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     Union Budget 2019
                                 AVERAGE TAX PAID PER CITIZEN
                    Year              2018-19        2017-18       2016-17       2015-16         2014-15
                                     (Budgeted)      (Actual)
            Population         (in       135           135           134            131            126
            crores)
            Direct Tax  collection    12,00,000     10,02,037      8,49,713       7,41,055       6,95,744
            at the end of: (in
            crores)
            Tax paid per citizen        8,889         7,422          6,341         5,657          5,522
            Absolute increase in       19.77%         17.05%        12.10%         2.45%          7.22%
            tax paid per citizen
            Inflation     Average       4.85%         2.49%         4.97%          5.60%          6.37%
            (CPI)(IW)
            Effective increase in      14.92%         14.56%        7.13%         -3.15%          0.85%
            tax         collection
            adjusted for inflation
           CPI  Consumer Price Index      Industrial Worker
                                    IW
                                       REAL GROWTH OF GDP (%)
                        10
                         9
                         8
                         7
                         6
                         5
                       %  4
                         3
                         2
                         1
                         0
                              Q1     Q2     Q3    Q4     Q1    Q2     Q3     Q4    Q1     Q2    Q3     Q4
                                      2016-17                   2017-18                   2018-09
                   Annual     8.2    8.2    8.2   8.2    7.2   7.2    7.2   7.2     7     7      7      7
                   Quarterly  9.4    8.9    7.5    7     6.2   6.9    7.7    8     7.9    7.1   6.5    6.5
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