Home Commissioner Nagaland
Home Department, Political Branch
1. The State Government should immediately clarify whether taxation imposed by NPG is legal or illegal?
Reply 1: The State Government does not support, and is fully against any illegal taxation or forcible demand or collection by any group or entity or individual in the State.
2: Should the business community pay GST or Taxation to NPG's? The State Government should reply in black and white?
Reply 2: The GST or any other legal tax is to be paid only to the State Government by any business organization/individual
3: Summons of the business community to NPG offices, Camps and Monitoring Cells should be immediately declared illegal and law enforcing agencies should be empowered to act on those places?
Reply 3: Only the statutory bodies/ law enforcement agencies of the State Government are empowered to issue summons to anyone who is in conflict with the law. Summons by any other group/entity/individual is illegal and the aggrieved person may approach the law enforcing authorities for redressal of their grievances.
4: Raids on so called duplicate products, MRP tempering, expiry checking by NPG should be immediately declared as illegal and zero tolerance be maintained?
Reply 4: Only the statutory bodies are empowered to conduct raids by the State Government., and Raids conducted by any other group/entity/individual is illegal and the aggrieved person may approach the law enforcing authorities for redressal of their grievances.
5: Extortion, kidnapping and waylaid of transport should be dealt with swiftly with full force with no impunity?
Reply 5: The State government has empowered the police and district administration to act upon each and every complaint in this regard swiftly and book the culprits under the law and National Security Act to ensure safety and security of every individual in the state. Any aggrieved person may approach the law enforcing agencies in this regard.
*Reply to the April 27 ‘Charter of Demands’ addressed To Nagaland Chief Minister by the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) by Home Commissioner, Nagaland on April 29.
