The Government of Nagaland has constituted the Third Nagaland State Finance Commission with a Chairman and two other Members as follows:

1.      Menukhol John, Retd. Principal Secretary                 - Chairman

2.      Sarah Ritse, Retd. Commissioner & Secretary           - Member

3.      G.W. Lee, Retd. Director (T&A)                               - Member-Secretary

 

The tenure of the Commission shall be for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of this notification.

The Commission shall make recommendations relating to the following matters:-

(a)        The principles which shall govern:-

                    i.            the distribution between the State and the Municipalities of the net proceeds of taxes, duties, tolls and fees leviable by the State, which may be divided between them;

                  ii.            the determination of taxes, duties, tolls and fees which may be assigned to, or appropriated by, the municipalities; and

                iii.            the grant-in-aid to the municipalities from the Consolidated Fund of the State.

(b)        The measures needed to improve the financial position of the municipalities.

(c)        The rates of various taxes, tolls and fees that may be raised by the Municipalities and the method of determining the same.

(d)       Any other matter referred to the Commission by the Government in the interest of sound finances of the municipalities.

 

In making its recommendations, the Commission shall have regard, among other considerations, to:-

(i)                 the objective of balancing the receipts and expenditure of the State Government and the local bodies and for generating surplus for capital investment.

(ii)               the resources of the State Government and demands thereon particularly in respect of expenditure on civil administration, maintenance and upkeep of capital assets, maintenance expenditure on plan schemes and other committed expenditure or liabilities

(iii)             the requirement of the municipalities, their potential for raising resources and for reducing expenditure.

 

Terms of office of the Chairman and the whole time Members and conditions of their services and other allowances shall be as prescribed under Rule 6 and 7 of the Nagaland State

The Commission shall make its report available by 29 February, 2024 covering the period of three years commencing from 1st April 2023.

                                                                                                (DIPR)