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VIA EDGAR & FACSIMILE (202) 772-9368
Securities and Exchange Commission
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| Attention: | John Reynolds, Assistant Director | |
| James Lopez, Legal Branch Chief | ||
| Ruairi Regan, Staff Attorney | ||
| Ken Schuler, Staff Engineer | ||
| Re: | Sterlite Industries (India) Limited | |
| Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2011 | ||
| Filed September 30, 2011 | ||
| (File No. 001-33175) | ||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of India (the “Company”). The Company received a comment letter dated March 15, 2012 regarding the Staff’s review of the Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The comment letter indicated that the Company should respond to the comments within ten business days or advise you when the Company will provide you with a response.
The Company is in the process of undertaking the appropriate work to formulate thorough responses to the Staff’s comments, including gathering data and supplemental material from the relevant mines and preparing it in the format requested by the Staff, and having discussions with its auditors and mining consultants. The Company respectfully requests that the Company be permitted to respond to the comments by April 30, 2012.
March 29, 2012
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| Respectfully submitted, |
| /s/ Rajiv Gupta |
Rajiv Gupta of LATHAM & WATKINS LLP |
| cc: | D.D. Jalan |
Chief Financial Officer
Sterlite Industries (India) Limited