India’s image on tackling corruption has not improved with Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) placing it at 94th rank out of 176 nations this year.
Though India was ranked at 95th position last year, the international watchdog said it has started evaluating the positions through a different formula beginning this year and hence this cannot be compared to last year’s ranking.
However, the last year’s rank of 95 would be 96 if it is calculated using the new methodology which implies there was a “slight improvement” in the index.
This year, India has a score of 36 out of 100 on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) which is a result of an average of 10 studies including World Bank’s Country Performance and Institutional Assessment and Global Insight Country Risk Ratings.
India was ranked 72 among 180 countries for the first time in 2007 and since then the country’s rankings have been showing a decline. While India was placed at 87 in 2010, the position was 95 in 2011.
This year, India is ranked below neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka and China, while Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal, and Bangladesh fared much worse than India when it came to corruption in public sector undertakings.
Sri Lanka, which is slowly limping back to normalcy after a three-decade civil war, is ranked at 79 while China is ranked at 80.
Denmark is placed at the top spot with a score of 90 while Finland and New Zealand follow very closely. Countries that occupy the bottom ranks in the index are Myanmar, Sudan Afghanistan, Somalia and North Korea.
We are fed with the constant of accusations of corruption in Pakistan. It is there and every one knows it. When, the President (like Asif Zardari is corrupt) of a country is corrupt, there is always a trickle down effect. But, Indians should not crow about it, the Indian Augean Stable is no less sparkling, here is what we mean:
1948 TO 2012….WORTH KNOWING
This is to update you on all the scams taken place in India. Please note that the list size is increasing year by year.
You can click on any of the scandal below to go to the original story of the scandal.publisted/listed ..in wikipedia..the free Encyclopedia…
2012
▪ President of India’s land grab scandal – President of India Pratibha Patil allegedly grabbed 2,61,000 sq ft of defense land in Khadki Cantonment, Pune and built a home on it [1] [2] [3] [4]
▪ Coal Mining Scam – Central government lost 1,070,000 crore (US$213.47 billion) by not Auctioning Coal Blocks says CAG’s 110 page draft report [5][6] [7]
▪ Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam – 200,000 crore (US$39.9 billion)[8][9]
▪ Andhra Pradesh land scam – 100,000 crore (US$19.95 billion)[10]
▪ Service Tax and Central Excise Duty fraud – 19,159 crore (US$3.82 billion) crore)[11] [12]
▪ Gujarat PSU financial irregularities – 17,000 crore (US$3.39 billion)[13] [14]
▪ Maharashtra stamp duty scam – 640 crore (US$127.68 million)[15] [16]
▪ Highway scam – 70 crore (US$13.97 million) [17] [18] [19]
▪ Ministry of External Affairs gift scam[20] [21] [22]
▪ Himachal Pradesh pulse scam[23] [24]
▪ Flying Club fraud – 190 crore (US$37.91 million)[25]
▪ Andhra Pradesh liquor scam[26][27]
▪ Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam – Approximately 50 crore (US$9.98 million)[28][29]
▪ Jammu and Kashmir PHE scam[30]
▪ Jammu and Kashmir recruitment scam[31]
▪ Jammu and Kashmir examgate[32] [33]
▪ Jammu and Kashmir dental scam[34]
▪ Punjab paddy scam – 18 crore (US$3.59 million)[35] [36]
▪ Girivan (Pune) land scam [38] (not to be confused with Pune land scam which came to light during 2011)
2011
▪ Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam – 10,000 crore (US$2 billion)[39][40][41][42][43]
▪ ISRO’s S-band scam (also known as ISRO-Devas deal, the deal was later called off) – 200,000 crore (US$39.9 billion) [44] [45] [46][47]
▪ KG Basin Oil scam[48] [49] [50] [51] [52]
▪ Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike scam – 3,207 crore (US$639.8 million)[55] [56] [57] [58]
