It was to prove to be an ironic opening quote through which the then chief minister in December 2016 launched the Nagaland Vision 2030 document when he penned a biblical verse “where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18): It is still unknown whether there has been any assessment made about the impact of the Nagaland Vision document 2030 released in 2016. Earlier, a comprehensive document on agriculture was launched in June 2012 titled Vision 2050(food for all) and the latest being on August 18,2021 when the current chief minister launched the Nagaland SDG Vision 2030. Probably governments ruled by politicians and the kind of bureaucracy evident presently in state, have no inclination nor time to assess the impact of these documents because they are visionaries who have a vision to prepare visions. They are preparing another vision document even before the current one has been tried and tested. It may be noted that the state government had also released some earlier policy documents that could also be counted as vision documents, such as communitisation policy in 2002 and various agro and industrial policy documents from the 80s onwards. A comprehensive document on agriculture was also launched in June 2012 titled Vision 2050(food for all). The biblical quote “where there is no vision, people perish” may also mean that people can perish not because of lack of vision only but also too many visions and lack of comprehension about a desired and achievable vision. Different people have visions that seek to address the same objective but through different angels. A vision needs a firm foundation which has several layers to provide the structure for shaping the socio-economic future of society. Any weakness in any layer can have negative impact on the overall progress. These layers of a vision may be broadly identified as – economic, education, employment, entrepreneurship and government’s role. Economic vision is not only about good things that we hope at the moment to believe it would be achieved in the future but another way of setting the foundation for progress. Economic vision also cannot ignore the reality of the ever changing environment and the factors that impact infrastructure and commerce etc. It would be a folly to expect an economic vision without fully being aware of the requirements. Economic vision has to do with the people and not those who dream about it. Political leaders ape the theme of ‘economic vision’ but unfortunately, there is hardly any concrete evidence to suggest that the pursuit of the objective has been realistically addressed. Economic evolution is a process that links it ‘entrepreneurship’; which is largely understood as a component that could propel a society towards progress. The policy to promote entrepreneurship originated with the socio-economic vision of the early fifties. Government bureaucrats need to view entrepreneurship not from their official perspective but from the perspective of how self-promoted entrepreneurs have proved themselves in real life. Before envisioning a future, it would be helpful to open our eyes to the present and ascertain the causes and factors that have led to stagnation of economic progress since mid-80s. Any government that claims to have a vision should place good governance as the national highway to these destinations otherwise these would be fruitless and futile exercises and not even worth the paper they are printed on.