The Maharashtra droughts of 1970-73 : an analysis of scarcity
Elisabeth Oughton
It is examined whether the famine between 1970 and 1973 in Maharashtra, in Western India, was a direct result of the shortfall in production brought about by the droughts, or whether there was a lack of effective demand brought about through falling employment and declining levels of real income. Statistics, 1960-81. (NL-409)