new delhi a day after presenting the budget jaswant singh threw cold water on expectations of more immediate concessions in a wideranging interview to the times of india he said he has the satisfaction of partly redeeming his promise garib ke pet mein dana and grihini ki tukiya mein anna he even recognised that there was scope for improving upon what he has provided for the lifetime concerns of citizens childrens education health pension etc but at the same time he said he was careful not to overreach the capacity of the system singh said the tax rebate for expenses up to rs 12000 per child for two children in the budget under the existing overall investment ceiling was not adequate he also admitted that the investor might not very soon return to buy stocks in the depressed market despite the abolition of the dividend tax and the oneyear window of escape from capital gains tax in the budgethe indicated that in case the global conditions improved he would be open to consider a longerterm framework on capital gains tax singh sounded firm in defending the small increase in fertiliser prices while he generally recognised that in a democracy policies get frequently changed he asserted that on some issues the debate must end excerpts from the interviewdo you have the satisfaction of redeeming the promise you made at the time of taking over as finance minister the core of this budget is the citizen thats the bedrock economic activities are not for the sake of economic activities i am a trustee of the countrys finances every rupee should therefore go to benefit those i am a trustee to in the budget you referred to the need for debureaucratisation is bureaucratisation responsible for not giving the full intended benefits to the people like in the case of the tax concession for childrens educationof course it is i am having to contend with factors that are of many years of entrenchment when i say debureaucratisation i also say debureaucratisation of the mind systems will then follow i wanted to make childrens education easier but i cant achieve my objective at one go at least the tax rebate on rs 24000 will be put in a basket will the common man be able to access the private hospitals you have encouraged to be set up yes it is money which will make them accessible to the poor look at the concessions given to private hospitals along with the health insurance scheme announced in the budget the insurance company will pay money for the access of the poor to the private hospital each holder of this health insurance policy will have a designated hospital to go to there will be a hospital that will cater