Claim: West Bengal has a public debt of Rs. 400,31,900 crores
Fact-check: West Bengal's public debt is around 4.9 lakh crores, not 400 lakh crores - FACTLY
Verdict: as per rbi, total outstanding liabilities of west bengal for 2019 stood at rs. 4,04,735.9 crores. whereas the as per the 2020 revised estimates and 2021 budget estimates total outstanding liabilities of west bengal stood at rs. 4,47,602.3 crores and rs. 4,90,647.3 crores . hence the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2020-12-22T14:28:07