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Why had the Indian Government put barriers to foreign trade and foreign investment after independence? State any one reason. [CBSE 2015]

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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