Question

2.4. What was the system of advances? How did it affect the life of weavers?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Under the systems of advances, the weavers were given loans to buy the raw materials for their production. ... Earlier weavers had small plot of land which they cultivated along with weaving but now they devoted all their time in weaving along with their family members.

Answer 2

It was a system in which the British officials gave loans in advance to the peasants to persuade and tempt them to agree and produce opium on their (peasants) lands. Those weavers who took loans has to hand over the final product to gomasthas and not hand over to any other trader or buyer