Economic Survey 2015 - 16 is released in two volumes.
Volume - I
http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2015-16/echapter-vol1.pdf
Volume - II (This is needed for your prelims exam preparation)
http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2015-16/echapter-vol2.pdf
We recommend you to first download Volume - II and try to learn key points mentioned in it.There are nine chapters in volume II. Once you done with volume - II and finished syllabus of other subjects then its time to read volume - I also.
For preliminary exam we recommend you to read all the nine chapters in Volume II of Economic survey 2015- 16.
This volume is highly useful for civil services prelims.
- Contents (volume II)
1. State of the economy: an overview
2. Public finance
3. Monetary management and Financial Intermediation
4. External sector
5. Prices, Agriculture and Food Management
6. Industrial, Corporate and Infrastructure performance
7. Services Sector
8. Climate change and Sustainable development ( Important for environment ecology, biodiversity and climate change topic mentioned in the syllabus)
9. Social Infrastructure, Employment and Human Development
In 2012 Preliminary exam, UPSC asked
Q. In India, Which of the following have the highest share in the disbursement of credit to agriculture and allied activities?
(a) Commercial Banks
(b) Cooperative banks
(c) Regional Rural Banks
(d) Microfinance Institutions
In 2013 preliminary exam, UPSC asked
Q. Which of the following constitute Capital Account?
1. Foreign loans
2. FDI
3. Private remittances
4. Portfolio investment
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 1,2 and 4
(c) 2,3 and 4
(d)1,3 and 4
You can find answers to such type of questions in Economic survey. So its must to go through economic survey.