Question

after independence which items for allowed to be imported by the government of India

Answer 1

Right after the independence, India had started to feel the heat of shortages of many essential products. As per the source, India has allowed nearly 7500 goods to import from the foreign nations.

Some of them are

• Edible Oil
• Food grain (One of the main need of India after the independence)
• Non-ferrous metals like zinc
• Iron and steel
• Cashew nuts
• Plastic products from Japan
• Medicines
• Machines  
• Transportation equipments like vehicles and tools
• Paper
• Wool
• Precious stones
• Fertilizers  

Answer 2

After attaining independence, the government of India allowed imports for many products.

Crude petroleum, engineering goods, chemicals, diamond, gold, fertilisers, edible oils, cashew nuts, medicines, non-ferrous metals, machinery, plastic, wool and transport equipments were some of the highly imported items of those times.

However, with time, some of these imported products could be manufactured within the country and hence, their imports have gone down while other products have picked up.