Mr. Modi completely ignored that the data has been cherry picked according to his whims. The comparison is baseless. The 22 lakh figure he is quoting is from 1^st to 7^th September, 2015. In FY 2016-2017, the rise in returns filed stood at 24.30% while for the year 2017-18 (from 1^st April – 5^th August) the rise in returns filed was  24.70%. Not much of an increase!

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