Current Affairs 01 March to 31 March - 2017 NATIONAL Topic Page No. 6 Crore Soil Health Cards Distributed 12 – 13 I&B Min launches Online Film Certification System of CBFC 13 - 14 Titu Mir returns to roil Bengal, 190 years after his fall in war 14 - 14 Law Commission of India Submitted Report on Hate Speech 14 - 15 ICHR to study if Ram Setu is man-made 15 - 16 Celebrities to Face Law for Misleading Ads 16 – 16 Mallikarjun Kharge set to be PAC chairman 17 - 17 Cabinet approves Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public- 17 – 17 Private Partnership) Bill Government unveils revised Building Code 18 - 18 Inter-state River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017 introduced in Lok 18 - 19 Sabha Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) Bill, 2017 19 - 19 Lok Sabha passed Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime 19 - 20 Claims) Bill, 2016 Non-lapsable fund sought for arms buy 20 – 21 Ministers to brainstorm policy for an all-electric vehicle future 21 - 21 Enemy Property Bill passed in Rajya Sabha 21 – 22 Narendra Kumar takes over as Chairman Central Water Commission 22 - 22 ‘Tests useful to find cause of stillbirth’ 22 – 23 Another river-linking project on cards 23 – 24 Tipu’s armoury moves to its new home 24 – 25 India announces new hydrocarbon exploration licensing policy 25 – 26 IMA wants doctors to report any unusual symptoms they notice in patients 26 - 26 Centre plumps for rural FMCG e-sales 26 - 27 Kamaladevi Chattopadhya National Awards 27 - 27 Special Commemorative Postage Stamp on 100 years of Yogoda Satsang 27 - 28 Math released 1 Call: 8899999931/34, 7065202020, Email: [email protected], Visit: www.eliteias.in A-1, Chandra House, Top Floor, Opp. ICICI Bank, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Two insolvency professional entities get IBBI recognition 28 – 29 Trade Mark Rules 2017 come into effect 29 – 31 Centre to contest tribunal order on military pay 31 – 31 Lakkaram tank regains lost glory 31 – 32 7th National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and 32 – 33 Downstream Plastics Processing Industry (2016-17) Projects worth Rs 1050 Crore Awarded to arrest sewage pollution in Ganga 33 – 33 from Patna Government notifies Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017 33 – 34 MEITY to promote digital transactions in place of NITI Aayog 34 – 34 Nand Kumar Sai assumes charge as Chairman of National Commission for 34 – 35 Scheduled Tribes India signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for Tejaswini 35 - 35 STATES Topic Page No. Uttarakhand HC Recognizes Ganga and Yamuna Rivers as ‘Living Entities’ 36 – 36 Tamil Nadu in the cycle of drought and floods 36 – 37 Reviving Assam’s Ancient Ink 37 – 38 Move to get world heritage status for Sankaram 38 – 38 Cabinet clears special assistance for EAPs in Andhra Pradesh 38 – 39 Twenty projects approved for swift implementation of Namami Gange 39 – 40 Programme in Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi Launch of Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) 40 – 40 Kerala completes work on first check dam across the Bhavani 40 – 41 West Bengal passes Bill to rein in private hospitals 41 – 41 Thiruvananthapuram tops city governance ranking 42 – 42 INTERNATIONAL Topic Page No. India and Nepal Renew Fuel Supply Pact 43 – 43 2 Call: 8899999931/34, 7065202020, Email: [email protected], Visit: www.eliteias.in A-1, Chandra House, Top Floor, Opp. ICICI Bank, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 India Signs Financing Agreement with World Bank 43 – 44 1st Grand Challenges India (GCI) Meeting 44 – 45 Shri Upendra Tripathy Appointed as Full Time Interim Director General of 45 – 45 ISA India and Pakistan to review Miyar project 45 – 45 World Happiness Report 2017: India slips to 122 45 – 46 International Diamond Conference “Mines to Market 2017” 46 – 46 India signs WHO’s ‘call for action’, pledging to end TB in South East Asian 46 – 47 region by 2030 Indian drugmakers face squeeze in U.S. healthcare market 47 – 47 India and Brazil conclude social security agreement 48 – 48 ICRISAT, ICAR join hands for crop improvement 48 – 49 Gilgit-Baltistan to be declared a Province 49 – 49 Cabinet apprised of MoUs for cooperation in Youth and Sports Matters with 49 – 50 Indonesia and the Kyrgyz Republic Cabinet approves of MoU between India and Bangladesh on Aids to 50 – 51 Navigation (AtoNs) India’s contribution to UN increases to Rs 244 crore 51 – 51 India, Pak’s entry into SCO may boost regional stability: Chinese media 51 – 52 Why US anti-missile system in South Korea worries China? 