State Finances — the debt record

Whose number is right?

All three. The Reserve Bank, Andhra Pradesh's own budget books and the national auditor each publish a total for the same 31 March, and they differ because they count different things. Two people can quote official figures and still disagree — that is not a trick, it is how the record is kept.

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State Finances — the debt record