The 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India was marred by significant corruption scandals totaling an estimated 70,000 crore (over $10 billion). Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the organizing committee, was found to have embezzled public funds leading to cost overruns of 16 times the original budget through inflated contracts. An investigation uncovered issues like child labor, paying workers less than minimum wage, and using substandard materials in construction. While Kalmadi was arrested and stood trial, the scandals underscored the misuse of public money for vanity projects when basic infrastructure and welfare were lacking.

1. ACCOUNTING CIA-2
COMMON WEALTH GAMES
SCAM
BY GROUP -5
1

2. INTRODUCTION
 The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX
Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14
October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth
nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272
events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It
was also the largest international multi-sport event to be
staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951
and 1982.
 The Commonwealth Games was severely criticised by several
prominent Indian politicians and social activists because
billions of dollars have been spent on the sporting event
despite the fact that India has one of the world's largest
concentration of poor people.Additionally, several other
problems related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games have been
highlighted by Indian investigative agencies and media outlets
 Suresh Kalmadi is a tainted politician and senior sports
administrator who is involved in many scams,. He was formerly
a member of the Indian National Congress. He was a member
of parliament from Pune till may 2014.
2

3. ABOUT THE SCAM
 The Commonwealth Games was severely criticized by
several prominent Indian politicians and social activists
because billions of dollars have been spent on the
sporting event despite the fact that India has one of the
world's largest concentration of poor people.
Additionally, several other problems related to the 2010
Commonwealth Games have been highlighted by Indian
investigative agencies and media outlets; these include
– serious corruption by officials of the Games' Organizing
Committee, delays in the construction of main Games'
venues, infrastructural compromise, possibility of a
terrorist attack, and exceptionally poor ticket sales
before the event.
3

4. BUDGET OF CWG (corruption of
Rs. 70,000cr)
 India's preparations for 2010’s
Commonwealth Games in New Delhi have
been condemned as being deeply flawed,
riddled with favoritism and cost 16 times
more than the original estimate, a
published report has concluded.
 report found that the Games cost $4.1
billion (£2.5 billion/€2.9 million) instead
of the $270 million (£165 million/€189
million) initially estimated.
 This cost the Government an extra 370
million rupees(£4.7 million/$7.7
million/€5.4 million), the report said.
4

5. IMPACT OF THE SCAM
5

6. CONTROVERSIES
 Paying the laborers less than officially decided for 12 hours of work .
Unskilled workers are paid ₹85 (US$1.30) to ₹100 (US$1.60) per day while
skilled workers are paid ₹120 (US$1.90) to ₹130 (US$2.10) INR per day for
eight hours of work. Workers also state that they are paid ₹134 (US$2.10)
to ₹150 (US$2.40) for 12 hours of work.Both these wages contravene the
stipulated Delhi state minimum wage of ₹152
 Wastage of public fund: Azim Premji called the 2010 Commonwealth Games a
"drain on public funds" and said that hosting the high-expense Games in India
is not justified given that the country had more important priorities facing it,
such as , infrastructure and public health
 Child labour: According to Siddharth Kara, who provided CNN with the
evidence, he documented 14 cases of child labor within a few days.He further
stated about the kids: "They're told to do the work and they just do the work.
They don't know that they should be in school or that they should beplaying."
 No transparency in accounts: Suresh Kalmadi public money scam
 Cheap material used in construction of new bridges and buildings
 Death of workers during the course of construction taking place
6

7. ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT
7
•On 25 April 2011, CBI arrested former CWG
Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh
Kalmadi in the Timing-Scoring-Result (TSR) case. He
was arrested under Sections 120 B (criminal
conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal
Code. Suresh Kalmadi was in jail for 10 months and
the court asked him to pay a surety amount of Rs.
500,000
•On 4 February 2013, the court of special CBI judge
Ravinder Kaur found sufficient prima facie evidence
and ordered framing of charges against all the
accused. The charges framed were: cheating,
forgery, criminal conspiracy and causing a loss of
over Rs 900 million under the Prevention of
Corruption Act. As the accused pleaded not guilty,
the court ordered that daily Criminal trial (for 5 days
a week) will begin from 20 February.