Question

How did east india company procure regular supply of cotton and silk textile from indian weavers?

Answer 1

The East India Company adopted various steps to ensure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles. (i) They established political power to assert monopoly their right to trade. ... Those who took loans had to hand over the cloth they produced to the Gomasthas only. They could not take it to any other trader.

Answer 2

ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀꜱᴛ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ꜱᴛᴇᴘꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴꜱᴜʀᴇ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ꜱᴜᴘᴘʟɪᴇꜱ ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱɪʟᴋ ᴛᴇxᴛɪʟᴇꜱ.

1. Thєч єstαвlíshєd pσlítícαl pσwєr tσ αssєrt α mσnσpσlч σn thє ríght tσ trαdє.
2. Thє cσmpαnч tríєd tσ єlímínαtє thє єхístíng trαdєrs αnd вrσkєrs cσnnєctєd wíth thє clσth trαdє αnd єstαвlísh dírєct cσntrσl σvєr thє wєαvєrs. ít αppσíntєd pαíd sєrvαnts cαllєd thє ‘gσmαsthαs’, tσ supєrvísє wєαvєrs, cσllєct supplíєs αnd єхαmínє thє quαlítч σf clσth.
3. It prєvєntєd thє cσmpαnч wєαvєrs frσm dєαlíng wíth σthєr вuчєrs. σncє αn σrdєr wαs plαcєd, thє wєαvєrs wєrє gívєn lσαns tσ purchαsє thє rαw mαtєríαl. thσsє whσ tσσk lσαns hαd tσ hαnd σvєr thє clσth thєч prσducєd tσ thє gσmαsthαs σnlч. thєч cσuld nσt tαkє ít tσ αnч σthєr trαdєr.
4. Thєч dєvєlσpєd α sчstєm σf mαnαgєmєnt αnd cσntrσl thαt wσuld єlímínαtє cσmpєtítíσn, cσntrσl cσst αnd єnsurє rєgulαr supplч σf cσttσn αnd sílk gσσds. thís sчstєm fσrcєd thє sєll αt α prícє díctαtєd вч thє cσmpαnч. вч gívíng thє wєαvєrs α lσαn, thє cσmpαnч tíєd thє wєαvєrs wíth thєm.