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Nagaland not frontrunner in GST collection: Official
Dimapur: Nagaland's commissioner of taxes Abhinav Shivam said the state is not a frontrunner in GST collection in average or per capita terms.
He said revenue leaks through evasion have severely affected the state share.
Addressing the inaugural programme of the five-day on site training on GST for Nagaland state tax officers at the office of the commissioner of state taxes, Dimapur, Shivam said Nagaland has a unique and complex history.
"Our geography, remoteness, infrastructural challenges, and political complexities have led to a legacy of underdevelopment," he said, adding the state struggled to establish revenue-generating industries and enterprises.
Pointing out that Nagaland relies heavily on tax revenues to meet its financial and developmental needs, Shivam said optimising tax revenue is not merely an administrative objective but also a developmental imperative.
