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Why had the Indian Government put barriers to foreign trade and foreign investment after independence? State any one reason.

Indian Government put barriers after independence because they wanted to avoid foreign competition for the domestic producers.

Explanation: No trade barriers would have led to an influx of many cheap goods from abroad. Domestic producers couldn’t have done so well just after Independence.


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