Shillong, Feb. 23 -- Meghalaya suffered an estimated revenue impact of roughly Rs. 200 crore owing to border trade disruptions with neighbouring Bangladesh and the prolonged transition towards scientific coal mining, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said today, even as he expressed optimism that stabilising conditions and structural reforms would help restore last year's projections.
"With the political situation stabilising in Bangladesh and the scientific process of coal mining coming into the scene and the transitioning taking place. We do expect that we will be able to bring it back to the estimates we had last year," the Chief Minister told reporters.
Presenting the budget, Sangma acknowledged that the state's own non-tax revenue collect...