Describe the impact of the first …

There was a huge rise in the defense expenditure of the Government of India. There was a sharp increase in the prices of daily commodities. The war drove the demand for industrial goods like jute bags, clothes, rails, and

Impact of first world war in India: - The economic and political situation in India was altered by the First World War. - The Colonial Government of India ended up massively increasing the expenditure for defence. - The Colonial Government increased the taxes on business profits and individual incomes. - Business groups of India started to insist on more opportunities for development as the Indian industries had expanded during the war. - There was a sharp rise in prices due to Increased demands for war supplies and military expenditure, which in turn posed lots of difficulties for common people. - Fabulous profits were reaped by business groups due to war which was completely in contrast to the situation of the common man. - The First World War created a situation where imports from other countries into India started reducing and there was higher demand for goods like rails, cloth, jute bags.