Since the advent of internationalism, nations of the World have become members of the world community. Countries have become interdependent. It is not possible for any single state to produce all that it needs, as natural resources in variety and reserves, are limited to certain areas only.
So export is very necessary in the modern civilized World prior to Independence, the pattern of trade of India was typically colonial. India used to supply only Raw materials to industrialized nations—as a result there was no industrial development in India.
In the beginning, after Independence, we imported Heavy machinery that we could not produce ourselves. At The same time the aim of the government was to become Salf-sufficient in producing as many goods as it was possible Markets had to be located for our finished products India's exports before Independence proved harmful to the economy of India. We were exporting only raw
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