In Tamil Nadu, middlemen turned into scammers themselves. Many farmers depended on state officials to have their information uploaded on the database. The system only had checks to invalidate bank accounts with inconsistent information like those with invalid account numbers and erroneous IFSC codes. In other cases, even the common folk decided to game the system.
In today's episode for 6th October 2022, we see how fake farmers swindled the government of nearly ₹4000 crores.