
Yeh chapter humein batata hai ki aazadi se pahle aur baad bharat ki arthyavyastha kaise badli. Colonial period mein bharat sirf raw material supply karta tha. Aaj hum planning aur reforms ke madhyam se vikas ki taraf badh rahe hain.
Aazadi se pahle bharat ek kisaan pradhan desh tha. British ne zamindari system lagaya, jisme kisaano se zyada lagaan liya jaata tha. 'Drain of wealth' theory ke anusar bharat ki sampatti british le gaye. Industry ko girane ke liye british mal ka free import kiya gaya.
1947 mein aazadi ke baad bharat ne socialist model adopt kiya. 1950 mein Planning Commission bana aur pehla Five Year Plan 1951 mein shuru hua. Iska focus agriculture aur infrastructure par tha. Baad ke plans mein industry aur public sector ko pradhanta di gayi.
1960 ke dashak mein Green Revolution aaya. High yielding seeds, fertilizers aur irrigation se gehun aur chawal ka utpadan badh gaya. Lekin yeh sirf kuchh rajyon (Punjab, Haryana) mein safal raha. Kisanon ki sthiti abhi bhi kharab rahi.
1956 ki Industrial Policy ke anusar public sector ko heavy industries (steel, coal, railways) mein monopoly mili. Private sector sirf consumer goods (textiles, sugar) mein tha. License Raj ki vajah se private companies ko bahut permission lena padta tha, jisse growth slow rahi.
Aazadi ke baad bharat ne import substitution policy apnai. Hum imported goods par high tariff lagate the taaki desh mein hi cheezein bane. Lekin isse quality aur competition nahi badhi. 1990 tak bharat ka foreign exchange reserve bahut kam ho gaya tha, aur hum IMF se loan lene ko majboor hue.
1991 mein balance of payments crisis ke baad bharat ne 'New Economic Policy' shuru ki. Ismein Liberalization, Privatization aur Globalization (LPG) the. License Raj khatam kiya gaya, foreign investment ko aane diya gaya, aur public sector ko kam kiya gaya.
Reforms ke baad bharat ki arthyavyastha fast growth karni lagi. Service sector (IT, banking) bahut badha. Lekin agriculture aur rural sector mein abhi bhi problems hain. Aaj bharat world economy mein ek major player hai, lekin garibi aur inequality khatam nahi hui.
Yeh notes aapko Class 11 Economics ke syllabus ko samajhne mein madad karenge. Har topic ko NCERT se relate karte hue padhna faydemand rahega.