The British had no interest in developing India. Give reasons.

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It is quite true that the British had no interest in developing India. They just wished to use India as a feeder economy to serve the economic growth of Britain.

1. India experienced a meagre growth rate of per capita income of only 0.5 percent per annum, with primitive agriculture and an underdeveloped industrial base.

2. The needs of the growing population were completely ignored, and there was a real scarcity of educational and health facilities.

3. The British did develop some selected areas of infrastructure, but their intention was not to develop India but to serve their selfish motives.

4. They ruled India but never belonged to this country; hence they exploited India's natural as well as human resources for the glory of their own nation.