Dimapur, June 16 -- Nagaland's Commissioner of Taxes, Abhinav Shivam, stated that the state is not a frontrunner in GST collection, either in average or per capita terms.

He noted that revenue leakages through evasion have significantly impacted the state's share.

Addressing the inaugural programme of the five-day onsite training on GST for Nagaland State Tax Officers at the Office of the Commissioner of State Taxes in 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 observed, adding that the state has struggled to establish revenue-generating industries and enterprises.

Pointing out that Naga...