Mining revenue collection at Rs 611.31 crore by June-end

The Orissa government has achieved more than 25 per cent of the mining revenue collection target in the first quarter (April-June) of the current financial year.

As against the target of Rs 2500 crore of mining revenue fixed for this fiscal, the state government has collected Rs 611.31 crore till the end of June.

If the state government succeeds in achieving the target, it would be a 24 per cent growth over Rs 2020 crore which it achieved in 2009-10.

The mining revenue collection in the state during the last fiscal had overshot the target of Rs 1600 crore.

In 2009-10, the highest mining revenue collection was from the Talcher circle at Rs 504.51 crore followed by Rs 324.51 crore for Sambalpur and Rs 485.62 crore for Joda circle.

Among the circles which failed to achieve the target in the last fiscal were Talcher, Sambalpur, Jajpur Road, Koraput, Cuttack, Berhampur, Kalahandi and Phulbani.

On the other hand, the collections exceeded the target in six circles namely Joda, Rourkela, Koira, Baripada, Keonjhar, Bolangir.

The mining revenue collection in Rourkela, Koira, Baripada in 2009-10 stood at Rs 139.19 crore, Rs 171.17 crore and Rs 28.27 crore. On the other hand, the Keonjhar and Bolangir circles posted revenue collection of Rs 45.87 crore and Rs 18.17 crore respectively.

It may be noted that the state's mining revenue collection has grown progressively from Rs 930.18 crore in 2006-07 to Rs 2015 crore in 2009-10.