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Why day by day corruption is increasing - Summary of recent Indian Biggest Scams

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    prabhukanth1
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    Why day by day corruption is increasing - Summary of recent Indian Biggest Scams

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    This is the season of scams and the biggest ever corruption cases in India have been unearthed more recently. So, we decided to dig deep to see which scams were the biggest and most damaging to the country and its citizens alike.
    In our daily life, most of us must have been a witness to or a victim of corruption thriving in some or the other part of the country. It could be in the form of a taxi-driver manipulating the meter to jack-up the reading or a government officer taking bribery to promptly transfer your file to the next department or even yourself offering abribe to a police on breaking a signal.
    An average Indian citizen is hard working and diligent, but it is the people in charge of the system (The Babu’s) or with whom the power lays, that act as a cancer spreading the venom, slowing down progress and what all not. But, somewhere down the line, we ourselves are responsible for allowing and being taken for a ride by these people, aren’t we?
    However, it is during a multi-thousand crore scam, that a tax-payer actually realizes the heartburn of being cheated from his valued contribution of funds towards the development and well-being of the nation. But, that’s what a scam, be it big or small, means – the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme or action.


    The Top Scams in India

    1) 2G Spectrum Scam

    We have had a number of scams in India; but none bigger than the scam involving 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.
    2) Commonwealth Games Scam




    Another feather in the cap of Indian scandal list is common wealth games loot. Yes, literally a loot! Even before the long awaited sporting bonanza could see the day of light, the grand event was soaked in the allegations of corruption. 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.
    3) Telgi Scam

    As they say, every scam must have something unique in it to make money out of it in an unscrupulous manner- and teligi scam had all the suspense and drama that the scandal needed to thrive and be busted.
    abdul karim algi 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.
    4) Satyam Scam


    The scam at satyam computers is something that will shatter the peace and tranquillity of Indian investors and shareholder community beyond repair. 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.
    5) Bofors Scam


    The bofors scandal is known as the hallmark of Indian corruption. 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) The Fodder Scam






    If you haven’t heard of Bihar’s fodder scam of 1996, you might still be able to recognize it by the name of “chara ghotala,” as it is popularly known in the vernacular language.
    In this corruption scandal worth Rs.900 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.
    7) The Hawala Scandal

    the hawala case to the tune of $18 million bribery scandal, which came in the open in 1996, 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 channelled to Hizbul Mujahideen militants in Kashmir.
    8) IPL Scam

    Well, I am running out of time and space over here. The list of scandals in India is just not ending and becoming grave by every decade. Most of us are aware about the recent scam in IPL and embezzlement with respect to bidding for various franchisees. The scandal already claimed the portfolios of two big-wigs in the form of ipl lalith modi
    Parekh Stock Market Scam

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

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    meenaxi
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    I think corruption is not just a disease which can be treated... but a plague which has consumed our society and killed humility in each and every one of us.

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    Prabhukant,
    This is really a nice post.

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    A strong and transparent leadership missing

    We Indians miss a strong and transparent leadership. Whom to vote when we know all these are corrupt. Its time to change.

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    arunmech
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    like anna hazare we all should take some steps to avoid the forthcoming scams...lets see what lokpal bill goes to do??

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    Diya_2010
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    Quote Originally Posted by arunmech View Post
    like anna hazare we all should take some steps to avoid the forthcoming scams...lets see what lokpal bill goes to do??
    Anna Hazare is a noble man howeer I don't see anything coming out of this Loadpal bill. This bill has been thrown around since 1968 and has failed 8 times already. What are the chances of it coming through this time? Especially when corruption has reached new heights in India.
    I think Aanna Hazare will be given the run-around until the issue fades.

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    firdouz
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    The realisation of a problem is like half solving it. Scams must be happening everywhere. Few of ours are bought in the broad day-light. Which means we are progressing in the right path. We may not entirely end it. But we certainly will see lesser corruption in our country compared to others. Just stay wide awake.

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