<h1>Infrastructure loan definition harmonisation revises NBFC eligibility and sectoral list for infrastructure lending, with transitional protection for existing exposures.</h1> The Reserve Bank harmonised the definition of infrastructure loan for NBFCs with the Government's Master List by replacing paragraph 2(1)(viii) in the Prudential Norms Directions; the revised definition lists five categories (Transport, Energy, Water & Sanitation, Communication, Social and Commercial Infrastructure) and their constituent sub-sectors. Existing exposures that qualified under the prior definition but are excluded under the revised list remain eligible until project completion, while fresh lending to omitted sub-sectors after the circular's date will not qualify as infrastructure lending.