Sir [1] Purshottamdas Thakurdas (1879–1961), [2] KBE CIE, was a Gujarati cotton trader, mill owner, businessman and industrialist from Mumbai, India. [3] [4] [5] [6] He was one of the signatory of Bombay Plan, which was set of proposals for the post-independence economy of India. [7] [8] He along with GD Birla established the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry in 1927 on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi. [9] [10] [11] [12] He was a member of the Hilton Young Commission. [13] He was a member of the Acworth Committee. [14] He headed the Foodgrain Policy Committee of 1947 and had served as the Sheriff of Bombay in 1920. [15]
...a committee under P. Thakurdas in 1947. Also known as the Foodgrain Policy Committee (1947), it studied the aspects related to food distribution, and the main features of its recommendation were gradual withdrawal of control and removal of restrictions on movements of foodgrains.
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Sir [1] Purshottamdas Thakurdas (1879–1961), [2] KBE CIE, was a Gujarati cotton trader, mill owner, businessman and industrialist from Mumbai, India. [3] [4] [5] [6] He was one of the signatory of Bombay Plan, which was set of proposals for the post-independence economy of India. [7] [8] He along with GD Birla established the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry in 1927 on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi. [9] [10] [11] [12] He was a member of the Hilton Young Commission. [13] He was a member of the Acworth Committee. [14] He headed the Foodgrain Policy Committee of 1947 and had served as the Sheriff of Bombay in 1920. [15]
...a committee under P. Thakurdas in 1947. Also known as the Foodgrain Policy Committee (1947), it studied the aspects related to food distribution, and the main features of its recommendation were gradual withdrawal of control and removal of restrictions on movements of foodgrains.
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