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ECONOMIC SURVEY 2015-16 must see questions

Agriculture: Agriculture sector declined for second consecutive year in 2015-16.

What is the share of agriculture sector in GDP of India?

What is the proportion of workforce engaged in agriculture and allied activities in India?

What was the target set for growth in agriculture in the 12th Five Year Plan?

What are the main causes of low growth in agriculture?

What are the implications for low growth rate in agriculture for the rest of the economy?

How can agricultural growth rate be increased?

2. Industry: Performance of manufacturing sector led to high growth in industrial Sector registered in
2015-16.

What is the share of industrial sector in GDP of India?

What is the proportion of workforce engaged in industrial activities in India?

What is the importance of high growth in manufacturing sector?

How successful have initiative liks Make in India, Ease of Doing Business, Start UP India,
Digitial India and Smart Cities provide further impetus to industrial sector?

Why is there a need for industrial sector key driver of economic growth in India?

Why is better infrastructure a must for greater industrial growth?

3. Services Sector: Service sector to remain key driver of Indias economic growth

What is the share of service sector in GDP of India?

What is the proportion of workforce engaged in service activities in India?

How is the path of development of Indian economy different from that of the rest of the
world?

Why has employment generation in the service sector been low?

Can the Indian economy be said to be overtertiarised?

Why has the services sector been the most lucrative for FDI?

4. External Sector: Indian economy resilient despite global economic gloom

What were the reasons for decline in export in India?

How was there a fall in trade deficit despite fall in exports?

What are FTAs?

Which are the major FTAs signed by India?

Are signing of FTAs against the Most Favoured Principle of WTO?

Does the slowing down of China have implications for the Indian economy?

5. Food Security: India has the second highest number of undernourished in the world

India has various schemes for nutrition, what are the major reasons for undernourishment in
India?

What are the major issues with food security programmes of the Union government?

What are the inter-linkages between agriculture and food security?

What are the measures needed to ensure food security in India?

6. Labour Market: India needs to create jobs in the formal sector to exploit demographic dividend

What is demographic dividend?

What are the features of formal and informal sector employment?

What are the advantages of formal sector and informal sector employment?

Why has growth in formal sector employment been low?

What are the constraints to increasing formalisation of employment in India?

How can these constraints be overcome?

7. JAM: Spread the JAM trinity to reduce leakages

What is the JAM trinity?

What are the advantages of direct benefit transfer?

Have direct benefit transfer schemes in other schemes of the government reduced
leakages?

What are the main challenges to spread of Jam?

What is financial inclusion necessary?

Which are the major areas where JAM can be successfully implemented?

8. Chakravyuha Challenge: India economy is characterised by the Chakravyuha legend which

implies ability of firms to enter but not exit.

How will easy exit lead to efficiency in the long run?

What are the challenges towards exit in India?

Which initiatives has the government taken to allow for easy exit?

9. Social Infrastructure: India needs to increase investment in social capital

What is the importance of social infrastructure for economic growth?

What have been the trends in various social indicators?

10. Subsidies: The government spends nearly 4.2 per cent of GDP in subsidising various
commodities and services

What are the major subsidies in India?

How are these subsidies impacting the treasury?

Which of these subsidies should be phased out?

How can the targeting of the subsidies be made more efficient?

11. Climate Change: 2015 was a landmark year in climate change initiatives in India

What were the major external and internal initiatives taken domestically and internationally
for climate change?

What are the major policies of the Union government for renewable energy?

12. Fertiliser Sector: Only 35 percent of fertiliser subsidy reaches the small farmers

Why does the fertiliser sector need reforms?

Which reforms had been undertaken in the fertiliser sector?

Which reforms in the fertiliser sector have been recommended in the Economic Survey?

13. Power Generation: Highest Growth in Power Sector in past two years

What are the major reforms in the power sector in the past fiscal year?

Why is increasing power generation capacity needed for Make in India initiatives

What is the Open Access issue?