Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation - An Appraisal

Question:

Which of the following was NOT a way in which regulatory mechanisms for controlling industry were enforced in various way before 1991 in India?

Options:

industrial licensing under which every entrepreneur had to get permission from government officials to start a firm

industrial licensing under which every entrepreneur had to get permission from government officials to  close a firm

controls on price fixation and distribution of selected industrial products.

none of the above

Correct Answer:

none of the above

Explanation:

In India, regulatory mechanisms were enforced in various way, before 1991:

(i) industrial licensing under which every entrepreneur had to get permission from government officials to start a firm, close a firm or decide the amount of goods that could be produced

(ii) private sector was not allowed in many industries

(iii) some goods could be produced only in small-scale industries, and

(iv) controls on price fixation and distribution of selected industrial products.