Question

Describe the factors that led to decline of Indian handicrafts under British rule ?

Answer 1

The reasons that lead to decline in Handicraft industry of India are:-

Tarrif Policy :-

The Britishers used India as the source of raw material and as market for their products. They employed a policy which allowed .

→ Tarrif free import of British product in India

→ Traffic free export of Indian raw material in British industries .

→ Heavy duty on export of Indian handicraft product.

Thus , this resulted in decaying of handicraft industry.

Competition with machine made products :-

The products made in British industries were made by machine which were good in quality as well as cheaper than Indian handicraft industry's goods. That's why the demand of Indian handicraft goods decreased.

Railway's introduction in India :-

Due to the introduction of railway in India now the Britishers started capturing the domestic market of Indian industry. Because of this the British industry expanded but Indian handicraft industry declined.

New Demand :-

Now along with the Britishers rule a new class started emerging in India those people who prefer western culture in India but the Indian handicraft industry is not able to provide them those goods that's why also the demand of Indian handicraft industry declined

Answer 2

Answer:

Import of British goods in India at very low prices and heavy duty was imposed on export of Indian handicrafts. As a result, Indian markets were full of finished goods from Britain which were of low and affordable prices. It led to the decline of Indian handicrafts both at the infernational and domestic market.

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