Letters: Budget expectations

The finance minister has begun the Budget exercise for 2018. Income tax payers have high expectations of relief this time around. For senior citizens increasing the IT exemption limit and also the rebate on premium of health policies needs an upward revision. With the cost of consultation and medicines rising steeply, the domiciliary treatment amount has to be set at a minimum of Rs 50,000 per year.

The exemption limit for the salaried class should be pegged at a higher level as the value of money is going down. Reform in the administration is an urgent need which can be