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Economic Reforms

Gujarat Board · Class 11 · Economics

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Topics in Economic Reforms

1

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
2

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
3

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
4

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

Key Concepts

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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