are Britishers responsible for the poverty and the famines in India??
The follwoing points may help you:
a. One of the most difficult challenges confronting Independent India is poverty which continues to hamper the progress of our country.
b. Due to income disparities poor are not able to mange their basic necessities of life and become victims of poverty
c. There are many factors which have led to poverty in India like Rapid increase in the population, Failure on part of the agricultural sector to generate employment for farm labourers. regional disparities.
d. Apart from that large size of families,illetracy, fatalistic attitude of the people are also factors leading to poverty.
e. There are historical factors which have led to poverty and famine in India, which are associated with the Britih rule.
f. The British through their economic policies brought about drain of wealth and brought about huge exploitation of the people. They encouraged their own industries at the cost of India's local industries.
g. They completely impoverished agriculture, with high rate of revenue.
h. The British also tried to expand the cultivation of crops in the countryside by compelling farmers to grow opium, indigo, commercial crops like wheat, rice jute, tea etc to fulfill their economic interests
i. The British were not interested in investing in land or enhancing its productivity.
j. It is due to such economic policies British made Indian economy subservient to their interests and reduced country to abject poverty , with famines.
a. One of the most difficult challenges confronting Independent India is poverty which continues to hamper the progress of our country.
b. Due to income disparities poor are not able to mange their basic necessities of life and become victims of poverty
c. There are many factors which have led to poverty in India like Rapid increase in the population, Failure on part of the agricultural sector to generate employment for farm labourers. regional disparities.
d. Apart from that large size of families,illetracy, fatalistic attitude of the people are also factors leading to poverty.
e. There are historical factors which have led to poverty and famine in India, which are associated with the Britih rule.
f. The British through their economic policies brought about drain of wealth and brought about huge exploitation of the people. They encouraged their own industries at the cost of India's local industries.
g. They completely impoverished agriculture, with high rate of revenue.
h. The British also tried to expand the cultivation of crops in the countryside by compelling farmers to grow opium, indigo, commercial crops like wheat, rice jute, tea etc to fulfill their economic interests
i. The British were not interested in investing in land or enhancing its productivity.
j. It is due to such economic policies British made Indian economy subservient to their interests and reduced country to abject poverty , with famines.