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Unrealistic Targets For Growth Rates : previous estimates v/s future targets

Since the government claims to lift the economy to 5 trillion dollars in the next five years, one thing should be acknowledged that this wouldn't require the finance minister to lift the economy to a couple of times more in 10 years (2014-2024). But for the government to do something extraordinary, they would have set some empirical targets at least.
The current targets of the central government are :
1. 23.25% - income tax
2. 32.20% - customs
3. 44.98% - GST
4. 15.55% - union excise
The growth rate targets of 2019-20 might look extraordinary but they are in sharp contrast of the estimates of 2018-19 rates.
The estimates of 2018-19 were:
1. 7.16% - income tax
2. -8.60% - customs
3. 3.38% - GST
4. 0.06% - union excise
One can easily estimate, how unrealistic the 2019-20 growth rates are. So, to achieve an even faster growth, empirical growth rates must be set by the government or a 5 trillion dollars economy is obvious otherwise.

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