The Famines of 19 Forty Three

The viceroy of india made fervent please to the war cabinet in london for imports of wheat. He's paymaster general in the war cabinet, responsible for making sure there are enough food and supplies for england and its allies. Lindeman says, no, we're in the middle of a war. We can't spare the food. And even if we could, we have no way of getting the food to india. So why? Why is lindeman refusing to help? It doesn't even a logical sense. I'm not seeing here one issue with an issue about india. In fact, in 19 forty three, british actually start shipping wheat