Question

Commercialisation of agriculture was a boon for the company, but bane for the peasant . Justify this statement

Answer 1

Commercialisation of agriculture was a boon for the company, but bane for the peasant.

 By commercialisation of agriculture we mean production of agricultural crops for sale in the ... Production decision was entirely of peasants and profits (if any) from the marketed items ...

Answer 2

Answer:

Commercialization of agriculture was a boon for the company as production of the cash crops enabled the British to make a lot of profit and they started smuggling Opium into China as it supported them in financing their tea-trade. They pressurized the farmers to produce indigo which benefited British industries and British traders.

It was a bane for the peasants because

Peasants were brutally exploited.

British made it compulsory for them to cultivate indigo on 25% of their land holdings.

Indigo production ruined the fertility of the soil.

It was a double loss for the peasants.

This policy increased the percentage of landless labourers.