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Economic Reforms — Revision Notes
Gujarat Board · Class 11 · Economics
Economic Reforms revision notes for Gujarat Board Class 11 Economics: 4 topics in quick points. Part of the Gujarat Board Class 11 Economics syllabus.
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Background and Need for Economic Reforms
- Post-independence India adopted a mixed economic system with socialist planning patterns
- By the 1980s, the planning strategies from 1947-1990 failed to achieve desired economic growth
- Excessive state regulations hindered economic activities and growth
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Objectives of Economic Reforms
- Encourage private and foreign investments to utilize India's natural and human resources productively
- Achieve optimum and efficient allocation of national resources
- Restrict government expenditure and channelize disinvestment resources toward public welfare
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Liberalization
- Means increasing freedom of private enterprise by allowing greater market forces
- Gradual decline in state controls over economic functioning
- Increased role of demand and supply forces in economic decision-making
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Key Legislative Changes in Liberalization
- MRTP Act (1969) replaced by Competition Act (2002) - shifted from preventing monopolies to managing competition
- FERA (1973) replaced by FEMA (1999) - changed from regulation to management of foreign exchange
- Industrial policy changes - opened private sector access to previously reserved areas
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Systematic changes in economic policies sinceThe process of reducing government controlsThe transfer of ownership and managementThe process of integrating India's economyInvestment made by foreign companies directly
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