Assertion: Extensive poverty prevailed in India during the colonial period which contributed to the worsening profile of India’s population of the time.

Reasoning: Census conducted by Britishers provided an exact data of poverty during colonial times in India.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

In the absence of reliable data, it is difficult to specify the extent of poverty during the time of Britishers but there is no doubt that extensive poverty prevailed in India during the colonial period which contributed to the worsening profile of India’s population of the time.