Outline and discuss the classification of industries into various categories as per Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956.
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Schedule A: Includes industries of strategic and national importance, such as defense, atomic energy, and railways. These industries were to be exclusively owned and operated by the State.
Schedule B: Includes industries that were to be progressively state-owned, with private sector participation allowed under government regulations. Example: Chemical industries, machine tools.
Schedule C: Includes all other industries not covered under Schedules A and B. Their development was left to private enterprises, though the government provided guidance and support.
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