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The Indian government put barriers to foreign trade after independence because it wanted to ruin domestic producers.

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The statement is false and the exact opposite of its aim. The Indian government put barriers to foreign trade after independence to promote domestic producers and not to cause harm to them. They wanted to reduce foreign competition from industrial countries because India was not in a position to compete at that time. It is all because of the colonial ruination brought about by the Britishers. India, then, needed to revive its industries, and for that, it also needed markets. If foreign goods had been filling its markets, where would the handicrafts and other Indian commodities and goods have gone?

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