India's public debt to GDP ratio may hit record high of 90% in 2020

This makes India most indebted major economy in the emerging markets after Brazil and Argentina and worse off than Bangladesh and Pakistan

India’s public debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to increase to a record high of 89.3 per cent in 2020, breaking the previous high of 84.2 per cent in 2003.
 
The ratio was 72.3 per cent in 2019 and 68.8 per cent five years ago in 2015, according to the data from the International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (WEO).
 
This makes India the most indebted major economy after Brazil and Argentina among the emerging markets.
 
In South Asia, India now becomes the most indebted country after Bhutan and Sri Lanka and worse off than