Yep, it was well-intentioned, but it annoyingly restricted individual freedoms.

Salil
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From: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:33:21 
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Subject: Re: [silk] India: global mobility

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:29 AM, salil tripathi <sali...@gmail.com> wrote:

> **
> And ec(n)r prevented school-drop-out artists from travelling, since if you
> hadn't finished hi school, assumption was that sarkar maibaap would be
> needed to look after you and decide if you were eligible to travel abroad.
>

I know. The EC(N)R regime probably goes back to the migration of indentured
laborers to the colonies.

Thaths
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