Fact Check: How Much Did The Modi Government Pay For The Upa Era Oil Bonds?
On the other hand, the current NDA government paid a total of Rs 40,225 crore in the 4 year period between 2014-15 and 2017-18. They have also budgeted an interest payment of Rs 9989.96 crore in 2018-19.
The interest payments for the last 4 years also clearly indicate that there was no change in the outstanding amount, hence no repayments in the last four years except in 2015. Though it is true that the Modi government paid an interest of over Rs 40,000 crore in the last 4 years, the UPA-2 had also paid similar if not a greater amount of interest during their term.
Claim: Modi Govt paid Interest Rs 40000 cr on oil bonds
Fact: The Modi Govt paid Rs 40225 cr interest on oil bonds and hence this claim is
TRUE