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Browse all 60 kits → SummaryAfter independence India chose a mixed economy, combining features of socialism and capitalism, in which both the state and the market guide economic activity. The Planning Commission was set up in 1950 with the Prime Minister as chairperson, and five-year plans, borrowed from the Soviet model, were launched to pursue four goals: growth, modernisation, self-reliance and equity. The Second Plan, drawn up by statistician P.C. Mahalanobis, emphasised heavy industry. In agriculture, land reforms abolished intermediaries such as zamindars and imposed land ceilings to give "land to the tiller," succeeding most in Kerala and West Bengal. The Green Revolution, based on high-yielding-variety seeds with fertiliser, pesticide and irrigation, spread first to wheat-growing states like Punjab in the mid-1960s and later to more crops and regions, making India self-sufficient in food grains and creating a marketed surplus, though about two-thirds of the population still depended on agriculture in 1990. In industry the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 classified industries into three categories, reserved key sectors for the public sector ("commanding heights of the economy") and required licences (the permit-licence raj); small-scale industry was promoted following the Karve Committee. Trade policy was inward-looking, based on import substitution and protection through tariffs and quotas rather than export promotion. By 1990 industry's share of GDP had risen and the service sector had grown, but inefficiencies of excessive regulation set the stage for the 1991 reforms.
Key termsMixed economy
An economic system that combines features of both socialism and capitalism, with roles for the state and the market.
Five-year plans
Plans drawn up by the Planning Commission (set up in 1950) to allocate resources over five-year periods.
Land reforms
Measures such as abolishing intermediaries and imposing land ceilings to give land to the actual tiller.
Green Revolution
The spread of high-yielding-variety seeds with fertiliser, irrigation and pesticide that raised food-grain output.
Import substitution
An inward-looking trade strategy of replacing imports with domestic production behind tariffs and quotas.
Permit-licence raj
The system of industrial licensing under which firms needed government permits to set up or expand.
Extra questions & answersQ1 Why did India adopt a mixed economy? Answer Q2 When was the Planning Commission set up and what were the goals of the plans? Answer Q3 What were the main features of land reforms? Answer Q4 What was the Green Revolution? Answer Q5 What is a marketed surplus? Answer Q6 What did the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 do? Answer Q7 Why was small-scale industry promoted? Answer Q8 What was the import-substitution trade strategy? Answer Q9 What were the drawbacks of the permit-licence raj? Answer Q10 What progress had the economy made by 1990? Answer Try one from this chapter
After independence India adopted a:
A Mixed economy B Pure capitalist economy C Pure socialist economy D Barter economy
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