Jagdalpur, May 19 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the entire profit generated from forest produce and agriculture in Bastar will now directly benefit the tribal communities.

Addressing a press conference, he said the goal for the coming five years is to increase Bastar's income by up to six times and credit for a Naxal-free India goes to security forces.

He said the country and the region becoming Naxal-free is not enough and the objective is to make a developed Bastar by 2031.

"In 2031, when Bastar will become fully developed, the world will witness that it was Naxalism that had hindered its progress," he said.

He spoke of the development thrust in the region.

"A PACS and a village dairy will also be establishe...