CRISIL provides rating and risk assessment services to manufacturing companies, banks, non-banking financial companies, financial institutions, housing finance companies, municipal bodies and companies in the infrastructure sector.

CRISIL's comprehensive offerings include ratings for long-term instruments such as debentures/bonds and preference shares, structured obligations (including asset-backed securities) and fixed deposits; it also rates short-term instruments such as commercial paper programmes and short-term deposits. As part of bank loan ratings, CRISIL also rates credit facilities extended to borrowers by banks. In addition, CRISIL undertakes credit assessments of various entities including state governments. CRISIL also assigns financial strength ratings to insurance companies.

CRISIL through the years has continued to innovate and play the role of a pioneer in the development of the Indian debt market. CRISIL has pioneered the rating of subsidiaries and joint ventures of multinationals in India and has rated several multinational entities, both start-up entities as well as players with a well established track record in India. Over the years, CRISIL has also developed several structured ratings for multinational entities based on Guarantees from the parent as well as Standby Letter of Credit arrangements from bankers. The rating agency has also developed a methodology for credit enhancement of corporate borrowing programmes through the use of partial guarantees. In essence, CRISIL is uniquely placed in its experience in understanding the extent of credit enhancement arising out of such structures.

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