Nagaland State Transport (NST)
NST is a passenger-transport business operated directly as a department of the Government of Nagaland, without a separate company identity. On 5 May 2026, the State signed an agreement with Tata Motors for 43 new buses costing Rs 13 crore, with delivery expected within three months.
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How we verify →NST is a passenger-transport business operated directly as a department of the Government of Nagaland, without a separate company identity. On 5 May 2026, the State signed an agreement with Tata Motors for 43 new buses costing Rs 13 crore, with delivery expected within three months.
What happened
NST's official website identifies it as a department of the Government of Nagaland and lists passenger-bus operation among its activities. Its General Manager's office is in Dimapur.
Nagaland's Directorate of Information and Public Relations reported that an agreement signed on 5 May 2026 provides for 43 buses costing Rs 13 crore. Payment is structured as Rs 5 crore initially and Rs 4 crore in each of the following two years from State Plan allocations.
NST's official fleet-strength page reports a fleet strength of 171 (including 5 new buses inducted during 2024, boom trucks/vans). FY2024-25 buses-on-road, utilisation and gross-kilometre figures from the Economic Survey 2025-26 could not be verified from the opened sources.
What we could not confirm
NST does not have share capital because it is a departmental undertaking. The official 2026 announcement stated that delivery of the buses was expected within three months, but an official source confirming completed delivery was not identified.