In Naxal heartland, experts explore development plan

Country's maiden tribal global summit held in restive Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh explored the development model with the aggressive participation of the tribal population.

The summit was organised by the NITI Aayog in Dantewada---infamous across the globe for Naxal violence. Tribal entrepreneurs from various sectors across the country and abroad attended the summit that was aimed to address the problems of the tribal community such as poverty, malnutrition, low literacy and poor health.

The speakers stressed for greater people’s participation in the development plan. NITI Aayog Advisor Shrikar Nayak said summits would help fostering public-private partnership and shared best practices to empower