| Read the following extract taken from the textbook and answer the questions given below: |
| The commissioner of patna wrote: |
| 'It appears that twenty yeas ago. a brisk trade was carried on in the manufacture of cloth at Jahanabad, and Behar, which has in the former place entirely ceased while in the latter the amount of manufacture is very limited, in consequence of the cheap and durable goods from Manchester with which the Native manufacturers are unable to compete.' |
| Quoted in J. Krishnamurty, 'Deindustrialisation in Gangetic Bihar during the nineteenth century' The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 1985. |
| (a) Why was there a decline in the export of India's textiles? |
| (b) What were the problems faced by this weavers? |
Answer:
(a) The British adopted the one way free trade policy whereby heavy taxes were imposed on goods imported from India Manufactured goods from England on the other hand were not taxed at all. As a result Indian goods lost their market in India and abroad. Artisans were reduced to penury.
(b) Weaves faced a shortage of raw materials and collapse of both their local market and export market.
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