PREFACE OF ECONOMIC SURVERY 2025-26

• The Preface is the framing chapter of the Economic Survey 2025-26, the annual flagship document of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, tabled in Parliament a day before the Union Budget.
• It articulates the philosophical and policy lens of the Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) — for 2025-26, the theme is "Entrepreneurial Policy Making under Uncertainty" binding three elements: State capacity, Society, and Deregulation — in pursuit of Viksit Bharat 2047.
• UPSC relevance: high-yield source for GS-III (Indian Economy) factual hooks (growth projections) and GS-II (Governance) analytical themes (state capacity, deregulation, federalism).