Referring to 42 per cent increase in the indirect tax collection during April, the first month of the current Financial year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that India can grow better and faster on the back of global recovery and good monsoon. He added that 'India is a fast growing economy. The whole world is looking at us. If growth returns to the world, then we can grow better and faster.'
On the sectoral front, Jaitley said that some sectors like steel, sugar, power and infrastructure have started doing well after the steps taken by the government and hoped that it would give a further boost to the economy. Furthermore, he said that while the global economies were faltering between - 2 to 2% and projections were being lowered, India is recording a growth rate of 7.5 to 7.6% despite obstructionist global environment and 'we can do still better.' India has emerged as the fastest growing major economy in the world overtaking China by recording a growth rate of 7.6% in 2015-16.
Indirect tax collections which include customs duty, central excise duty and service tax, has surged by 42 percent to Rs 64,394 crore during the month of April, compared to Rs 45,417 crore in the first month of last fiscal 2015-16, on back of additional revenue mobilisation measures such as increase in excise duty on petroleum products and also due to an economic recovery.
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