The Finance Ministry today said achieving the 6.24 lakh crore rupees indirect tax collection target is a challenge as the tax buoyancy would depend upon revival of the economy and manufacturing sector. In an Interview to a news agency, Revenue Secretary Shakti kanto Das said because of recent measures taken by the government, they expect manufacturing to show better results. The government has budgeted to collect over 6.24 lakh crore rupees from indirect taxes in the current fiscal, up 20.28 per cent over the collection in 2012-13. He said, they expect buoyancy in the economy to also reflect itself by way of buoyancy in tax collections. However on the direct taxes side the target would definitely be achieved, he said, adding last year the growth was 13.7 per cent and this year the target is 15 per cent. The government has targeted to raise 7.36 lakh crore rupees from direct taxes in the current fiscal, up from over 6.36lakh crore rupees collected last year. Das further said that most of the budgeted revenue gains of 7,525 crore rupees in indirect taxes would come in from excise duty hike in cigarettes and pan masala. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget had hiked excise duty on cigarettes in the range of 11 per cent to 72per cent. The excise duty on pan masala was increased from 12 per cent to 16 per cent, on unmanufactured tobacco from 50 per cent to 55 per cent and on gutkha and chewing tobacco from 60 per cent to 70 per cent. Jaitley had announced a host of measures, including hiking tax exemption limit, incentives for the housing sector and relief in indirect taxes on auto and other sectors to promote industrial output and boost growth. After remaining at sub-5 per cent in last two fiscals,economic growth in the current fiscal is estimated to be between 5.4-5.9 per cent.