Office of the Economic Adviser Government of India. Review of the Trade of India in 1943-44

OFFICE OF THE ECONOMIC ADVISER GOVERNMENT OF INDIA REVIEW OF THE TRADE OF INDIA IN 1943-44 Published by order of the Governor-General in Council PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS PRINTED BY THE MANAGER GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS CALCUTTA 1946 [...] PAM CHARTS ILLUSTRATINA. Foreign Sea-borne Trade of British India during the seventy years 1861.69 to 1929-34 and the annual trade for the last ten years. B. Balance of Trade in Merchandise and Transactions in Treasure during the seventy years 1864-69 to 1929-34 and the annual balance for the last ten years vi C. Variations in the values of principal articles in the import trade of British [...] Among the factors responsible for this improvement may be mentioned the successful completion of the projects undertaken in 1942 to increase raw material supplies the improvement of the shipping position beam about by the successful campaign against enemy submarines and the increased new ship construction and finally the command of the Allies over the battle-fields which resulted in more " batt [...] The foundation of the pattern of control devised by the Committee was the existence of a substantial asserve built out of imports from abroad under the control of the Government of India and large scale imports...for current consumption. [...] For every crop year which in the case of the to grains was to be the 12 !months November to October and in the case of rabi grains May to April a preliminary plan of distribution of the declared surpluses was to be formulated to be operative for 12 months from the beginning of each year.