▪ Himachal Pradesh HIMUDA housing scam[59][60]
▪ Orissa pulse scam – 700 crore (US$139.65 million)[64][65] [66] [67]
▪ Kerala investment scam – 1,000 crore (US$199.5 million)[68]
▪ Maharashtra education scam – 1,000 crore (US$199.5 million)[69][70]
▪ Mumbai Sales Tax fraud – 1,000 crore (US$199.5 million)[71]
▪ Uttar Pradesh TET scam[72][73][74]
▪ Uttar Pradesh MGNREGA scam[75]
▪ Orissa MGNREGA scam[76][77] [78]
▪ Indian Air Force land scam[79] [80] [81]
▪ Tatra scam – 750 crore (US$149.63 million)[82]
▪ Bihar Solar lamp scam – 40 crore (US$7.98 million)[83] [84]
▪ BL Kashyap – EPFO scam – 169 crore (US$33.72 million)[85][86]
▪ Stamp Paper scam (not to be confused with Abdul Karim Telgi’s Stamp Paper scam) – 2.34 crore (US$466,830)[87]
2010
▪ 2G spectrum scam – In the audit report, CAG puts the loss at 176,000 crore (US$35.11 billion) [88] whereas CBI pegs the loss at 30,984 crore (US$6.18 billion) [89]
▪ Uttar Pradesh food grain scam
▪ Andhra Pradesh Emmar scam – 2,500 crore (US$498.75 million)[90] [91][92] [93]
▪ Madhya Pradesh MGNREGA scam – 9 crore (US$1.8 million)[94]
▪ Jharkhand MGNREGA scam[95] [96] [97]
▪ Indian Premier League scandal[98][99]
▪ Karnataka housing board scam[100] [101] [102]
2000s
2009
▪ Goa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) scam[103] [104]
▪ Rice export scam – 2,500 crore (US$498.75 million)[105]
▪ Orissa mining scam – 7,000 crore (US$1.4 billion)[106]
▪ Orissa paddy scam[107] [108]
▪ Sukhna land scam – Darjeeling [109] [110] [111] [112]
▪ Vasundhara Raje land scam[113]
▪ Austral Coke scam – 1,000 crore (US$199.5 million)[114][115]
▪ Gujarat’s VDSGCU Sugarcane scam – 18.7 crore (US$3.73 million) [116] [117] [118]
2008
▪ Hasan Ali black money controversy[119][120][121]
▪ State Bank of Saurashtra scam – 95 crore (US$18.95 million)[123][124]
▪ Army ration pilferage scam – 5,000 crore (US$997.5 million)[125]
▪ Jharkhand medical equipment scam – 130 crore (US$25.94 million)[126] [127]
▪ Haryana Teachers’ recruitment scam[128] [129]
2006
▪ Kerala ice cream parlour sex scandal
▪ Scorpene Deal scam[130][131][132]
▪ Punjab city centre project scam – 1,500 crore (US$299.25 million)[133]
▪ Uttar Pradesh ayurveda scam – 26 crore (US$5.19 million)[134] [135] [136] [137]
▪ Navy War Room Spy Scandal (related to Scorpene Deal Scam)
2005
▪ Oil for food scam (Natwar Singh)
▪ Bihar flood relief scam – 17 crore (US$3.39 million)[140]
2004
2003
▪ HUDCO scam[141]
2002
▪ Stamp paper scam – 20,000 crore (US$3.99 billion)[142] [143] [144]
▪ Provident Fund (PF) scam [145][146]
2001
▪ Ketan Parekh securities scam
▪ Calcutta Stock Exchange scam[148]
2000
▪ India-South Africa match fixing scandal[149]
▪ UTI scam – 32 crore (US$6.38 million)[150]
1990s
1997
▪ Bihar land scam – 400 crore (US$79.8 million)[153]
▪ SNC lavalin power project scam – 374 crore (US$74.61 million)[154]
1996
▪ Bihar fodder scam – 950 crore (US$189.53 million)[155] [156] [157]
▪ Sukh Ram telecom equipment scandal
▪ C R Bhansali scam – 1,100 crore (US$219.45 million)[158][159]
▪ Fertiliser import scam – 133 crore (US$26.53 million)[160][161]
1995
▪ Meghalya forest scam – 300 crore (US$59.85 million)[162]
▪ Preferential allotment scam – 5,000 crore (US$997.5 million)[163]
▪ Yugoslav Dinar Scam – 400 crore (US$79.8 million)[164]
1994
▪ Sugar import scam [165][166]
1992
▪ Harshad Mehta securities scam – 5,000 crore (US$997.5 million)[167]
▪ Palmolein Oil Import Scam, Kerala
▪ Indian Bank scandal – 1,300 crore (US$259.35 million)[168]
1990
▪ Airbus scandal[169]
1980s
1989
▪ St Kitts forgery[170]
1987
1981
▪ Cement Scam involving A R Antulay – 30 crore (US$5.99 million)[172]
1970s
1976
▪ Kuo oil scandal – 2.2 crore (US$438,900)[173]
1974
▪ Maruti scandal[174]
1971
▪ Nagarwala scandal – 60 lakh (US$119,700)
1960s
1965
▪ Kaling tubes scandal[175]
1964
▪ Pratap Singh Kairon scam[176]
1960
▪ Teja loan scandal – 22 crore (US$4.39 million)[177]
1950s
1958
▪ The Mundhra scandal – 1.2 crore (US$239,400)[178]
1956
▪ BHU funds misappropriation – 50 lakh (US$99,800)[179]
1951
▪ Cycle import scam[180]
1940s
1948
Jeep scandal – 80 lakh (US$159,600)[181]
