"The colonial era was responsible for the decline/ ruin of traditional handicraft industries." Accept/ refute the above statement.
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- Indeed it is a well-accepted fact that it was the colonial era which brought about the decline of India's world famous handicraft industries. The colonial government had its vested interest for reducing India to the status of mere exporter of raw materials. This was essentially required by the coming up modern industries in Britain.
- At the same time India was to act as a ready market for the products of these British industries (Imports) which were sold at cheaper rates. So the handicrafts started facing competition from machine-made products.
- The British did not contribute significantly to the replacement of handicraft industries by a modern industrial base.
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