evidence: Earlier this year, when the government set a steep disinvestment target of Rs 72,500 crore, it was dismissed as just wishful thinking. The BJP government, which took over the reins three years ago, did not achieve the targets it set in its first two years. [...] Achieving divestment targets will clearly be a depature from past performance. Since the idea of divestment was mooted first in 1992-93, the respective governments of the day failed to meet targets in all but three in a span of 16 years. In most years, the gap between targets has been as high as Rs 20, 000 crore. The SBI report noted that the government will be able to meet the divestment target of Rs 72,500 crore as Rs 60,000 crore has already been realized or soon to be realized and hence the fear of low divestment receipts is "completely unwarranted".