For scams, whose total size runs into 13-digit numbers, the names they are known by are short - 2G, CWG and IPL.
Going by the estimated size of these scams, the total for the year 2010 could be well beyond Rs 2,00,000 crore - a 13-digit figure - although much of the loss is presumptive in nature.
Image: Activist of Communist Party of India (Marxist) hold placards and raise slogans against inapt handling by the central government of alleged corruption charges pertaining to the Commonwealth Games, the Adarsh Society land scam and the 2-G telecom scam, at a protest in New Delhi
Text: PTI
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