Odisha may get windfall revenue of over Rs 25,000 cr from defaulter miners

Tata Steel, SAIL, Essel Mining, Mesco, Rungta group etc to pay hefty fines

Odisha may have a revenue bonanza in excess of Rs 25,000 crore in the current fiscal thanks to the Supreme Court order on illegal mining in the state.

The apex court has asked the mining companies to cough up 100 per cent of the value of ore they had lifted without lawful authority since 2000-2001.

The defaulting companies included some of the big names in the mining business- Tata Steel, Aditya Birla group owned Essel Mining, public sectors Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Odisha Mining Corporation, Mesco, Rungta Mines, KJS Ahluwalia, Sirajuddin Mines, Indrani Patnaik etc.

Following the Shah Commission probe into illegal