Proposal to appoint as auditor from financial year 2017

('Vedanta') announces that following a competitive tender process it proposes to appoint as auditor of Vedanta for the year ending . This follows the mandatory tendering requirements in the . The appointment will be subject to shareholder approval at the Vedanta 2016 Annual General Meeting.

Vedanta's current auditor, , will undertake the audit for the year ending having been reappointed at the 2015 Annual General Meeting. has been Vedanta's auditor since its listing in 2003.

The Board of Vedanta would like to thank for high quality audit services provided to the Group.

For further information, please contact:

Communications

Roma Balwani

President - Group Communications, Sustainability

and CSR

Tel: +91 22 6646 1000

gc@vedanta.co.in

Investors

Ashwin Bajaj

Director - Investor Relations

Radhika Arora

Associate General Manager - Investor Relations

Ravindra Bhandari

Manager - Investor Relations

Finsbury

Daniela Fleischmann

Tel: +44 20 7251 3801

Tel:+4420 7659 4732

Tel: +91 22 6646 1531

ir@vedanta.co.in

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('Vedanta') is a listed diversified global natural resources company. The group produces aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, silver, iron ore, oil & gas and commercial energy. Vedanta has operations in , , , , , , and . With an empowered talent pool globally, Vedanta places strong emphasis on partnering with all its stakeholders based on the core values of trust, sustainability, growth, entrepreneurship, integrity, respect and care. For more information, please visitwww.vedantaresources.com.

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