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The reforms drew heavy scrutiny from opposition leaders. The New Industrial Policy and 1991 Budget was decried by opposition leaders as "command budget from the IMF" and worried that withdrawal of subsidies for fertilizers and hikes in oil prices would harm lower and middle-class citizens. [27]
As reported by the New York Times, "Mr. Rao, who was sworn in as Prime Minister last week, has already sent a signal to the nation—as well as the I.M.F.—that India faced no "soft options" and must open the door to foreign investment, reduce the bureaucratic red tape that stifles initiative, and streamline industrial policy." [34]
Another key prospect of the 1991 policy was to end "red-tapism" which was known as Industrial licensing, wherein the requirement to get a license to start a private sector industry was abolished. Thereby, cutting down unnecessary delays in establishing an industrial unit by any private entity. [7]
Events in the year 1991 in the Republic of India. The year 1991 was a watershed moment in the history of Economy of India . It was the year in which India formally announced its shift towards Liberalization , Privatization and Globalization from hitherto existed Mixed economy that was predominantly a Planned economy .
As this and future administrations debate whether to continue to double down on industrial policy, it is critically important to assess the true impact of such investments. Industrial policy’s ...
A country's infrastructure (including transportation, telecommunications and energy industry) is a major enabler of industrial policy. [6] Industrial policies are interventionist measures typical of mixed economy countries. Many types of industrial policies contain common elements with other types of interventionist practices such as trade ...
Then in February 1991, the Bank of Canada and the Department of Finance announced their monetary policy would be governed by formal inflation targets, with a target of 3% for 1992. [10] Inflation was contained to 4.8% in 1990, 5.6% in 1991 and then decreased to 1.5% in 1992 and 1.9 in 1993, well below the target of 3%. [18]
The policy was introduced in 1952, and remained in force until 1993. [1] The policy hurt the economic prospects of the mineral-rich Indian states like Jharkhand (then Bihar ), West Bengal , Madhya Pradesh , Assam , Chhattisgarh , and Odisha , since it weakened the incentives for private capital to establish production facilities in these states ...