In response to the opposition party’s criticism over the debts of the State government, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, Finance Minister, has said that the total borrowings of the State government between 2019-23 stood at ₹1.77 lakh crore.
Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat on Thursday, he said that the Union government in Parliament revealed the details of the State government’s debts in response to a question from the TDP leaders.
“The total outstanding liability of the State government stood at ₹2.64 lakh crore in 2019, and it increased to ₹4.42 lakh crore by 2023. That means, in the last four years, the actual debt of the State government is ₹1.77 lakh crore”Buggana Rajendranath ReddyFinance Minister, Andhra Pradesh