Vedanta Resources holds about 70% in the Indian unit. Dividends to Vedanta Resources from Vedanta Ltd. totaled about $1.5 billion in the financial year ended March, with an additional $932 million in April, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. In July, Vedanta Ltd. announced another dividend of close to a billion dollars. There are concerns though that the risk of an economic recession may put more pressure on commodity prices, and affect its ability to pass on larger dividends. The unit had 125.9 billion rupees ($1.5 billion) of general reserves as of March 31, 2021, according to the latest company data available. It also had cash and equivalents of about 343.4 billion rupees as of June 30, company filings show.