Global credit rating agency, Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has affirmed India's Baa3 ratings (the lowest investment grade) and maintained the positive outlook on the rating. The positive outlook indicates Moody’s expectation that continued policy reform implementation will allow balanced growth to support reduction in government debt burden. Moody's has also affirmed India's P-3 short-term local currency issuer rating.
Moody's further said that India's policy makers have taken important steps to strengthen the country's institutions. However, it said that the reform effort of the government to date has not yet achieved the conditions that would support an upgrade. Therefore, it said that to reduce the government's debt burden the country still needed to accelerate private investment.
Moody’s praised the government’s broad range of policy measures that are helpful to controlling inflation and limiting current account deficit. The implemented of policies is such as the passage and ongoing implementation of a range of economic reform measures, including the Goods and Services Tax and reform of the bankruptcy code, points to improvements in government effectiveness. It added that this assessment is also supported by higher rankings in the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index and World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators.
According to Moody's, so far private investment has not picked-up in response to the government's measures, denoting limited policy effectiveness. Investment has been constrained by high leverage in some sectors, a relatively unfavorable global environment and, in some cases, limited access to finance. Also, Businesses are likely to have opted to wait for more certainty about the tangible implications of reforms on their operating environment.
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