Fitch downgraded US government’s credit rating. And while markets across the world, including India, slumped in response, volatility will likely be driven by other factors.
Fitch said that Adani Transmission Ltd & Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone are prone to risks due to governance weakness at the parent conglomerate.
The ratings agency added that India's public finances remain the key driver of the country's sovereign rating and its limited reliance on external financing helps.
Fitch said growth will gradually recover to 5.6% in FY21 and 6.5% in the following year with support from easing monetary and fiscal policy and structural measures.
The government has been making a strong pitch to Fitch Ratings for an upgrade after rival Moody's Investors Service in November 2017 gave the country its first sovereign rating upgrade since 2004.
The IGST component of total import duty collections is growing faster than that from Customs duty. And states enjoy a larger share in the rapidly growing pie of IGST on imports.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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