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Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 60 famines were caused by high levels of continuing poverty and malnutrition in an agroclimatic environment that was very vulnerable to variations in rainfall. lack of adequate means of transportation and communication as well as inadequate efforts on the part of the state were some of the factors responsible for famines. however as scholars like amartya sen and others have shown famines were not necessarily due to fall in foodgrains production they were also caused by a failure of entitlements or the inability of people to buy or otherwise obtain food shine india monthly magazine subscription.