<b>Letters:</b>Jaitley deserves credit

Political parties feel obliged to respond tepidly and criticise the document

Given the heavy usage of economic terms and the verbose construction of sentences in the Union Budget in most years, the common man’s reaction to it is usually unenthusiastic. Political parties therefore feel obliged to respond tepidly and criticise the document.
 
That India remains a bright spot in the global economic landscape amid unfavourable international developments and radical domestic policy actions shows that her macroeconomic stability continues to be the foundation of her financial success.
 
The government’s Transform, Energise and Clean India agenda to transform the quality of governance, energise various sections of society and clean the country