India's Shocking Corruption Scams

Adarsh Housing Society scam:

The origins of the scam go back to February 2002 when a request was made to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra to allot land for the construction of a housing complex for "the welfare of serving and retired personnel of the Defence Services. However, top politicians, bureaucrats and military officers proceeded to bend several rules and commit various acts of omission and commission in order to have the building constructed and then got themselves allotted flats in this premier property at artificially lowered prices. The CBI, the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate(ED) are investigating the involvement of three former chief ministers, Sushilkumar Shinde, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Ashok Chavan in the scam.

Antrix Devas deal:

A Contract was signed between Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia Private Limited in 2005 during G Madhavan Nair’s tenure as Chairman ISRO and Secretary, DOS. In 2011, Nair and three other scientists were held responsible for a controversial deal between the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) commercial arm Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia. The deal involved ISRO leasing the S-band transponders on two satellites (GSAT6 and GSAT6A) to Devas for broadcasting reasons. Following the controversy in January, 2012 he was barred from holding any Government jobs.

A CAG report stated that the department of space hid facts from the cabinet and violated rules and policies in approving the agreement. The report’s leak created a controversy that free spectrum was being given. The CAG audit accounted a loss of Rs 200,000 crore.