“West Bengal has a public debt of Rs. 400,31,900 crores (400 lakh crores)”
Social media posts
Claim dated 21 Dec 2020.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
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 (around 4.9 lakh crores)
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 December 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 December 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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