Exhibit 8.1

Subsidiaries of Vedanta Limited



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|S. No |  | Name of the Company                                      |  | Country of Incorporation
|1     |  | Cairn Energy Australia Pty Limited(1)                    |  | Australia               
|2     |  | Cairn Energy India Pty Limited                           |  | Australia               
|3     |  | Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Limited (CMT)               |  | Australia               
|4     |  | Thalanga Copper Mines Pty Limited (TCM)                  |  | Australia               
|5     |  | Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO)               |  | India                   
|6     |  | Cairn India Limited (Cairn)(7)                         |  | India                   
|7     |  | Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL)                           |  | India                   
|8     |  | Malco Energy Limited (MEL)                             |  | India                   
|9     |  | Maritime Ventures Limited                                |  | India                   
|10    |  | Paradip Multi Cargo Berth Private Limited                |  | India                   
|11    |  | Sesa Mining Corporation Private Limited                  |  | India                   
|12    |  | Sesa Resources Limited (SRL)                           |  | India                   
|13    |  | Sterlite Infraventures Limited(2)                        |  | India                   
|14    |  | Sterlite Ports Limited                                   |  | India                   
|15    |  | Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL)                     |  | India                   
|16    |  | Vizag General Cargo Berth Private Limited                |  | India                   
|17    |  | Killoran Lisheen Finance Limited                         |  | Ireland                 
|18    |  | Killoran Lisheen Mining Limited                          |  | Ireland                 
|19    |  | Lisheen Milling Limited                                  |  | Ireland                 
|20    |  | Vedanta Exploration Ireland Limited                      |  | Ireland                 
|21    |  | Vedanta Lisheen Holdings Limited                         |  | Ireland                 
|22    |  | Vedanta Lisheen Mining Limited                           |  | Ireland                 
|23    |  | Lisheen Mine Partnership(4)                              |  | Ireland                 
|24    |  | Cairn India Holdings Limited(7)                          |  | Jersey                  
|25    |  | Western Clusters Limited                                 |  | Liberia                 
|26    |  | Bloom Fountain Limited                                   |  | Mauritius               
|27    |  | CIG Mauritius Holding Private Limited                    |  | Mauritius               
|28    |  | CIG Mauritius Private Limited                            |  | Mauritius               
|29    |  | THL Zinc Limited                                         |  | Mauritius               
|30    |  | THL Zinc Ventures Limited                                |  | Mauritius               
|31    |  | Twin Star Energy Holdings Limited (TEHL)               |  | Mauritius               
|32    |  | Twin Star Mauritius Holdings Limited                     |  | Mauritius               
|33    |  | Amica Guesthouse (Proprietary) Limited                   |  | Namibia                 
|34    |  | Namzinc (Proprietary) Limited                            |  | Namibia                 
|35    |  | Rosh Pinah Health Care (Proprietary) Limited             |  | Namibia                 
|36    |  | Skorpion Mining Company (Proprietary) Limited            |  | Namibia                 
|37    |  | Skorpion Zinc (Proprietary) Limited                      |  | Namibia                 
|38    |  | THL Zinc Namibia Holdings (Proprietary) Limited (VNHL) |  | Namibia                 
|39    |  | Lakomasko B.V.                                           |  | Netherland              
|40    |  | Monte Cello B.V. (MCBV)                                |  | Netherland              
|41    |  | THL Zinc Holding B.V.                                    |  | Netherland              
|42    |  | Black Mountain Mining (Proprietary) Limited              |  | South Africa            
|43    |  | Cairn South Africa (Pty) Limited                         |  | South Africa            
|44    |  | Pecvest 17 Proprietary Limited(3)                        |  | South Africa            
|45    |  | Cairn Lanka Private Limited                              |  | Sri Lanka               
|46    |  | Fujairah Gold FZC(5)                                     |  | UAE                     
|47    |  | Cairn Energy Discovery Limited                           |  | United Kingdom          
|48    |  | Cairn Energy Gujarat Block 1 Limited                     |  | United Kingdom          
|49    |  | Cairn Energy Holdings Limited(1)                         |  | United Kingdom          
|50    |  | Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Limited                        |  | United Kingdom          
|51    |  | Cairn Exploration (No. 2) Limited                        |  | United Kingdom          
|52    |  | Cairn Exploration (No. 7) Limited(1)                     |  | United Kingdom          
|53    |  | Sterlite (USA) Inc.                                      |  | USA                     
|54    |  | Goa Sea Ports Private Limited(6)                         |  | India                   
|55    |  | Sesa Sterlite Mauritius Holdings Limited(3)              |  | Mauritius               



|(1) | Dissolved during the year
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|(2) | Sold during the year to Sterlite Power Transmission Limited
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|(3) | Purchased during the year
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|(4) | Entities registered as other than corporate entity
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|(5) | Pursuant to transfer of holding in Fujairah Gold from TCM and CMT to MEL in July 2016
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|(6) | Goa Sea Port Private Limited incorporated on 5th July, 2016 as a 100% subsidiary of Sterlite Ports Limited (SPL)
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|(7) | Cairn India Limited merged with Vedanta Limited. Post merger Cairn India Holdings Limited became direct subsidiary of Vedanta Limited.
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