Which Commission under the British rule prepared the 'Famine Code'?

The correct answer is Strachey Commission.

Key Points

• It was set up in 1878 under the Chairmanship of Sir Richard Strachey.
• The commission recommended state interference in food trade in the event of famine.
• The Strachey Commission came out with the recommendation on whose basis a Famine Code was developed.
• The Commission recommended
  • A famine code should be formulated.
  • Irrigation facilities should be developed.
  • Collection of land revenue should be suspended immediately during famines and land revenue should be remitted.
  • Data should be collected about the conditions of the Indian peasantry and agriculture.
• This code has 4 parts
  • The first part of the code dealt with the government measures during normal times.
  • The second part dealt with the relief campaign.
  • The third part dealt with the duties of officials during relief measures.
  • The fourth part dealt with the division of famine-affected areas.

Additional Information

• The British Government set a group of Welby Commission to investigate wasteful spending in India.
  • This commission was established in 1895.
  • The official name of this commission was the Royal Commission on the Administration of Expenditure of India.

Mistake Points

• Hunter Education Commission was a landmark commission appointed by Viceroy Lord Ripon.
  • This commission, headed by Sir William Wilson Hunter, had submitted its report in.
  • The objectives are to look into the complaints of the non-implementation of the Wood’s Despatch of 1854, the contemporary status of elementary education in the British territories and suggest means by which this can be extended and improved.