new delhi already stung by the relentless price rise delhiites got little relief from the budget on friday though salaried professionals got a breather with the incometax slabs revised the rise in prices of petrol and diesel will burn a hole in their pocketsall our vegetables are brought from other states in trucks so their prices are naturally going to rise we are already paying through our nose l k chopra 70 a resident of sainik farms said sudhir singh an investment banker said the budget had brought little relief to the masses already struggling with high inflation rates i am not an economist so its not for me to suggest what the government should do but one thing is clear till now we paid high rates for fruits vegetables and other items and now even my cigarette and the drive is going to be dearer said singhhowever there were a few who found the hike in petrol and diesel prices justified what else can the government do anymore subsidy on petrol and diesel would destabilise the economy as international prices are also increasing said anita ahlawat a media professional she said that the governments budget outlay for health and education sector should have been increasedthough allocation for primary education was raised to rs 31300 crore from rs 26800 crore some felt there was much more that could be done in terms of building infrastructure to ensure that education reaches one and all today only the rich can send their children to good schools its important that the government takes education to all build more schools that offer good quality education we have not yet reached that goal of universal education how can the budget leave that out asked kapil chandel who is a computer engineerfocusing on education becomes an imperative considering that right to education act is being implemented from april 1 naina sharma an engineering student said its strange that the finance minister had just one line to say about education in his entire speechthe silver lining in the budget was provided by the revised tax slabs the good part is that the incometax slabs have been revised also simplification of the incometax form was neededsaid sonia verma a manager with a private bankexporter yogesh khanna former chairperson of the apex body of all resident welfare associations in vasant kunj said businesses will not be affected by the decisions the budget has stopped affecting our businesses any longer as we have learnt to live through the current price rise and economic downturn he said there were some young professionals working in the private sector who said that the budget decisions were not of much concern to them and they were not even aware about them