Exhibit 8.1

Subsidiaries of Sesa Sterlite Limited



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



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|-- |  | ---------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------
|52 |  | Cairn Energy India West B.V.             |  | Netherlands           
|53 |  | Cairn Energy Gujarat B.V.                |  | Netherlands           
|54 |  | Cairn Energy Netherlands Holdings B.V.   |  | Netherlands           
|55 |  | Cairn Energy Australia Pty Limited       |  | Australia             
|56 |  | Cairn Energy India Pty Limited           |  | Australia             
|57 |  | CEH Australia Pty Limited                |  | British Virgin Islands
|58 |  | CIG Mauritius Holdings Private Limited   |  | Mauritius             
|59 |  | CIG Mauritius Private Limited            |  | Mauritius             
|60 |  | Cairn Lanka (Pvt) Ltd                    |  | Sri Lanka             
|61 |  | Cairn South Africa (Proprietary) Limited |  | South Africa          



|* | Entities registered as other than a corporate entity
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