list of goods and services that were available to people in pre independence. compare pattern of goods and services by people today. highlight the perceptabledifferences in the peoples standard of living. should be prepared in tabular form

Basis Pre- independence period Post- independence period
Goods available
to consumers 
Sub-standard food products, jwar bajra, basic capital goods (as every production was labour intensive due to cheap availability of labour)  Superior quality food products, and advanced capital goods are available including machinery for construction, production etc.
Services available
to consumers
only basic services were available such as transportation, telegram etc at a very high cost. Highly advanced services including telephones, metro, Information technology etc at cheaper rates.
Standard of living Extremely low standard of living, because availability and affordability of  even basic farm products were not present. High standard of living due to cheaper and faster availability of goods and services and integration with economies of other countries due to new economic policies.

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