Under this policy, the large industries were classified in four categories viz. Strategic Industries, Basic / Key industries, Important Industries and other industries which respectively referred to Public...
During the initial three five year plans, a strong industrial base developed and India learned focusing on industries other than that of consumer goods. Public industries got tremendous...
India has an energy basket that is heavily tilted towards fossil fuels like coal. While Socio-economic imperatives have contributed to reliance on coal, recent developments have prompted a...
The livestock sector in India is one of the most rapidly growing components of the rural economy. Significance: It has grown at a rate of 7.9% during the...
Hint: The upstream industries are dedicated to procurement, extraction and initial processing of raw material for manufacturing use ex- flour milling; leather tanning; cotton ginning; oil pressing, fish...
Hint: The Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 was based upon the Mahalanobis Model of growth, which laid emphasis on the heavy industries.It classified industries into threefold in Schedule...
Hint: Industrial growth during the planning era can be divided into four phases: First Phase of High Growth was from 1951-66 for the first three five year plans....
The importance given to the heavy industries from 2nd five year plan onwards resulted in increase in national income, growth in agriculture sector, development of heavy industries, increase...
Outcomes of Industrial policy 1991 Industrial policy 1991 ended the license raj and quota raj. The 1991 policy attempted to liberalize the economy by removing bureaucratic hurdles in...
The poor performance of State electricity boards is mainly due to AT&C losses which are made of T&D losses and Technical / commercial losses. Transmission and distribution losses...
