Describe some of the policies adopted under industrial sector reforms.

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The various measured under industrial policy reforms include:

a) Reduction in industrial licensing: The new policy abolished the License Raj system for all projects except for a few exceptions.

b) Decreased role of the public sector: The number of industries, exclusively reserved for the public sector, reduced from 17 to 3.

c) De-reservation under small-scale industries: Many goods produced by small scale industries were de-reserved.

d) Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act: Requirement for large companies to seek prior approval for expansion, mergers, diversification etc. were eliminated.

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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.
It is only (i) Defense equipment (ii) Atomic energy generation (iii) Railway transport.Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and choose the correct answer from the following:
Assertion (A)- Liberalisation concept to encourage the private sector to take active part in the development process.
Reasons (R) - Industrial Sector Reforms and Financial Sector Reforms were taken by the government under liberalisation.

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