Claim: India's debt is increased steeply from US$ 296 billion in 2014 to US$ 486 billion in 2018.
Fact-check: India did not see a steep increase in debt borrowings during '2014 - 2018' - FACTLY
Verdict: according to the ministry of finance data, the total outstanding debt of india by 31 march 2014 is us$ 929.6 billion, whereas by 31 march 2018, it stood at us$ 1265.7 billion. it saw a gradual increase during these years like in the upa years. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2020-07-09T08:49:29