalit Modi corruption case - The former Indian Premier League commissioner used eight credit cards, none of which were in his name.
- 2015 Cash for Vote Scam - MLA Revanth Reddy was jailed in Telangana.
- Corporate espionage - Officials of Reliance Industries, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Essar Group, Cairn India and Jubilant Energy were accused of stealing documents from the Petroleum Ministry.
- Uttarakhand flood-relief scam - When hundreds of thousands of people in Uttarakhand went hungry during the 2013 floods, state officials partied on flood-relief funds.
- NSE co-location scam – Insider trading on the National Stock Exchange of India from 2010 to 2014 The case came to light in 2015.
- Louis Berger Group bribery case - Former Goa public-works minister Churchill Alemao and former chief minister of Goa Digambar Kamat were the prime suspects. Alemao was arrested, and Kamat applied for anticipatory bail. Louis Berger Group officials were arrested after they admitted the bribe to the Goa minister.
2014
- Mumbai International Airport scam - FIRs were registered against GVK and Airports Authority of India officials for cheating and forgery. The project was deliberately delayed for three years to funnel ₹5,000 crore to GVK.
- 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.
- SmartCity, Kochi scam - Joint venture of the government of Kerala and TECOM Investments, a subsidiary of Dubai Holding
- Cash for MLC seat scam - H. D. Kumaraswamy
- Pratapsingh Rane bribery case
- Illegal mining in the Aravalli Range
- Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority scam, West Bengal
- Reliance Jio spectrum-auction-rigging scam-
- Odisha industrial-land mortgage scam
- National Herald land scam
- Vyapam scam
- Madhya Pradesh farmer welfare and agriculture development minister Gauri Shankar Chaturbhuj Bisen disproportionate assets case
- Hari Kumar Jha disproportionate assets case
- Nationalist Congress Party unaccounted-cash case
- Haryana Urban Development Authority discretionary quota plot scam
- Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia land-grab case
- R. C. Kuriel disproportionate assets case
- Mayank Jain disproportionate assets case
- Rajasthan Housing Board arbitrary lease allotment of property
- HPCA illegal land-allotments scandal- Prem Kumar Dhumal and Anurag Thakur have been charge sheeted in HPCA scam.
- Indian Railways-RailTel Corporation of India mobile scam
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Rolls-Royce defence scam
- Air India Family Fare Scheme scam
- Bokaro Steel Plant recruitment scam
- Gujarat arbitrary land-allotments scandal
- Kribhco and Yara International fertilizer fraud controversy
- Delhi Jal Board scam
- Indian Railways "emergency quota" ticket scam
- Cremation shed scam- Rajya Sabha MP T. M. Selvaganapathy was sentenced to two years years and resigned for corruption.
- Maharashtra money laundering - A special investigative team was formed to probe Chhagan Bhujbal and his family.
2013
- Virbhadra Singh bribery controversy
- Madhya Pradesh pre-medical test scam
- Madhya Pradesh wheat-procurement scam
- Arvind and Tinoo Joshi disproportionate-assets case
- Delhi-Gurgaon Toll Plaza scam
- Employees' Provident Fund Organisation scam
- Haryana seed scam
- Directorate General of Civil Aviation "free ticket" scam
- Leave Travel Concession scam
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- NSEL case
- Railway iron ore freight scam
- Uttar Pradesh illegal sand mining
- Vodafone tax controversy
- Railway bribery scam - The CBI arrested railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew for allegedly accepting a bribe for a Railway Board member.
- 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
- 2013 Kerala solar panel scam
- Odisha land-allotment 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
- MBBS seats scam - Rasheed Masood was sentenced to four years imprisonment and expelled from the Rajya Sabha.
2012
- Granite scam in Tamil Nadu
- NHAI allegations – The World Bank's Institutional Integrity Unit identified fraud and corruption, requesting an investigation.
- Ultra Mega Power Projects scam – The central government lost due to undue benefits to Reliance Power.
