Non-govt service turnover: 250 Cr
The service and entrepreneurial sectors – with Dimapur, Kohima and Mokokchung acting as the yardstick for the government’s survey – are manned by huge numbers of non-locals, the Evaluation report said. This finding virtually points to the service sector as the main support of the state’s local economy.
The government’s report highlighted the four biggest non-government employers that the approximate 45,000 to 50,000 non-Naga workforce are engaged in and generating a staggering yearly turnover/income of Rs. 250 Crore in the survey period year 2007 alone. In comparison to the extreme percentage of non-Nagas engaged in the service sector, Naga workers form barely few percentages, the report shows.
Construction/ Subsidiary sector income: Rs. 55 Crore
In its sector-wise findings, the report said the construction sector has the highest number of non-Naga workforce forming an approximate number of 4,000-5, 000. This non-Naga workforce are engaged in infrastructural activities, generating a total yearly earning of Rs. 22 Crore and registering an annual per Capita Income of Rs. 53402. The growth of this sector in Nagaland has been capitalized to the maximum by the non-Naga workforce, the report stated.
The construction sector is followed by the “loading-unloading” (subsidiary or associated) sector. In fact there are an approximate 4,000 non-Naga persons engaged in “loading and unloading” activities at public transport stations (railways, airport, bus stations, ‘godowns’, storehouses etc) in the three districts. This group earns an annual income of an estimated Rs. 33 Crore with an annual average Per Capita Income of an impressive Rs. 82192. The construction and subsidiary sector account a total revenue/income of Rs. 55 Crore per year. The report had this to observe: “(These) service industries, is predominated by non-Nagas. Not a single Naga is engaged in the loading/unloading sector while the construction sector has traces of few Nagas in Dimapur”. The report further stated that the said services in fact do not require any specialized skill, training or “education”, but only requires physical ability and willingness to work.
Trading, entrepreneurial activities: Rs. 13 crore to Rs 24-Crore
The third-largest sector the non-local workforce, about 2, 800 persons, is engaged in is trading and entrepreneurial activities, making a yearly income of Rs 24 Crore.
This is followed by about 2, 000 persons running ration/small shops but earning around Rs. 79 Crore yearly in total. Here’ the report remarked that amongst the various classifications of enterprises, grocery/ration trading activities earn the highest average annual income of Rs. 3 Lakhs per year per unit. The fifth largest work force is the manual transport sector (good carriers, wagons, carts) with an approximate more than 2, 500 non-Naga persons engaged in it, and earning about Rs. 9 Crore in total yearly. The hospitality/hotel sector is the sixth largest service sector with about 2, 800 non-Naga persons employed in it. The hotel/catering service sector is the third highest revenue earning sector with about Rs. 13 Crore annually with a non-Naga workforce of about 2257, the report said. Employment in the automobile servicing (garages, workshops etc) account for an annual income of about Rs. 9.5 Crores while those engaged in operating automobiles (For instance, auto drivers and contract drivers) earn an annual income of about Rs. 8.7 Crore from about 1271 non-locals.
Business income: Rs. 300 Crore
Out of the total Rs. 450.60 Crore income made by non-locals, the government report said their entrepreneurial activities alone account for a colossal income of Rs. 300 Crore approximately. The high turnover enterprises are mainly those dealing in cosmetics, textiles, domestic essentials, shops, hardware, electronics, consumer durables and automobiles. More than 50% of the workforce is non-Nagas, the report said. In fact the yearly income of non-Nagas engaged in domestic essentials/grocery supplies touch a staggering Rs. 78 Crore. This is followed by the cosmetic enterprises with Rs. 45 crore as their yearly income. The textile entrepreneurial sector generates income of about Rs. 42 Crore for the non-Naga workforce.
Electronics and consumer durables figure at about Rs. 11 crore as total yearly income; hardware business at about Rs. 9.0 Crore and automobile parts dealership at about Rs. 5.2 Crore annual income for non-Nagas engaged in them, the report said.