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Economic liberalization of India means the process of opening up of the Indian ecomony to trade and investment with the rest of the world. Till 1991 India had a import protection policy wherein trade with the rest of the world was limited to exports. Foriegn invetment was very difficult to come into India due to a bureaucratic framework. After the start of the economic liberalization, India started getting huge capital inflows and it has emerged as the 2nd fastest growing country in the world.

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