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The aim of liberalisation is to free the large private sector from.

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The major purpose of liberalisation was to free the large private corporate sector from bureaucratic controls. It, therefore started dismantling the regime of industrial licensing and controls in pursuance of this policy, the industrial policy of 1991 abolished industrial licensing for all projects except for a short set of 18 industries.

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