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Famine and Rehabilitation in Bengal A Sample Survey of after effects of the Bengal Famine of 1943

1946

As already noted the total number of plough cattle of Bengal before the famine was just adequate or fell short of requirements for the cultivation of aman paddy the main crop of the province. [...] The general plan of the survey was prepared in the Indian Statistical Institute and the statitical analysis of the material was carried out nuder the guidance of P. C. Mahalanobis. [...] Raikrishna Mukherjea and Ambika Ghosh of the Indian Statistical Institute who were in charge of the statistical work maintained liaison between the field and statistical branches they also assisted in the training of field workers and the organisation of the field survey. [...] Unfortunately a first analysis of the material showed the Revenue Department grouping to be unreliable in as much as the rate of incidence of famine conditions in the different classes of subdivisions as found by the sample survey did not tally with the official classification. [...] 13AFTER-EFFECTS OF THE BENGAL FAMINE OF 1943 The table indicates that the high rate of incidence in Class I regarding destitution and land transfer is in accordance with the classification of the Revenue Department the proportion of families losing plough cattle is however lower than that in all other classes.
government politics public policy
Pages
67
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144770
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Preface
i-i P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
General Summary
1-5 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Chapter I History of the Survey
6-9 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Chapter II Design and Progress of the Survey
10-19 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Chapter III Destitution
20-27 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Chapter IV Economic Deterioration
28-34 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Chapter V Land Sale and Mortgage
35-46 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Chapter VI Loss of Plough Cattle
47-53 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view
Chapter VII Economic Background of the Famine
54-63 P.C. Mahalanobis, Ramkrishna Mukherjea, Ambica Ghose view