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2. Provision of Licencing

One of the most important developments of independent India, the provision of compulsory licencing for industries, was cemented in this policy. All the schedule B industries and a number of schedule C industries came under this

proivision. This provision established the so-called ‘Licence-Quota-Permit’

regime (raj) in the economy.9