Explanation:

Under the British rule, Indian economy became a poor and dependent economy mainly because of change in occupational structure and foreign trade.
Other Reasons:
1) The economic policies followed by the British led to the rapid transformation of India’s economy into a colonial economy whose nature and structure were determined by the needs of the British economy.
2) The basic economic pattern that of the self-sufficient rural economy, had been perpetuated.
3) There was a sudden and quick collapse of the urban handicrafts industry which had for centuries made India’s name a byword in the markets of the entire civilized world.