National Current Affairs – March 2023

  • Cabinet approved a 4% hike in dearness allowance for central government employees
  • Health Minister chairs 36th Board Meeting of Stop TB Partnership
  • Amit Shah inaugurated the Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi
  • Lok Sabha approves Rs 1.18 lakh crore budget for Jammu and Kashmir
  • G20 Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering held in Assam
  • PM Modi launched the ‘Call Before u Dig’ app
  • National Green Tribunal (NGT) slaps ₹10 crore penalty on Kerala government for failure to protect Ramsar sites
  • Government launches DigiClaim platform for farmer insurance claims
  • Anupriya Patel inaugurated the 23rd INDIASOFT in New Delhi
  • The second G20 Sherpas meeting begins at Kumarakom in Kerala

  • The government identified 1275 railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
  • Education Ministry shortlisted around 9,000 schools for Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI)
  • Centre approves Rs 800 crore to set up 7432 public EV charging stations
  • Giriraj Singh initiates ‘Captive Employment’ Scheme
  • The second G20 Framework Working Group meeting concludes in Chennai
  • Environment Minister launched Aravalli Green Wall Project in Gurugram
  • The government launched New India Literacy Program
  • Jaipur to get India’s 2nd largest cricket stadium named after Anil Agarwal
  • First G20 disaster risk reduction working group meeting begins in Gandhinagar
  • Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra tea gets European GI tag
  • Telangana government to rejuvenate 50 lakes in Hyderabad
  • MeitY constituted a task force intending to make India a ‘product developer and manufacturing nation’
  • World Bank approved a $363 million loan for clean drinking water in rural Karnataka
  • Literacy rate in India: Bihar lowest at 8%, Kerala highest at 94%
  • Meghalaya International Film Festival begins in Shillong
  • Narender Singh Tomar inaugurated “AgriUnifest” in Bengaluru
  • Atal Innovation Mission launched ATL Sarthi
  • Sampanna Ramesh becomes the fastest Indian to swim across Palk Strait
  • Rajasthan CM announced 19 new districts and three new divisions
  • Manipur governor inaugurated Int’l Conference on ‘Natural Farming’
  • PM Modi inaugurated the Global Millets Conference
  • Uttarakhand government approved 10 % reservation for statehood activists
  • President Murmu presents the ‘President’s Colour’ to INS Dronacharya
  • Sikkim hosts B20 meeting under India’s G20 presidency
  • India approves Rs 70,500 crore for acquisition of military hardware
  • Ayush Ministry inaugurated the 26th session of Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth
  • Indian Railways to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter by 2030
  • Government to develop mega textile parks in 7 states under PM MITRA scheme
  • India Post partnered with Shiprocket to benefit Startups and MSMEs
  • Indira Gandhi Airport ranked the best airport in South Asia for 5th time
  • India & Sri Lanka inaugurate exhibition ‘Geoffrey Bawa’ in New Delhi
  • Union government announced 10% reservation in CISF for former Agniveers
  • Parshottam Rupala inaugurated ‘Sagar Parikrama Phase IV’ in Karnataka
  • International SME Convention 2023 held in New Delhi
  • Aerator cum Dancing Fountains inaugurated in Srinagar
  • India on track to achieve energy independence by 2047
  • GAIL signed MoU with Shell Energy India on ethane sourcing

