New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday flagged the rise in the Union Government's debt as compared to 2014, stating that the Centre added more than Rs 127 lakh crore of debt in a decade.

In an answer to Randeep Surjewala's question in Rajya Sabha, the MoS Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, stated that the Centre's debt in 2024-25 stood at Rs 185.95 lakh crore.

According to the Finance Ministry, the Centre's internal and external debt rose from Rs 115.71 lakh crore and Rs 6.15 lakh crore in 2020-21 to 177.21 lakh crore and Rs 8.74 lakh crore in 2024-25.

Taking a jibe at the Centre, the Congress MP termed the "explosion" of debt as "Karznirbhar Bharat."

In an X post, he wrote, "From Rs 58.6 lakh crore in 2014 to ...