"39 firms owe Rs 1279.77 crore to the Energy department, 109 firms owe Rs 2085.96 crore to the Commercial tax department and 57 firms owe Rs 2121.31 crore to the Water Resources department," Amat informed the Assembly while replying to a question.
Similarly, different agencies owe Rs 1,846 crore to the Mining department, he said.
"Apart from this, different state and central government organisations owe Rs 3255.14 crore towards revenue," Amat said, adding Rs 60 crore was due to the Excise department.
"Chief Secretary is holding review meetings every month. Focus Area Recovery Monitoring System has been introduced for revenue collection," Amat said.
He said that many cases have a stay order in Supreme Court due to which the state government is not able to collect the pending taxes and bills from certain companies.
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