List of Policies followed by VIS

• VIS code of conduct
• Policy for maintaining quality & integrity of the rating process
• Policy for solicited credit ratings, unsolicited credit ratings and private credit ratings
• Policy for announcement of ratings
• Policy for Review Ratings.
• Policy for Suspension and Withdrawals of Ratings.
• Policy for charging fee relating to the credit rating services
• Policy for review of credit ratings
• Policy for issuing NOC to Switching Clients
• Whistle blower policy
• Policy for rotation of analysts
• Policy for treatment of the confidential information
• Policy for investment and trading in securities by employees
• Policy for dependence on third parties
• Policy for retention of rating records

Criteria & Methodologies

• Entity rating criteria
• Instrument rating criteria
• Management quality criteria
• Fund rating for criteria
• Criteria for rating watch
• Criteria for rating outlook
• Methodology governing linkages between parent and subsidiary companies
• Criteria on subordinated loans and preferred debt
• Correlation between short and long term rating scale
• Definition of default and calculation of the default rates

• What ratings issued by VIS mean?
• VIS Rating Committee
• VIS Working Groups & Committees
• Changes in the shareholding pattern of VIS
• Private Ratings
• Entity & Rating Scale wise list of defaults
• List of entities and issues switched over from VIS
• List of fee charged against national or social cause projects