How did the British government react towards the problem of Indian labourers
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The early 18th century marked to be a significant rise in the Indian Textile Industry. The industry flourished to new heights and the products from it were of very high quality. The skill set of the Textile Industry of the country was unmatched.
As the Textile Industry had just started off in England the British faced stiff competition from these Indian Textile Mills, and were unable to compete with them, and took it as a threat to their business.
They protested against the import of Indian Textiles to England as they wanted a secure market for themselves, so that their business could flourish well, which led to discouraging and prohibition of Indian Textiles.
Indian textiles were very popular in the European markets this was not good for the industries in England because people would not buy their machine made goods. They imposed a heavy tariff on the import of Indian textiles so that it would be difficult for the Indian goods to enter the markets in England. This would help in selling the British goods and they would not have to compete with the Indian goods in the market.
The British adopted a one way free trade policy in India under which the British machine made goods were imported freely to India and the export of Indian products to England was discouraged by imposing heavy duties on them.
As the Textile Industry had just started off in England the British faced stiff competition from these Indian Textile Mills, and were unable to compete with them, and took it as a threat to their business.
They protested against the import of Indian Textiles to England as they wanted a secure market for themselves, so that their business could flourish well, which led to discouraging and prohibition of Indian Textiles.
Indian textiles were very popular in the European markets this was not good for the industries in England because people would not buy their machine made goods. They imposed a heavy tariff on the import of Indian textiles so that it would be difficult for the Indian goods to enter the markets in England. This would help in selling the British goods and they would not have to compete with the Indian goods in the market.
The British adopted a one way free trade policy in India under which the British machine made goods were imported freely to India and the export of Indian products to England was discouraged by imposing heavy duties on them.
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