  • Nagaland is all set to host G20 Business Summit 2023 at Kohima
  • 5th Poshan Pakhwada celebrations begin; Theme 2023Nutrition for All: Together Towards a Healthy India
  • L20 engagement group’s inception meeting concluded in Amritsar, Punjab
  • NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) signed an agreement with Indian Oil Corporation Limited for setting up renewable energy projects
  • C-20 India Inception meeting held in Nagpur
  • 2nd G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group meeting begins in Udaipur
  • Ranveer Singh named India’s most valuable celebrity of 2022
  • PM Modi inaugurated the new ITU Area Office and Innovation Center in New Delhi
  • Stadium was named after hockey player Rani Rampal
  • Tamil Nadu’s 18th wildlife sanctuary to come up in Erode
  • Bhupender Yadav chaired the 1st General Body Meeting of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) in New Delhi
  • NTPC signed MoU with Indian Army for the implementation of Green Hydrogen Projects
  • Himachal Pradesh signed MoU with French Agency to improve drinking water, sanitation
  • Assam CM launched Mission Lifestyle for Environment
  • 2nd Working Group Meeting of Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group to be held at Gandhinagar
  • QS World University Rankings: IIT Bombay ranked 1st in India and 47th globally
  • PM Modi addressed the ‘One World TB Summit’ at Varanasi
  • Narendra Tomar inaugurated a workshop on Bamboo Sector Development in New Delhi
  • The first meeting of the Central Asia JW Group on Afghanistan was held in India
  • Yaoshang festival begins in Manipur
  • UP to host the 8th edition of the Indian Fharma Fair (IFF)
  • ECI host the 3rd International Conference on ‘Election Integrity
  • Odisha CM unveiled Dakota aircraft for public viewing in Bhubaneswar
  • Maharashtra to introduce 4th women’s policy
  • J&K government launched a plantation drive on International Women’s Day
  • Army installed tallest Iconic National Flag in hilly Doda district, J&K
  • Pune hosted the fourth Y20 Consultation Meeting
  • West Bengal urged the Centre to allow poppy cultivation
  • India signed MoU with the US for a semiconductor supply chain
  • Centre launched a portal for women scientists for research grants & fund
  • MoHUA launched the 1st Edition of Women Icons Leading Swacchata Awards
  • Amit Shah virtually inaugurated a development project in Ahmedabad
  • The new health programme ‘Arogya Mahila’ launched for women in Telangana
  • Piyush Goyal chaired the 6th meeting of the National Startup Advisory Council (NSAC) in New Delhi
  • Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved New Sports Policy 2023
  • A new initiative called ‘Beggar Free City’ launched in Maharashtra’s Nagpur
  • IRCTC to start ‘Bharat Nepal Ashtha Yatra Tour’
  • Nitin Gadkari unveiled the first methanol-run buses in Bengaluru
  • Two-day G20 flower festival begins in New Delhi
  • PM Modi unveils the world’s longest railway platform in Hubballi-Dharwad
  • SCO Supreme Courts Chief Justices’ meet held in New Delhi
  • Ayush Ministry organized Yoga Mahotsav 2023 in New Delhi
  • First Supreme Audit Institution (SAI20) meeting begins in Guwahati
  • PM Modi inaugurated the 118 Km long Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway project
  • World Food India-2023 to take place in New Delhi
  • India & Australia sign an audio-visual co-production agreement
  • Kochi Metro becomes the first to accept digital currency for parking
  • Asia’s largest tulip garden in J&K to open to the public on 19 March
  • Uttarakhand becomes 1st state to start an insurance scheme for sericulturists
  • Ashok Leyland unveils all-women production line at Tamil Nadu plant
  • India signed MoC with Sweden to promote research networking
  • Vande Bharat Express gets Asia’s first woman loco pilot Surekha Yadav
  • International Conference on ‘Buddhist Heritage’ begins in New Delhi
  • IIT Guwahati partnered with Sathya Sai Hospital for cardiac research
  • Mahindra Auto becomes the title sponsor of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s Boxing Championship
  • Centre approved Rs 1816 crore to 5 states as disaster relief
  • 2nd Education Working Group meeting of G20 countries begin in Amritsar
  • 2nd G20 Sustainable Financial Working Group (SFWG) meeting is to be held in Udaipur
  • Anurag Thakur inaugurated the 16th meeting of the SCO Youth Council in New Delhi
  • 3rd Divya Kala Mela inaugurated at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh
  • The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) launched the ‘Learning Science via Standards’ initiative for students
  • India to host SCO Tourism Ministers’ meet in Varanasi
  • Australia’s Deakin The 1st Foreign University To Set Up Campus In India
  • PM Modi To Inaugurate 3-Day Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi
  • International Yoga Festival 2023 in Rishikesh
  • President Murmu to launch ‘Catch the Rain-2023’ campaign
  • ‘World’s first’ bamboo crash barrier installed on Maharashtra highway
  • Anurag Thakur launched Yuva Utsav in Punjab
  • SC formed a five-member expert committee to look into the Hindenburg report; headed by Former SC judge Abhay Manohar Sapre
  • MSME’s Industrial Exhibition and Fair inaugurated in Kota
  • Amit Shah inaugurated Phase I of Bengaluru Safe City project
  • Mauganj became the 53rd district of Madhya Pradesh
  • Madhya Pradesh government launched Ladli Bahna scheme for women
  • Two-day Millet Mahotsav organised at Agra
  • 7th International Dharma Dhamma Conference in Bhopal
  • No sale of gold jewellery without hallmark unique identification number (HUID) from April 2023
  • Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flag off PM Jan Aushadhi Train
  • Jitendra Singh inaugurated Good Governance Conference in Bhopal
  • Piyush Goyal inaugurated 1st Session of Massmerize 2023
  • PM Modi to inaugurate Disaster Risk Reduction session
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw released ‘Go Green, Go Organic’ cover for Sikkim
  • Delhi international airport among cleanest in Asia-Pacific: Airport Council International (ACI)
  • Uttarakhand to launch self-employment scheme for single women
  • Dharmendra Pradhan launched new BS course at IIT Madras

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