What objectives did the British intend to achieve through their policies of infrastructure development in India?

Some infrastructure industries like railways, posts and telegraph, ports, etc. developed during British period but their aim was to serve their own colonial interest.

·         To have effective control and administration over vast Indian territory. For this they joined India’s military centres and administrative centres through railway lines.

·         To earn profit from foreign trade they linked railways with major ports and marketing centres.

·         To create an opportunity for profitable investment of British funds in India.

·         To mobilise army within India and carry out raw material through roads to the nearest railway station or port to send them to Britain.