The scam in India are as common as any festival in India, its either fashion or greed not known but the biggest set back to Indian economy. Listing here few scams taken place since India got Independence.

Uttar Pradesh stamp duty scam – ₹1,200 crore 
Tatra scam – ₹7.5 billion
Uttar Pradesh horticulture scam – ₹700 million
Ketan Parekh securities scam/UTI scam – ₹320 million
NTRO scam – ₹8 billion  
Mumbai Sales Tax fraud – ₹10 billion
Uttar Pradesh palm tree plantation scam – ₹550 millio
Kerala investment scam – ₹10 billion
Uttar Pradesh seed scam – ₹500 million 
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike scam – ₹32.07 billion 
Uttar Pradesh elephant Memorial scam- ₹1400 crores
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Satyam Scam – 2009 – 14,000 Crore
Orissa pulse scam – ₹7 billion
Maharashtra education scam – ₹10 billion
Patiala land scam – ₹2.5 billion 
2G Spectrum Scam – 2008 – 1,76,000 Crore
C.R. Bhansali scam – ₹11 billion
Tax refund scam – ₹30 million)
Stamp paper scam – ₹200 billion-Abdul Karim Telgi 30 years jail

 

Delhi CNG scam (₹100 crores)- Sheila Dikshit of Indian National Congress and Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung  accused.
Delhi power scam (₹8000 crores)
Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam – Approximately ₹500 million
Gujarat fisheries scam (₹400 crores)-ministers Purshottam Solanki of Bharatiya Janata Party 
and Dileepbhai Sanghani of Bharatiya Janata Party accused.
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) "Chikki" controversy (₹206 crores)
NTC land scam (₹709 crores)-CM Shankersinh Vaghela of Indian National Congress has
been booked
Service tax and Central Excise Duty fraud – ₹191.59 billion
Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) scam(₹5000 crores)
Odisha Industrial land mortgage scam- ₹52000 crore
Madhya Pradesh state Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Gauri
Shankar ₹2000 crore
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Rolls-Royce defence scam- ₹10,000 crore
Delhi Jal Board scam- ₹10,000 crores
NSEL Scam- ₹5500 crores
Flying Club fraud – ₹1.9 billion
Railway iron ore freight scam- ₹17000 crore
Vodafone tax Scandal] - involves ₹11,000-crores
Granite scam in Tamil Nadu – Loss of about ₹160 billion

 

Punjab paddy scam – ₹180 million
Harshad Mehta Big Bull Scam – 4000 crore
Ultra Mega Power Projects Scam – Central government lost ₹290.33 billion 
Lalu’s Chara Ghotala – 950 crores
Gujarat's VDSGCU Sugarcane scam – ₹187 million 
Hawala Scandal – 5000 crores
Bofors Scandal – 64 crores (Also Read: 1 2 3)
Narendra Rastogi serial scammer – more than 43 crores
Maharashtra stamp duty scam – ₹6.4 billion
Dalmia Scandal – 595 crores
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel fraud case-50 crores
UTI Scam – 32 crores
Highway scam – ₹160 billion 
Mutual Fund Scam – 1350 crores
Bansali Scam – 1200 crores
Andhra Pradesh Emmar scam – ₹25 billion
Ketan Parekh’s Sebi Scam- 888 crores  - June 08 – SC issues arrest warrant against Ketan Parekh
Cobbler Scam – 1000 crores
Kinetic Finance Limited Scam – Banks lost about ₹27.6 million 
Forex derivates scam – ₹320 billion
BL Kashyap – EPFO scam – ₹1.69 billion
Taj Co-operative Group Housing Scheme scam ₹40 billion

 

And the list goes on..