Creditability of Credit Rating Agencies

Credit rating is an "opinion regarding the creditworthiness of an entity, a debt or financial obligation, debt security, preferred share or other financial instrument, or of an issuer of such a debt or financial obligation, debt security, preferred share or other financial instrument, issued using an established and defined ranking system of rating categories” and Credit rating agency is “a legal person whose occupation includes the issuing of credit ratings on a professional basis.”In this paper the author analyses the functioning of credit rating agencies in India, obligations upon a credit rating agency, creditability of credit rating agencies and in the end author concludes the article.