discuss the principle cause of the backwardness of Indian economy at the time of independent?
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The principal causes of backwardness of Indian economy at the time of independence are many. The most important one is the prolonged occupation by colonial powers . The second one is exploitation of resources by the same colonial power. There was no plan for the economic growth of the economy of India. The British Administration was her to help the British economy. There was hardly any industries in India. Most of the industries were established to process the raw materials for industries in UK and Europe. There were very few capitalists in India. The profit generated by Industries in India were transferred to UK. There was not much development in infrastructure. Ports were limited to Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. Minerals, Agro products and Forest products were used for few industries. Generation of power was limited to metropolis and few cities. Textiles , Jute and leather industries provided some employment. Workers migrated to Burma, West Indies and Mauritius. Education was limited to few cities. Technical education was also limited to few cities. So the bottlenecks were many for l Indian economy. People were very poor. Famine was a regular phenomena in rural India. Health care facilities were limited. Plague was the major killer with cholera, smallpox and malaria. Communal clashes also played its role in keeping the economy backward. The colonial masters played their tricks to keep the economy under their control.
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