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RBI should ease regulations for shipment credit

Many exporters do not find it practical to send the export documents through the banks because of the extra costs and delays involved

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TNC Rajagopalan
In a welcome move, the government has extended the Interest Equalization Scheme for Pre- and Post-Shipment Rupee Export Credit, with the same scope and coverage, till the end of September 2021. Consequently, the extant ope­rational instructions on the scheme issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue till then. The RBI, however, needs to resolve a related issue that exporters face.
 
The RBI Master Circular on rupee/foreign currency export credit and customer service to exporters says that the packing credit/pre-shipment credit granted to an exporter may be liquidated out of proceeds of bills drawn for the exported
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