"I will complete my promise to take action against those involved in illegal mining and the action will happen as per law...No one is above law," Parrikar told reporters.
The chief minister alleged that some sections in media were trying to paint him as being hand-in-glove with mine owners.
"Government and mine owners share a common goal; that is starting of the mining activity. But that does not mean that I am close to them," he said.
"I missed all the deadlines because officers from the mines department are busy attending courts. Eight officers stand suspended...If courts would not have intervened, all deadlines would have met," the chief minister said.
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Parrikar said that almost 21 per cent of state's economic activity came to a halt due to the interim ban imposed by the supreme court on mining activity in the coastal state.
Supreme Court had imposed an interim ban on mining in September 2012 in the wake of rampant illegalities brought around by local NGO, Goa Foundation.