The State Government has failed to collect dues of Rs2,754.20 crore from different industrial units, informed Finance Minister Pradip Amat in the State Assembly on Monday.
Replying to a question of Congress member Anshuman Mohanty, Amat said the highest amount of Rs2,085.96 crore remains uncollected under the head of commercial tax from 109 organisations.
While the Sterlite Energy ltd is yet to pay Rs202.77 crore, the Bhushan Steel ltd has to pay Rs195.50 crore, followed by Rs135.17 crore from the GMR Kamalanga Energy ltd and Rs113.87 crore from the IFFCO ltd, according to the information.
The Vedanta Aluminium owes Rs93.09 crore, Adani Enterprises Rs90.16 crore and Jindal Stainless Steel Rs82.10 crore, the minister added.
Similarly, Rs597.38 crore could not be collected from 23 organisations as electricity duty by the Department of Energy, Amat said.
The highest amount of Rs274.97 crore could not be collected as power dues from the Rourkela Steel Plant of SAIl, followed by Rs59.11 crore from Indian Charge Chrome/IMFA.
He, however, stated that cases against the above dues are sub-judice in different courts and the State Government is trying to resolve the matter through out-of-court settlements.