S&P Upgrades India’s Outlook to Positive After 10 Years
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: After a gap of 10 years, leading rating agency S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday said that it upgraded India’s sovereign rating outlook to positive from stable on robust growth, improved quality of public spending in the last 5 years and expectation of broad continuity in reforms and fiscal policies as well. “India outlook revised to positive on robust growth and rising quality of government spend; BBB- long-term and ‘A-3’ short-term unsolicited foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings affirmed. India’s rating can be upgraded in the next 24 months, if the country adopts a cautious fiscal and monetary policy that reduces the government’s elevated debt and interest burden while bolstering economic resilience,” it said. That, along with cautious fiscal and monetary policy that diminishes the government's elevated debt and interest burden while bolstering economic resilience, could lead to a higher rating over the next 24 months,” S&P said.