The first phase of the budget session of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly will begin tomorrow and continue till March 12 with five sittings. The budget session will be the first Assembly Session after the signing of the tripartite agreement on the Frontier Nagaland Territory Authority ( FNTA) among the Centre, the state and the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation. It will also be the first budget session after the merger of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the Naga People’s Front ( NPF).
The first day of the session will commence with Governor of Nagaland Ajay Kumar Bhalla addressing the members of the House.
The phase II will tentatively commence with the presentation of the state budget for 2026-27, with the detailed programme to be notified on the last day of the first part of the session. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio will present the budget for 2026-27 during this phase, following which discussions will be taken up.