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 == Rationale ==
-The freight equalisation concept made "essential" items available at same prices throughout the country. These items included [[coal]], [[steel]] and [[cement]] among many others. The idea was to  promote balanced regional development of industries throughout the country.<ref name="Michael2003">{{cite book | author1=Michael A Toman | author2=Ujjayant Chakravorty | author3=Shreekant Gupta, Rajat | title=India and Global Climate Change: Perspectives on Economics and Policy from a Developing Country | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FEmE4wClOcC&pg=PA58 | accessdate=15 February 2013 | year=2003 | publisher=Resources for the Future | isbn=978-1-891853-61-6 | pages=58–}}</ref>
+The freight equalisation concept made "essential" items available at relatively constant prices throughout the country. These items included [[coal]], [[steel]] and [[cement]] among many others. The idea was to  promote balanced regional development of industries throughout the country.<ref name="Michael2003">{{cite book | author1=Michael A Toman | author2=Ujjayant Chakravorty | author3=Shreekant Gupta, Rajat | title=India and Global Climate Change: Perspectives on Economics and Policy from a Developing Country | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FEmE4wClOcC&pg=PA58 | accessdate=15 February 2013 | year=2003 | publisher=Resources for the Future | isbn=978-1-891853-61-6 | pages=58–}}</ref>
 ==Results==