FAMINE IN INDIA
, HUGE WHEAT IMPORTS NEEDED (Rec. 1.20) “DELHI, Sept. 22. An All-India Food Grains Policy Committee recommends that the Government should import one million tons of food grains annually, until futher notice, with an additional half million tons in the first vear to provide for a central reserve. The committee admits there are shipping difficulties, but says it feels justified in pressing its re•’mmenHation. iirsdv. Because the per capita food consumption is so low in India it cannot be greatly reduced’ and second!'' because Bengal province, which is the nearest one t-, + he scene of possible scale military operations, is suffering great distress.
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Grey River Argus, 23 September 1943, Page 4
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