Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: The economic policies pursued by the national government in India were concerned more with the protection and promotion of the economic interests at their home country than with the development of the Indian economy. Reason R: Such policies transformed the Indian economy into supplier of raw material and consumer of finished material products from Britain. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: