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how did east india company procured regular supplies of cotton & silk textiles from indian weavers 

After establishing political power, the East India Company successfully procured regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers via a series of actions. These actions were aimed at eliminating competition from other colonial powers, controlling costs and ensuring regular supplies of cotton and silk goods for Britain. Firstly, it appointed gomasthas or paid servants to supervise weavers, collect supplies and examine textile quality.  Secondly, it disallowed Company weavers from dealing with other buyers. This was ascertained by a system of giving advances to the weavers for procuring raw materials. Those who took these loans could not sell their cloth to anyone but the gomasthas.

 

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 east india cmpny appointed gomashta as their agents in india . gomashtas hlp e.i.c to set up their foot in india

they always had a check on indian frmrs as well as the prod. done by villagers there for their cmpny

thaeir main stgy to take up raw mtrls frm i.weavers was that they gave loans to them nd by this wvrs had to pay for that , so that they sold their crops or raw mtrls to e.i.c. 

through this strategy of prvdng loans to wvrs they procured regular spls of raw mtrl

i hp it hlps u !!!!!!!!

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 @geet the unseen: at least give a good presentation. 

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The East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian Weavers by -
(i) It eliminated the existing traders and brokers and established a more direct control over the weaver. It appointed a paid servant called the gomastha to supervise weavers, collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth.
(ii) It prevented Company weavers from dealing with other buyers.

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 i agree with  janani.v but it would be nice if u would include more points

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Ans: After establishing political power in India, the East India Company tried to acquire a monthly right to cotton textile and silk goods trade. It also started to procure regular supplies of these goods from Indian weavers. This could be achieved by tem after taking a series of steps. First, they established their management and a direct control over the weavers by appointing their paid servants called gomasthas. Gomasthas supervised weavers, examined the quality of goods and ensured regular supplies.

Second, the Company prevented weavers from dealing with their buyers by giving them advances against purchase orders. Thus, the weavers after taking loans could not sell their cloth to any other trader and had to work under the Companys gomasthas.
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hope ie helped

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