Nagaland targets INR 400 crore power revenue after collecting INR 324.81 crore, with smart-meter rollout driving improved collection
KOHIMA — Nagaland’s Power Department collected INR 324.81 crore in revenue during 2025-26 and is targeting INR 400 crore in the current financial year, Power Minister KG Kenye informed the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
Responding to a question from MLA Naiba Konyak on power consumption and revenue collection, Kenye said that revenue collection had been on an improving trend since 2023.
He shared that before the improvement, the state was able to recover only about 30% to 40% of the amount spent on purchasing power. He added that there was currently no liability and that the revenue collected by the department was deposited with the state government.
Kenye attributed the improvement in part to the ongoing rollout of smart meters under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). More than 57,300 smart meters have been installed so far, while the department has set a target of 3,17,210 meters by February 2027.
He added that successful implementation of the smart-meter initiative was expected to help the department achieve its revenue target of INR 400 crore for 2026-27.
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The department would subsequently move towards generating a surplus, he said.
Data presented in the Assembly showed that six districts—Dimapur, Chümoukedima, Kohima, Mokokchung, Tuensang and Phek—accounted for INR 146.70 crore in revenue from 2,06,803 households.
Dimapur recorded the highest collection at INR 69.70 crore from 60,558 households, followed by Kohima with INR 31.95 crore from 42,682 households and Chümoukedima with INR 23.59 crore from 31,254 households.
Mokokchung collected INR 13.38 crore from 38,987 households, while Tuensang recorded INR 4.61 crore from 20,192 households and Phek INR 3.47 crore from 13,130 households.
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Kenye informed that electricity meters were currently being provided free of cost to all categories of consumers under the Centre's RDSS. However, consumers were required to bear the cost of variable items such as service cables and MCB/kit-kat fuses.
For 2025-26, the postpaid tariff for Category A domestic consumers was INR 5.90 per kWh for consumption up to 30 kWh, INR 6.90 for 31-100 kWh, INR 7.15 for 101-250 kWh and INR 7.80 for consumption above 250 kWh.
The prepaid tariff for Category A domestic consumers was INR 5.75 per kWh for all units.
The minister said the monthly minimum charge in rural areas was INR 150 per kilowatt of contract demand or part thereof, while the corresponding charge in urban areas was INR 200.
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