52 – 52 Scotland seeks to exit U.K. 53 – 53 China planning five-fold increase in marine force 53 – 53 India to lose presence on U.N. scientific panel 54 – 55 Pakistan’s Hindu marriage bill passed by both houses of Parliament 55 – 55 India and Belgium sign Protocol amending the India-Belgium Double 55 – 55 Taxation Avoidance Agreement and Protocol Commonwealth trade meet begins 56 – 56 Global fund to help solve India’s HIV drug crisis 56 – 57 Centre mulls more ‘border haats’ 57 – 57 Commonwealth card mooted 57 – 57 Commonwealth unveils initiative to stamp out domestic violence 57 – 58 13th Executive Committee Meeting of the International Smart Grid Action 58 – 59 Network (ISGAN) inaugurated 3 Call: 8899999931/34, 7065202020, Email: [email protected], Visit: www.eliteias.in A-1, Chandra House, Top Floor, Opp. ICICI Bank, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Donald Trump signs ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’ order 59 – 60 Union Cabinet approves MoU between India and UN-Women 60 – 61 Union Cabinet approves accession to global customs convention 61 – 62 Union Cabinet approves oil storage pact with UAE’s ADNOC 62 – 62 Cabinet approval to MoU on energy efficiency between India, UAE 62 – 63 Cabinet approves MoU on Renewable Energy between India and Portugal 63 – 63 India to Host 10th ICEGOV 2017 63 – 64 Australia wants India to be a ‘consistent buyer’ of its cotton 64 – 64 U.S. nixed India’s plea on reforms in medicine 64 – 64 India to attend Lahore meet on Indus Waters Treaty 65 – 65 Pakistan returns to SAARC, gets Secretary General post 66 – 66 Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra 66 – 66 Half of India-Bangladesh border fenced 67 - 67 ECONOMY Topic Page No. India becomes Net Exporter of Electricity for the first Time 67 – 68 SBI launches ‘Unnati’ Credit Card 68 – 68 Food Processing Ministry Approves 101 New Cold Chain Projects 68 – 69 Automation’s impact will be grave, 4 out of 10 jobs to go: Experts 69 – 69 CBEC to be renamed, reorganised for GST regime 69 – 70 CCI Imposes 591 Crore Penalty on Coal India 70 – 70 India ranks 87th on energy architecture performance: World Economic 70 – 71 Forum India ranks 131 on Human Development Index, Norway No.1 71 – 72 SBI-Mahila Bank Merger Okayed 72 – 72 World Bank Approves $175 Million Loan for India’s National Hydrology 72 – 73 Project Start-up firms may soon find it easy to wind up 73 – 74 Cabinet approves Policy for Early Monetization of Coal Bed Methane Gas 74 – 75 Marketing and Pricing Freedom for CBM Gas Government launches Mission Fingerling to achieve Blue Revolution 75 – 76 4 Call: 8899999931/34, 7065202020, Email: [email protected], Visit: www.eliteias.in A-1, Chandra House, Top Floor, Opp. ICICI Bank, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 NTPC installs India’s largest floating solar PV plant 76 – 76 Centre issues draft rules on e-wallet payments 77 – 77 Funds to Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK) 77 – 78 Centre to Launch Pilot Project on Ornamental Fisheries 78 – 78 India gold demand to revive in 2017, says World Gold Council 79 – 79 Downloading apps may cost money with ‘Google tax’: Report 79 – 80 India’s longest cable-stayed bridge inaugurated 80 – 80 FM releases the Revised General Financial Rules (GFR) 2017 80 – 80 CCEA approves Revised Cost Estimate of Koteshwar Hydro Electric Project 81 – 81 Plan to revive 50 un-served and under-served airports approved 81 – 81 Punjab, J&K agree to start work on Shahpur Kandi Dam project 82 – 82 CGST Bill and IGST Bill approved 82 – 83 Tezu is now a vantage point 83 – 83 Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signs ten (10) more Advance Pricing 84 – 84 Agreements (APAs) SOCIAL Topic Page No. Parliament Passes Mental Health Bill, 2016 84 – 85 Sahitya Akademi awardees cannot return award: HC 85 – 86 ‘Triple talaq not in SC purview’ 86 – 86 Allow sale of unsold BS-III vehicles post April 1 deadline, Centre tells 86 – 87 Supreme Court National Conference on Down Syndrome 87 – 87 First Indian Sign Language Dictionary to be Released Soon 87 – 88 Labour Code to Provide Social Security Cover to All Workers 88 – 89 New Chairman of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis 89 – 89 National Health Policy 2017 89 - 90 Ban lawmakers from practising other professions: plea in SC 90 – 90 ‘India’s ranking in women’s political empowerment moderate’: Women in 90 - 91 Politics Map 2017 WCD dept seeks CBI probe into duping in name of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ 91 - 91 plan 5 Call: 8899999931/34, 7065202020, Email: [email protected], Visit: www.eliteias.in A-1, Chandra House, Top Floor, Opp. ICICI Bank, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Labour Ministry’s new rule to ensure employer hiring contract labour files 91 - 92 unified annual return On computing ability, rural India is lost in the woods 92 - 92 Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in the Parliament 92 – 93 SC sets deadline for long-pending criminal cases in HC’s & Trial Courts 93 – 93 across country Minorities’ panel has no member 93 – 94 Nari Shakti Puraskars 94 – 94 India first in bribery rate, says global NGO Transparency International 94 – 95 Kurukh language given official status by Bengal government 95 – 96 A Government Panel recommends legal framework for protection of interests 96 – 97 of migrants in the country NFHS 4 shows improved sex ratio, decline in infant mortality rate 97 – 98 DEFENCE Topic Page No.