In one of the first instances of corruption in educational institutions, Benaras Hindu University officials were accused of misappropriation of funds worth Rs 50 lakh.
Banaras Hindu University (Hindi:...
Cycle Import Corruption Scam
Cycles imports scam took place in 1951.
SA Venkataraman who was the industrial minister was bribed and he gave the permission to a foreign country for the sale of their company cycles.
In the year 1951 the then Secretary, Ministry of Commerce...
The Mundhra scandal
Haridas Mundhra was aCalcutta-based industrialist and stock speculator who was found guilty and imprisoned in the first big financial scandal of free India in the 1950s. TheMundhra scandal exposed the rifts between the thenPrime Minister Jawaharlal...
Jeep Scandal Corruption case
The jeep scandal in 1948 was first major corruption Scandal. V.K. Krishna Menon, the then Indian high commissioner to Britain, ignored protocols and signed a Rs 80 lakh contract for the purchase of army jeeps with a foreign firm.
Corruption...
List Of Corruption Scandals In India In 1950's
1956
BHU funds misappropriation – 5 million(US$84,000)
1951
Cycle import scam
The Mundhra scandal – 12 million(US$200,000)...
List Of Corruption Scandals In India In 1960's
1965
Kalinga tubes scandal
1964
Pratap Singh Kairon scam
1960
Teja loan scandal – 220 million(US$3.7 million)...
List Of Corruption Scandals In India In 1970's
1976
Kuo oil scandal – 22 million (US$370,000)
1974
Maruti scandal
1971
Nagarwala scandal – 6 million (US$100,000)...
List Of Corruption Scandals In India In 1980's
1989
St Kitts forgery
1987
Bofors scandal
1981
Cement Scam involving A R Antulay – 300 million (US$5.0 million)...
List Of Corruption Scandals In India In 1990's
1997
Jalgaon housing scam
Cobbler scam
Sheregar Scam
Kerala ice cream parlour sex scandal
1996
Sukh Ram telecom equipment scandal-Sukh Ramconvicted for 3 years.
C R Bhansali scam – 11 billion(US$180 million)
Fertiliser import scam – 1.33...
List Of Corruption Scandals In India In 2000's
2009
Goa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) scam
Rice export scam – 25 billion (US$420 million)
Orissa mining scam – 70 billion(US$1.2 billion)
Orissa paddy scam
Sukhna land scam – Darjeeling
Vasundhara...
List Of Corruption Scandals In India In 2010s
2014
Indian Railways-Railtel Corporation of India mobile scam
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Rolls-Roycedefense scam-10,000 crores
Air India Family Fare Scheme scam
Bokaro Steel Plant recruitment scam
Gujarat arbitrary...
