Eventually, in March 1877, the provincial government of Madras, increased the ration halfway towards Cornish's recommendations, to of grain and of protein in the form of daal (pulses) [REF].
All in all, the Government of India spent Rs. 8 1/30 million in relieving 700 million units (1 unit = relief for 1 person for 1 day) in British India and, in addition, another Rs.