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- ICRA Limited ICRA Limited (ICRA.NS) operates as an independent credit rating agency in India, providing forward-looking credit opinions on debt instruments, issuers, and structured products across various sectors including manufacturing, banking, infrastructure, and financial services; it offers specialized ratings such as portfolio ratings for investors, corporate governance ratings, SME ratings, and ESG ratings through its licensed ESG ratings provider subsidiary. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including ICRA Analytics Limited, the company delivers analytics, digital platforms, and solutions for risk management such as internal rating models, expected credit loss (ECL) computation tools compliant with IFRS 9/Ind AS 109, early warning signals, and bond pricing; market data services encompassing mutual fund research via MFI360 Explorer, treasury trackers, fixed income valuations, and portfolio analytics; knowledge services covering custom research across 65+ sectors, credit perspective reports on over 1,500 entities, and ESG data/analytics via EQ360 for 1,000 listed Indian companies; as well as fixed income solutions backed by 14+ years of debt security valuation expertise. ICRA maintains geographic operations primarily in India with subsidiaries extending services to Nepal via ICRA Nepal Limited, Sri Lanka via ICRA Lanka Limited, and international partnerships for analytics distribution; the company, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, India, is a public limited entity listed on the BSE and NSE, with Moody's Corporation as its indirect majority shareholder holding approximately 52%. Recent developments include ICRA Analytics entering a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in D2K Technologies India Private Limited, enhancing digital transformation capabilities for banks and NBFCs; strategic collaborations such as with FTSE Russell for fixed-income indices, Bloomberg for bond valuation data access, FactSet for security-level valuations, and Bitsight for cyber risk management solutions; alongside an investment of INR 5.5 crore in preference shares of D2K Technologies as a step-down subsidiary, bolstering its risk analytics and regulatory compliance offerings.