CARE Ratings Limited, a credit rating agency, provides various rating and grading services in India, Mauritius, and Nepal. The company provides rating services for debt instruments, such as bonds, debentures, hybrid instruments, preference shares, fixed deposits, commercial papers and short-term debt programs, and certificate of deposits; and bank loan; financial sector rating services, which cover banks, non-banking finance companies, housing finance companies, financial institutions, etc.; structured finance ratings; insurance ratings; infrastructure sector ratings; and public finance rating services that cover ratings of state government entities and urban infrastructure projects, as well as corporate governance ratings, project finance, and MLD valuation services. It offers corporate advisory, project evaluation and monitoring, credit analytics, industry and company research, and due diligence and grading services, as well as research and analytics to corporates, financial institutions, banks, and institutional investors. It was formerly known as Credit Analysis and Research Limited and changed its name to CARE Ratings Limited in June 2017. CARE Ratings Limited was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.