North-East should go for investment in public-private-partnership basis for more development work, member of planning commission B K Chaturvedi said here today.
"Since public invest has been sufficient, the states should opt for public-private-partnership in a big way in different areas of both physical and social developments," he said while speaking at Moatsu-cum-Roadshow programme here.
Chaturvedi, who looks after North-East in Planning Commission, feels the region lags in many areas and NE states needed continued public investment to catch up with the rest of the country.
Appreciating the people's "quest for growth" and their eagerness in taking ownership of public assets, Chaturvedi, who visited a tourist village was impressed with the functioning of village development board (VDB) in Nagaland which manage the rural assets.
Not only the Government of India but even the United Nations had recognised the institution of VDBs of Nagaland and the planning commission also suggested other states to emulate this model of rural development because under this participatory approach the villagers decide what they want and take ownership of the assets.
Moatsu, the traditional festival of Ao Naga community of Mokokchung, is celebrated in the first week of May just after sowing seeds in their jhum fields to have a bumper crop.
