Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

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

Question:

Before the introduction of "New economic policy" in 1991, how were the regulatory mechanism enforced in India?

Options:

Industrial licensing

Restrictions on private sectors

Control on price fixation of selected industrial products

All of the above

Correct Answer:

All of the above

Explanation:

In India, regulatory mechanisms were enforced in various ways:

(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.

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