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India gets upgraded to ‘BBB' with a ‘Stable' trend in rating by Morningstar DBRS

India gets upgraded to ‘BBB' with a ‘Stable' trend in rating by Morningstar DBRS

Time of India09-05-2025

The global sovereign credit rating agency,
Morningstar DBRS
on Friday upgraded India's Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings from BBB (low) to BBB with a Stable trend.
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India's Short-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Ratings were also upgraded to R-2 (high) from R-2 (middle) with a Stable trend.
Key drivers for the upgrade include India's structural reforms through infrastructure investments, digitalisation etc., all of which facilitated fiscal consolidation (declining debt and deficit) and sustained high growth (clocking an average GDP growth of 8.2% during FY22-25) with macroeconomic stability (stabilised inflation, range bound exchange rate and sound external balance). A resilient banking system featuring well-capitalised banks with a high capital adequacy ratio and a 13-year low non-performing loans was another significant driver for the upgrade.
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