Budget 2017: See which FMs had a literary bone in them

Over the years Finance Ministers have managed to enliven their Budget speeches with choice quotes taken from literary texts. They have quoted poets, saints, economists and litterateurs to frame their economic policies.  It will be interesting to see whether Arun Jaitley on February 1 will do a repeat of last year's Budget presentation and read out an excerpt from the Upanishads.Here are a few select picks from the annals.1991-92 (Dr. Manmohan Singh)1998-99 (Yashwant Sinha)2004-05 (Interim Budget) Jaswant Singh2005-06 (P Chidambaram)2006 – 07 (P. Chidambaram)2007-08 (P.Chidambaram)2008 -09 (P .Chidambaram)2008 -09 (P .Chidambaram)2009-10 Pranab Mukherjee2009-10 (Interim) Pranab Mukherjee2010-11 (Pranab Mukherjee)2012-13 Pranab Mukherjee,2015-16 Arun Jaitley