- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the second campus of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Research Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata with a video presentation.
- The event was attended by the Chief Minister of West Bengal Ms. Mamata Banerjee, Union Ministers Dr. Mansuk Mandavia, Dr. Subhash Sarkar, Mr. Santhanu Thakur, Mr. John Birla and Mr. Nitish Brahmanik.
- The Prime Minister said the country has started this year with the vaccination of young people between the ages of 15 and 18. At the same time, India has set a historic record by injecting 150 crore - 1.5 billion vaccine doses in the first month and first week of this year.
- In Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Rs. 14169 crore for 336 km of 10 National Highway projects. Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation through video. The Mathura-Hadras-Badon-Bareilly highway link will solve traffic problems at the pilgrimage and tourist sites.
- The city of Agra will be relieved of traffic congestion by constructing a bypass connecting the Agra Ring Road and the Yamuna Expressway. The Agra-Jalesar-Etta road will facilitate the brass industry traders.
- The National Statistics Office of the Ministry of Federal Statistics and Project Implementation has released the Preliminary Estimates of Annual Revenue for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022.
- Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2021-22 or Fixed Price Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at Rs. It is estimated to reach Rs 147.54 lakh crore.
- Earlier it was Rs 135.13 lakh crore as per the provisional estimates for 2020-2021. GDP growth is projected to be 9.2 percent in 2021-2022. In 2020-2021 it was 7.3 per cent.
- Based on current prices, GDP for 2021-2022 is estimated to reach Rs 232.15 lakh crore. According to provisional estimates for 2020-2021, it was Rs 197.46 lakh crore. Growth is expected to be 17.6 percent in 2021-22.
- Personal Income and Other Details Reports 1 to 4 are provided. Volume extrapolation is a method of obtaining tax on fixed value goods which is taxed according to the number of growths. Tax on goods and services is calculated and the total tax amount is calculated.
- Finance and Humanitarian Management Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan introduced a bill in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
- Recruitment will be done through the Tamil Nadu Civil Service Selection Board for all employees in the state-owned public sector undertakings, government corporations and statutory boards under the control of the State Government.
- This includes the Department of Transport, the Department of Electricity, the Board of Drinking Water Supply, and the Department of Spirit, while separate examinations were held. It was mentioned that the tasks would be filled up through the TNPSC selection process at present.
- The Tamil Nadu Civil Servants Selection Board can see the importance of recruitment in vacancies in state-owned public sector undertakings, public bodies and statutory boards and government-controlled bodies by handing over such admissions.
- India is the sixth largest economy in the world. The United States, China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom are in the top five. However, India is projected to be the second largest economy in Asia by 2030.
- According to IHS Markit, India will overtake Japan in the economy by 2030. This is said to be due to GDP. It is also forecast that India will grow rapidly economically globally in the coming decade.
- India's GDP growth rate is projected to increase from 7.3 per cent to 8.2 per cent in 2020-21 compared to 2021-22. It also said that India would be the second most economically developed country in Asia.
- Amid the debate on the resolution thanking the Governor for his speech in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Minister KN Nehru tabled bills relating to the formation of 6 new corporations viz., Tambaram, Kanchipuram, Sivakasi, Cuddalore, Kumbakonam and Karur.
- Subsequently, Minister S. Muthusamy tabled a bill to increase the duration of project approval for land or building development in the Urban Planning Act from five to eight years. On the last day of the assembly session, Chief Minister MK Stalin tabled a bill to extend the Chennai Metropolitan Police Act to the newly launched Avadi and Tambaram cities.
- Subsequently, Minister MRK Panneerselvam introduced the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Product Marketing Amendment Bill, Minister S. Raghupathi introduced the Tamil Nadu National Law University Amendment Bill and Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan introduced the Finance Allocation Bill.
- The BJP, led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, is in power in Goa. He has already been the Speaker. He was elected to the Goa Assembly 50 years ago and continues to be an MLA.
- Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that the Goa cabinet has decided to give him a lifetime 'cabinet' status as he has completed 50 years in the assembly.
- The central government last year announced that the OBC would provide 27 per cent reservation for students and 10 per cent for the economically backward upper class for admission to medical degree courses.
- The income ceiling for the economically backward sections was set at 8 lakh rupees. Some have filed lawsuits in the Supreme Court against this.
- Of the All India quota for medical degree courses, 27 per cent will go to the OBC category. The announcement of a 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward will also go through.
- These reservations are permissible under the Constitution. At the same time, the 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward can be observed only in the current academic year.
- An order will be issued in the third week of March inquiring in detail about the income limit for obtaining this 10 per cent reservation. Thus the judges ruled.
- Tata Consultancy has entered into an agreement with the Ministry of External Affairs to provide better customer service under the 'Passport' service.
- The Central Government is making various efforts to simplify the procedures for obtaining Passport Service using modern technologies. There is a 'digital' service that handles passport service procedures over the Internet.
- Male judges have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan since independence. The country's legal commission has approved the appointment of Ayesha Malik, a female judge, for the first time.
- Ayesha Malik, 55, is currently a judge in a Lahore court. It has been reported that she will soon become the first female Chief Justice of Pakistan.
