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Indian Economy on The Eve of Independence
Give a quantitative appraisal of India’s demographic profile during the colonial period.
Quantitative appraisal of India's demographic profile during the colonial period : Following were the quantitative appraisal of India demographic profile during the colonial period:
1. Birth Rate : Birth rate was very high. It was about 48 per thousand.
2. Death Rate : It was also very high. It was about 40 per thousand.
3. Infant mortality rate: Imfant mortality rate refers to death rate of children below the age of one year. It was about 218 per thousand.
4. Life expectancy: It was very low. It was 32 years.
5. Literacy rate : Literacy rate was about 17%. It means that 83 percent of population was illiterate.
6. Unevenness in population growth : During pre-independence period, there was unevenness in the population growth. Upto 1921, there was slow growth of population. After 1921, there was high population growth.
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What is productivity in agriculture?
Name the economists who estimated India's per capita incom eduring the colonial period?
What is meant by infant mortality rate?
What is life expectancy?
What was the state of secondary sector of the Indian economy on the eve of independence?
What was the state of tertiary sector of the Indian economy on the eve of independence?
What was two fold motive behind systematic de-industrialisation effected by British in pre-independence India?
When did India achieve independence?
What was the purpose of the British colonial rule in India?
What type of Indian economy was at the time when Britishers came to India?
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