Question

How were the British policy responsible for the increase in poverty in india

Answer 1

There are many important factors for the existence and increase in poverty.
One of the historical causes is the exploitative colonial rule over many centuries. The British rule in India for over two hundred years exploited all the resources of the country and did not believe in introducing development programmes. The colonial rulers destroyed traditional arts and crafts and their revenue policies were also regressive and also oppressive.
The indigenous industries like textiles were not encouraged and in fact the colonial policies led to the decay of the Indian textile industries. This led to an increase in unemployment of especially the migrant population.

Answer 2

the British economic exploitation was the major reason for the growing poverty in the country. The British took away large part of the produce of the peasants in the form of land revenue and other taxes and forced them into indebtness. their policies were against the interests of the Indian trade and industry, and this deprived the artisans of their incomes. they exploited the social class people working in the factories and the educated indians could find government jobs with low salaries as the only employment method. all these increased the poverty in the country.

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