A shopkeeper in Lucknow now stocks foreign apples and kiwis, items he could not get a few years ago. Which earlier policy kept such items off his shelves?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Import substitution policies
Option (1) Green Revolution policies — Incorrect. Green Revolution policies raised food grain output with high-yielding seeds, fertilisers and irrigation. They aimed to grow more grain at home and had no part in keeping foreign fruit out.
Option (2) Land ceiling policies — Incorrect. Land ceiling policies fix the most land a family may hold, so that surplus land can go to the landless. They deal with land ownership, a matter apart from trade in food items.
Option (3) Zamindari abolition policies — Incorrect. Zamindari abolition removed the zamindars, the middlemen between the state and the cultivators. It changed land rights and had no link with imports.
Option (4) Import substitution policies — Correct. Import substitution policies protected Indian markets by keeping foreign goods out in favour of home production. Liberalisation and WTO membership later opened markets to imports, so imported fruits now reach local shops.
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