ACCOUNTING CIA-2COMMON WEALTH GAMES

SCAM BY GROUP -5

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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.

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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.

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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.

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IMPACT OF THE SCAM

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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

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ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT

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•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.