The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on November 14 notified a slew of measures to ease the burden on exporters hit by steep tariffs, including a moratorium on all term loans due between September 1 and December 31, 2025.

During this moratorium period, interest would continue to accrue but will be "on simple interest basis, without compounding effect," the central bank said.

The central bank has spelt out the 20 sectors that would be eligible for the moratorium, which includes organics chemicals, plastics, apparels, and footwear.

Exporters will also get 15 months, instead of nine, to realise and repatriate export proceeds from abroad. The deadline for shipment of goods against advance payments has also been extended from one year to three years.

To prevent stressed export credit from slippi

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