- Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today presented a ₹ 75,800 crore budget in the Assembly for the financial year 2022-23.
- Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has asked the centre to clear what he claims is a ₹ 1.36 lakh crore due for mining by government firms.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a virtual summit of the seven-nation BIMSTEC grouping on March 30, which is expected to focus on expanding economic engagement among its member countries.
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann yesterday said former MLAs will now get pension for only one term, doing away with the practice of drawing the benefit for each term served by them.
- After a Rajasthan Congress MLA's son and four others were booked for allegedly raping a minor girl in the state, the party on Saturday said stern action will be taken against the guilty irrespective of who they are.
- The Centre has extended the free food grain programme 'PMGKAY' for six months till September this year to provide relief to poor, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.
- Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will pay a three-day visit to India from April 1 with an aim to further strengthen bilateral ties, people familiar with the development said on Saturday.
- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on Saturday lamented the lack of representation of women in Parliament but at the same time, pointed to the surge in the number of women coming out to vote in recent years.
- The Ministry of Defence on Saturday gave consent to the project of setting up 100 new Sainik schools across the country in a partnership model with the objective of providing better career opportunities including joining the armed forces.
- US President Joe Biden will meet with two Ukrainian ministers in Warsaw, the White House said on Saturday. This is the first face-to-face encounter between US President Donald Trump and top Kyiv officials since Russia's incursion began.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the revenue earned from the move 'The Kashmir Files' should be used to rehabilitate Kashmiri Pandits who were chased away from Kashmir 25 years ago.
- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the SP Legislative Party and Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
- Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo on Saturday ordered a probe in the incident of a man carrying the body of his 7-year-old daughter on shoulder as he walks over 10 km to home.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced the extension of free ration scheme for another three months that will benefit nearly 15 crore citizen of the state. The decision was taken during the first cabinet meeting held
- In the meeting, the concerned officials apprised Kejriwal that the work of developing sewers, roads, water pipelines and drains in all unauthorised colonies would be completed by March 2023.
- Petrol price on Sunday was hiked by 50 paise a litre and diesel by 55 paise, taking the total increase in rates since resumption of daily price revision less than a week back to ₹ 3.70-3.75 per litre.
- India recorded a total of 1,660 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,30,18,032. According to Union health ministry data, the active cases declined further to 16,741 yesterday.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday encouraged Para-athlete Jayanti Behera and Shooter Shriyanka Sarangi with cash awards for their magnificent achievements. Jayanti was presented with a cash award of Rs 15,00,000 for clicking three medals in the recently concluded World Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai. Shriyanka with a cash award of Rs 2,00,000. She won a bronze medal for the state in the 50 metres Rifle 3 Position event in the recently concluded ISSF World cup Shooting.
- Sri Lanka’s two major newspapers suspend their publication over newsprint shortage and price escalation.
- Meanwhile, out of 1,716 councillor seats in 105 municipalities and NACs, the BJD has won 1,175, BJP secured 288, Congress 134, BSP 1, CPI 1 and independent 117 posts. Out of 67 corporator posts under BMC, the BJD won 48, BJP got 10 and Congress remained in third position with 9 seats.
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