Government support

Industrial Policy Resolutions

• IPR 1948 (protection of SSI)
• IPR 1956 (PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT)
• IPR 1977(protection, development and
promotion)
• IPR 1980
• IPR 1990
• IPR 1991
 IPR 1948
• Protection of SSI units
• Importance SSI units was accepted
• SSIB (small scale Industries Board) worked on
development plans
 IPR 1956
• Protection and Development
• 128 items were reserved
• They accepted the concept of socialist pattern
of society.
 IPR 1977
• Protection, Development and Promotion
• Three broad categories of SSI: cottage and
household industries, tiny sector (up to 1
lakh), small scale industries (investment up to
10 lakhs)
• 504 items were reserved.
• Proposal by DIC (District Industries Centres)
 IPR 1980
• tiny sector (up to 2 lakh), small scale industries
(investment up to 20 lakhs)
• DIC promoted maximum SSIs.
 IPR 1990
• Tiny units (2 to 5 lakhs)
• Small scale industries units (investment up to
60 lakhs)
• 836 items were reserved for exclusively
manufacture in small scale sector.
• SIDO
• SIDBI established in 1990 only.
 IPR 1991
• Policy measures for promoting and strengthen
and supplementing Small, tiny and village
enterprises.