Q.What is meant by Liberalisation?
Liberalisation refers to the process of freeing the domestic economy from excessive government rules, regulations, and controls, so that market forces rather than bureaucratic permission govern most economic decisions. In India, this meant, among other measures, abolishing industrial licensing for almost all industries (retaining it only for a short strategic list), removing the MRTP Act's asset-based restriction on large-firm expansion, and reforming the financial sector (private banks, market-linked interest rates, an empowered SEBI).
Liberalisation means freeing the economy from excessive government control and licensing, allowing market forces a greater role — for example, the abolition of industrial licensing for most industries after 1991.
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