The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary Arvind Mayaram has asserted that representatives of Fitch expressed satisfaction on the country’s overall macroeconomic situation. As international rating agencies are to take a call on the country’s economic situation soon, Finance Ministry met with global rating agency Fitch and reviewed the country’s economic scenario. The rating agency affirmed India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-', which is at the lowest investment grade with stable outlook.
Mayaram further added that the rating agency has expressed concerns over the banks' non-performing assets (NPAs), which is below the benchmark and has become a matter of concern for the country. The ratio of gross NPA to advances for banks increased significantly to 3.92 percent in June 2013 from 2.36 percent in March 2011. The rating agency also raised issues over the country’s fiscal deficit, which touched Rs 5,16,390 crore or 95.2 per cent of the Rs 5,42,499 crore fiscal target during April-December FY14. Meanwhile, Finance Ministry has allayed concerns raised by Fitch on the fiscal deficit front and expressed confidence to contain it at 4.8 percent of GDP in current fiscal year.
Further, the Ministry has also assured the rating agency that the current account deficit (CAD) would be narrowed to below $50 billion, or less than 2.5 percent of GDP, in the current financial year on the back of curbs on gold imports and a range-bound rupee. Ministry also asserted that infrastructure investments would increase in coming future following approval of projects by the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) and the Project Monitoring Group. So far this fiscal, around 287 stalled projects worth Rs 5.5 lakh crore have already been cleared and 250 such projects worth Rs 10 lakh crore are expected to be approved shortly.
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