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Consider the following regarding India’s external debt:

  1. It is around 20% of GDP

  2. Sovereign Debt is less than 5% of GDP

  3. External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) has the highest share in India’s external debt


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Options:
A .  (iii) only
B .  (i) & (iii) only
C .  (i) & (ii) only
D .  All of the above
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
As of June 2019, India’s external debt to GDP ratio stood at approximately 20%. And out of it, Sovereign debt (Govt. of India’s external debt) was around 3.5%.
Total India’s External Debt as of the end of June 2019 stood at $557 billion (20% of GDP) and out of it around more than 200 billion USD was external commercial borrowing (ECB).

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