• Finance Minister presents General Budget 2018-19 in Parliament.
      • The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs launched CriSidEx, India’s first
          sentiment index for micro and small enterprises (MSEs) developed jointly by CRISIL and
          SIDBI.
      • The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for ratification of Minamata Convention on
          mercury and depositing the instrument of ratification enabling India to become a Party of the
          Convention.
      • The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing and ratification of protocol amending the
          Agreement between India and China for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention
          of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
      • The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for closure of Autonomous Bodies, namely,
          Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) and the functions are
          proposed to be vested in Department of Health & Family Welfare (DoHFW).
      • The Union Cabinet approved implementation of ‘Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF)’
          scheme at a cost of ₹ 1,650 crore for a period of seven years beginning 2018-19.
      • NITI Aayog launches the ‘Healthy States, Progressive India Report’. Kerala, Punjab and Tamil
          Nadu have ranked top among the larger states in terms of overall performance.
      • Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred with Palestine’s highest award “Grand Collar of
          State of Palestine” for promoting bilateral relations.
      • The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) organizes a national conference
          “Agriculture 2022 - Doubling Farmers’ Income” at National Agriculture Science Complex
          (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi.
      • The Union Government sets up the ‘Niti Forum for North-East’. The Forum will be co-chaired
          by the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog and Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Development
          of Northeastern Region (DoNER).The forum will have its Secretariat in the Ministry of
          DoNER.
      • Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India, in association with
          Data Science Foundation organized the fifth international data science summit in New Delhi.
      • DRDO successfully flew its Rustom 2 at its Aeronautical Test Range at Chitradurga.
      • The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of
          India, along with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of
          India in association with Government of Telangana organises the 2 lst National Conference
          on e-Governance.
      • Anti Tank Guided Missiles (ATOM) NAG were successfully flight-tested in desert conditions
          against two tank targets at different ranges and timings.
      March, 2018
      •   The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for establishment of National Financial
          Reporting Authority (NFRA). The decision aims at establishment of NFRA as an
          independent regulator for the auditing profession which is one of the key changes brought in
          by the Companies Act, 2013.
      • The Union Cabinet has approved the (signing of Migration and Mobility Partnership
          Agreement between India and France.
      • Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs launches ‘Suvidha’, the