- Foreign exchange derivatives scam
- Service Tax and Central Excise fraud
- Maharashtra stamp duty scam
- Maharashtra land scam
- Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority repair scam
- Ministry of External Affairs gift scam
- Himachal Pradesh pulse scam
- Flying Club fraud –
- Andhra Pradesh liquor scam
- Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam
- Jammu and Kashmir PHE scam
- Jammu and Kashmir recruitment scam
- Jammu and Kashmir exam scandal
- Punjab paddy scam
- NHPC cement scam
- Haryana forest scam
- Girivan land scam
- Toilet scam
- Uttar Pradesh stamp duty scam
- Uttar Pradesh horticulture scam
- Uttar Pradesh palm tree plantation scam
- Uttar Pradesh seed scam
- Uttar Pradesh Labour and Construction Co-operative Federation scam
- Patiala land scam
- Tax refund scam
- Bengaluru mayor's fund scam
- Ranchi real-estate scam
- Delhi surgical-glove procurement scam
- Aadhaar scam
- Bharat Earth Movers housing-society scam
- MSTC gold-export scam
- Taxpayer identification number scam
- Nayagaon, Punjab land scam
- Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam
- Indian coal allocation scam
- Jalgaon housing scam
- DIAL Scam
- Maharashtra Irrigation Scam
2011
- Belekeri port scam, estimated loss to the public exchequer at ₹35,000 crores
- Tatra scam
- National Technical Research Organisation scam
- Goa mining scam
- Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike scam
- Himachal Pradesh housing scam
- Pune housing scam
- Pune land scam
- Orissa pulse scam
- Kerala investment scam
- Mumbai sales tax fraud
- Maharashtra education scam
- Maharashtra public distribution system scam
- Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test scam
- Uttar Pradesh Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scam
- Orissa MGNREGA scam
- Indian Air Force land scam
- Bihar solar lamp scam
- B. L. Kashyap, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation scam
- Assam education scam
- Pune ULC scam
2010
- Housing-loan scam
- Indian Space Research Organisation S-band scam, also known as the ISRO-Devas deal
- Andhra Pradesh Emmar scam
- Karnataka land scam
- Karnataka housing-board scam
- Uttarakhand Citurgia land scam
- Medical Council of India bribery scandal - Ketan Desai was arrested by CBI on 22 April.
- Chandigarh booth scam
- Odisha illegal-mining scam
- Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Maharashtra Adarsh Housing Society scam
- Gegong Apang PDS scam
2000s
2009
- Goa special economic zone scam
- JVG scam
- Rice export scam
- Orissa paddy scam
- Sukhna land scam
- Vasundhara Raje Deendayal Upadhyaya Trust land scam
- Austral Coke scam
- Gujarat VDSGCU sugarcane scam
- Madhu Koda disproportionate-assets case
- Satyam scandal
2008
- Hasan Ali Khan money-laundering case
- State Bank of Saurashtra scam
- Army ration-pilferage scam
- Paazee Forex scam
- Cash at judge's door scam
- 2G spectrum case
- Power-theft scandal
- Cash-for-votes scandal
2006
- Punjab city-centre project scam
- Uttar Pradesh ayurveda scam
- Navy war room leak
2005
- Bhanu Pratap Sahi disproportionate-assets case, Jharkhand medical-equipment scam
- Scorpene deal scam, part of the Navy war room leak
2004
- Taj Co-operative Group Housing Scheme scam
- IPO scam
- Bihar flood-relief scam
- Oil for Food scandal
2003
- Housing and Urban Development Corporation scam
- Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare scholarship scam
- Uttar Pradesh food grain scam
- Haryana teacher-recruitment scam
2002
- Stamp paper scam
- Provident Fund scam
- Taj corridor case
2001
- Operation West End
- Ketan Parekh securities scam
- Calcutta Stock Exchange scam
2000
- India-South Africa match fixing scandal - Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja were banned from cricket for 5 years and 4 years respectively.
1990s
- 1998 Ajmer rape case
- Babanrao Gholap disproportionate-assets case
- 1996 disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa
- 1998 Anubhav Plantations scam
- Jalgaon housing scam
- Cobbler scam
- Sheregar scam
- Kerala ice cream parlour sex scandal
- 1996 Sukh Ram telecom equipment scandal
- C. R. Bhansali scam
- Fertiliser import scam
- Meghalaya forest scam
- Preferential allotment scam
- Yugoslav dinar scam
- Purulia arms drop case
- Sugar-import scam
- Harshad Mehta securities scam
- Palmolein Oil Import Scam
- Indian Bank scandal
- Airbus scandal
- Hawala scandal
- SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal
- Prem Khandu Thungan graft case
1980s
- 1989 St Kitts forgery
- 1987 HDW Submarine scandal
- 1987 Bofors scandal
- 1985 Fodder scam
- 1981 Cement scam
1970s
- 1976 Kuo oil scandal
- 1974 Maruti scandal
- 1971 Nagarwala scandal
1960s
- 1965 Kalinga tubes scandal
- 1964 Pratap Singh Kairon inquiry
- 1960 Teja loan scandal
1950s
- 1958 Mundhra scandal
- 1956 BHU funds misappropriation
- 1951 Cycle import scam
1940s
- 1948 - Jeep scandal case
- 1947 - INA treasure chest disappearance