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De-licensing and abolition of price controls fall under liberalisation of which of the following segments?

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Trade

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Industry

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Tax

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Investment

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Solution

The correct option is B
Industry

Industries previously saw heavy red-tapism and control.

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The new policy abolished the requirement of obtaining a licence for all industries except alcohol, cigarettes, hazardous chemicals, industrial explosives, electronics, aerospace, and drugs and pharmaceuticals. Licence is no longer required to set up new units or to expand the existing one.

Under the new industrial policy, the number of industries reserved only for the public sector was reduced from 17 to only 3.
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The industry of tobacco and cigarettes is now free of license controls. State true or false.

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