mysore a panel of experts who discussed union budget2013 did not find it populist and exciting at the discussion organized by the pg department of economics and commerce of jss college for women on saturday leelavathi chairperson of the department of studies in economics and cooperation uom said that the budget was moderate balanced and responsible the gendersensitive budget has given more space to women and children she added stating the capital market is not safe to invest professor yashavantha dongre predicted that the commodity market will grow faster in the years to come we have to come out with an alternative to gold investment he added maharaja college retired principal r keshav said that many companies follow prudential management of expenditure they have avoided tax wisely the budget has not addressed this he added when a student asked whether the countrys economy can meet the targetted 67 of gdp professor b s sreekanataradya said that measures taken to increase the gdp have to be implemented properly for the same question leelavathi said that from the past one decade there in an increase in household savings this has resulted in increased gold purchase and real estate investment to mobilize household saving the finance minister has come up with rajeev gandhi equity savings scheme leelavathi added students of economics and commerce got their budgetrelated doubts cleared by interacting with the panelists