A flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Economic Survey 2015–16 reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term. This document is presented to both houses of Parliament during the Budget Session.

With detailed statistical data covering all aspects of the economy—macro as well as sectoral—the report provides an overview of the following issues:

Economic Outlook, Prospects, and Policy Challenges
Fiscal Framework
'Wiping Every Tear From Every Eye' : The JAM Number Trinity Solution
The Investment Climate: Stalled Projects, Debt Overhang and The Equity Puzzle
Credit, Structure and Double Financial Repression: A Diagnosis of the Banking Sector
Putting Public Investment on Track: The Rail Route to Higher Growth
What to Make in India? Manufacturing or Services?
A National Market for Agricultural Commodities - Some Issues and Way Forward
From Carbon Subsidy to Carbon Tax: India’s Green Actions
The Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) - Implications for Fiscal Federalism in India?
State of the economy and Public Finance
Monetary management and financial intermediation
External sector and Service sector
Prices, agriculture and food management
Industrial, corporate and infrastructure performance
Climate change and sustainabke development
Social infrastructure, employment and human development

This document would be useful for policymakers, economists, policy analysts, business practitioners, government agencies, students, researchers, the media, and all those interested in the development in the Indian economy.