Tamil Nadu netted mineral revenue of Rs 1,106 crore in 2017-18 due to 'effective' measures taken by the government to increase it, the state assembly was informed today.
Announcing this, Law Minister C Ve Shanmugam, who also holds the Mines and Minerals portfolio, said by effective monitoring, 144 illicit mining cases were detected, 17,340 vehicles seized and Rs 49.62 crore collected towards penalty during 2017-18.
Also, 8,171 FIRs were lodged in connection with violations, he added.
Effective measures were taken to increase the mineral revenue for the State, the minister said adding for 2017-18 fiscal the "revenue realised is Rs 1,106 crore."
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