note making on industrial sector on the eve of independence

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Under the Colonial rule, the growth of Indian manufacturing activities were also hampered. Under the British rule, India could never develop a sound industrial base. On one hand, while the world famous Indian handicrafts sector declined, on the other hand, no modern industries could ever be established to cover the loss.

The British government followed the policy of  Systematic Deindustrialisation . This policy had the following  two-fold motive .

1.  Making India a supplier of raw materials:  The British government intended to reduce India to a mere supplier of cheap raw material for its own flourishing industrial base. 

2.  Making India a market for finished goods:  Another important objective of the British government was to turn India into a virgin market for the machine made finished products produced by the British industries.

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