Despite the economic recovery, the government's direct tax collections increased by a marginal 3.7 per cent to 1.83 lakh crore rupees in the first eight months of this fiscal. There are just four months of this fiscal left to meet the target of 3.7 lakh crore, almost double of the collected amount till November. The target was also revised to 4 lakh crore rupees later by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Finance Ministry officials, however, are confident that the budget target would be met. The economy has stunned everybody by clocking 7.9 per cent growth in second quarter, fuelling hopes that growth would be around 7 per cent this fiscal.