Confident over the improving macro-economic indicators of the country, Finance Ministry has made a case for international rating agency Moody's to upgrade sovereign rating of India. Finance Ministry informed Moody's that the Budget 2014-15 has provided an impetus to growth and the government is taking steps to keep the fiscal deficit under check. Indian economy witnessed better than expected growth in Q1FY15 at 5.7% y-o-y as compared to 4.7% growth recorded in same quarter last year and 4.6% in Q4FY14.
Global rating agency Moody's has assigned 'Baa3' rating on India, with stable outlook. Moody's, rating reflects high domestic savings, adequate foreign exchange reserves and the challenges posed by large fiscal deficits, recurrent inflation and weak infrastructure.
However, official of rating agency had expressed concern over about fiscal deficit and the Finance Ministry has sought to comfort them on this front. The Ministry informed that fiscal deficit of the country will contain at 4.1 percent of GDP this year and lower it to 3 percent by 2016-17. The ministry also stated that an Expenditure Management Commission was set up which would look at broad contours of subsidy rationalization and could augur well for fiscal deficit management. On inflation front, the ministry has told the agency that efforts are being taken to keep inflation within the targeted levels and in case if monsoon is below normal and if production is marginally down then country's food stocks are adequate enough to take care of contingency.
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