NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY,

BHOPAL

SUBJECT: HISTORY – II
TOPIC: COMMERCIAL POLICY OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
RYOTWARI SYSTEM

Submitted to: Submitted by:

Prof. (Dr.) Uday Pratap Singh Khushi Sharma

(Roll No: 2018BALLB90)

 SYNOPSIS

Introduction:

The Commercial policy of the British government of India did not promote the
interests of most Indian producers or consumers. Narrowly defined, trade policy
refers to government rates of tariffs, duties, quotas, trade agreements, and other
policy instruments that affect the price and quantities of goods exported and
imported. Broadly defined, trade policy incorporates all government policies that
influence a country's terms of trade, defined as the price of its exports relative to its
imports. Such policies would include those targeting changes in exchange and
interest rates, investment incentives, taxation and expenditure policies on tradable
commodities, and nontariff barriers to trade, such as preferential treatment in
government purchases. British imperial rule had many adverse consequences for
India's international economic relations.

The British Raj had no consistent trade "policy" until the mid-nineteenth century.
The three British East India Company presidencies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras
had operated largely independently and had adapted to a varying range of pre-
colonial trade systems. For example, Mughal tariff rates often varied from 2.5 to 5
percent, depending on the region and the traders' community affiliation. Over time,
the British consolidated the indigenous systems of inland and external customs
rates of the eighteenth century.

Objectives:

1. To understand the commercial policy of British Government

2. To understand the Ryotwari system during British Era

Statement of Purpose:

To study and analyze the status of women in Indian society.

Hypothesis:
It is hypothesized that the women’s position in Indian society has changed as one moves
from Vedic period to modern period.

Research Methodology:

The research methodology used in the research would be doctrinal approach, which is
also known as traditional methodology, where historical texts and archaeological
evidence are our primary sources.