 Effective economic policies of the previous budget crawled up the nation's GDP rate to 4.1% for the first time in the last six years; though it fell short of the targeted rate of 4.4% for the 2013–14.In addition, the per capita income grew at dismal 1.41% ($1,386/person) as the economic survey showed that the key indicator the tax-to-GDP ratio was again missed and stood at only 8.8%.The budget proposed a 10.0% relief in the salaries of government employees and an increase in the minimum monthly wage to ₨.