Nagaland Sets Rs 2,400-Crore Tax Target by 2030

Nagaland’s tax revenue increased by Rs 170.47 crore to Rs 1,597.51 crore during the 2025-26 financial year, registering an 11.9 per cent year-on-year growth, officials said on Monday.The figures were presented by the Department of State Taxes during a review meeting with Nagaland Governor Nand Kishore Yadav in Kohima.According to an official release, the state collected Rs 1,597.51 crore in tax revenue during 2025-26, compared with Rs 1,427.03 crore in 2024-25. The collection in 2024-25 had also increased from Rs 1,358.98 crore recorded in the previous financial year.Goods and Services Tax (GST) remained the largest source of tax revenue for the state. GST collections amounted to Rs 1,181.88 crore in 2025-26, accounting for around 74 per cent of Nagaland’s total tax collection during the year.

The department said GST collection in the current financial year had reached Rs 450.35 crore up to July 2026.During the review meeting, officials also highlighted several challenges facing the State Taxes Department. These include shortages of manpower, the need for continuous upgrades to information technology infrastructure and a growing workload resulting from an increase in taxpayer registrations and return filings.Officials also pointed to the increasing volume of GST-related data that requires scrutiny and risk assessment. Identifying unregistered taxpayers, detecting tax evasion and carrying out field verification of high-risk taxpayers were among the other challenges discussed during the meeting.

The department said it was working towards strengthening its systems and improving tax administration to meet the growing demands associated with the expansion of the state’s tax base.As part of its ‘Vision 2063 and Beyond’, the department has set long-term revenue targets for Nagaland. It aims to increase tax revenue to more than Rs 2,400 crore by 2030, Rs 5,000 crore by 2038, Rs 11,000 crore by 2047 and Rs 50,000 crore by 2063.