Topics: CH-1: INDIAN ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE, Indian Economic Development, NCERT Books

British Infrastructure Motives

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Some infrastructure efforts by the colonial regime were described as being:

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Some infrastructure efforts by the colonial regime were described as being:

  1. Purely for Indian welfare
  2. Spiced with selfish motives ✓ Correct
  3. Entirely unsuccessful
  4. Focused on education
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Infrastructure efforts by the colonial regime were spiced with selfish motives. The real motive was not public welfare but to subserve colonial interests.

Key Points:
  • Roads served to mobilise army and extract raw materials.
  • Railways served commercialisation of agriculture.
  • Telegraph served law and order.
  • Despite selfish motives, independent India had to build on this base through planning.

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