At first glance, her profile hardly looks newsworthy — a young woman of the poor Bhilala tribe in Madhya Pradesh; a high school dropout.But BaneebaiNingwal has the remedy, or rather she is the cure, for the most vexing problems plaguing tribal-dominated Alirajpur district: malnutrition, unemployment and alcohol addiction.
A native of Dudhvi in Alirajpur, Beenabai is the reason why hundreds of people have stopped migrating for low-paying, back-breaking labour in Gujarat. Instead, they are opting for work nearer home under the government’s MNREGA scheme.

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