Question

Why were rioters reluctant to
grow indirgo?​

Answer 1

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• The ryots were reluctant to grow indigo because the price they got for the indigo they produced was very low.
• The planters insisted that indigo be cultivated on the best soils in which peasants preferred to cultivate rice.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The riots were reluctant to grow indigo because the price they got for the indigo they produced was very low. The planters insisted that indigo be cultivated on the best soils in which peasants preferred to cultivate rice.

The planters usually forced the ryots to sign a contract.

Those who signed the contract got cash advances from the planters at low rates of interest to produce indigo. But the loan committed the ryot to cultivating indigo on at least 25% of the area under his holding.

The planter provided the seed and the drill, while cultivators prepared the soil, sowed the seed and looked after the crop.

When the crop was delivered to the planter after the harvest, the ryots got another new loan. In this way, they were trapped in the cycle of loan from which it was difficult to come out.

Soon, they realized that this was a harsh system. They did hard labour day and night and got a very low price for the indigo they produced.

Other reason was that the planters usually pressurised the ryots to cultivate indigo on the best soils. But the ryots preferred to grow rice on these soils.

Indigo had deep roots and it exhausted the soil rapidly. After an indigo harvest the land could not be used for rice cultivation.

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