Total order backlog of the engineering and construction firms was Rs.8.1 trillion at the end of FY18. Of the whole order backlog, almost 62 per cent was contributed by the construction companies, followed by 24 per cent of capital goods companies catering to the energy industry.

The slippages tend to mars banks profitability, but the tide seems to be turning with sharp reduction in SMA 2 cases and better NPA recovery prospects.As much as Rs 5 trillion of bank loans have deteriorated into non-performing assets NPAs in fiscal 2018, taking the total slippages in the past three fiscals to Rs 13 trillion.

The four major private airports would require an investment of Rs 27,000 crore for expanding their existing capacities — which has reached saturation point, by 2021, according to a recent report. New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru cater to nearly 55 per cent of the country’s total air traffic.

CRISIL Ratings estimates that airports in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, which cater to nearly 55 per cent of India’s air traffic, and which are operating near-full capacity, will need to spend heavily on expansion through 2021.

Collections in securitised pools of vehicle loan receivables rated by CRISIL saw a V-shaped recovery in January 2017 collections (payouts made in February 2017), rebounding to ~95 per cent from ~85 per cent in November, and virtually shrugging off demonetisation. On the other hand, pools backed by microfinance (MFI) receivables are under stress and being closely monitored, while those backed by home loans have remained unaffected.

The funding need for building India´s infrastructure is large, said a White Paper on Infrastructure Financing by Crisil Ratings and industry body Assocham.

The government will have to undertake a massive provisioning of Rs 26 lakh crore for the next five years to finance infrastructure projects to boost the ´Make in India´

In order to finance infrastructure projects, India Infradebt is in the process of issuing Rs 500 crore worth of debenture. The debenture was assigned AAA/Stable rating by CRISIL. ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, Life Insurance Corporation of India and Citicorp Finance (India) jointly promoted Infradebt as an infrastructure debt fund (IDF) in the non-banking financial company

Ratings agency CRISIL expects credit quality trends of Indian companies to improve marginally in 2013-14 on the back of easing demand pressures, softening commodity prices, and a fall in interest rates during the year.