Moody’s Raised India’s Rating Based Mainly On UPA Govts Work: P Chidambaram
Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram today claimed that US credit rating agency Moody's upgraded India's ranking based mainly on the work done by the previous UPA government.
Moody's had on Friday upgraded India's sovereign credit rating by a notch to Baa2 with a stable outlook, citing improved growth prospects driven by economic and institutional reforms.
"The ranking improved not because what happened yesterday but it improved based on what happened over seven or eight years.
"I am happy that Moody's has raised India's ranking ... A major contribution to it was made by the UPA government and the other part of the contribution was by the present government," he told reporters here.
The senior Congress leader took a swipe at the government for writing a letter to Moody's fiv...