In India, foreign debt has increased to more than $ 250 billion in the last 10 years. This information has been given by the Finance Ministry in response to a question asked in the Lok Sabha. The Finance Ministry was asked the question that how much foreign debt was on the country on 31 March 2014 and how much it became on 31 December 2024.
Responding to this question, the Finance Ministry said that at present, the country currently has a foreign debt of $ 711.8 billion, while it was at $ 446.2 billion in March 2014. That is, if seen according to this, the foreign debt on the country has increased by about 265 billion dollars during the last 10 years.
‘Finance Ministry told how much loan increased’
The Finance Ministry has also replied with this that an interest of $ 11.20 billion was paid on foreign debt during the year 2013-14, while during the year 2023-24, this interest has reached $ 27.10 billion estimated.
Opposition parties surround the government
All opposition parties including Congress, TMC, SP have been continuously surrounded the government on this issue. According to opposition parties, during the tenure of the UPA, there was a total foreign debt on the country, after the NDA government came, it has increased about 50 percent and during the last 10 years.
Opposition parties are constantly surrounding the Modi government on the issue that the government is constantly taking foreign debt and due to this, thousands of rupees are being looked at every citizen of the country.
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