India This Week: 27 March - 2 April 2017

India this week is a section provided by Jagranjosh.com to help the students and aspirants of various competitive exams. The segment provides most important events that occurred between 27 March and 2 April 2017. It will help you to revise and recollect the important news and events just before the exam.

27 March

• Aadhar card can't be made mandatory for government welfare schemes: Supreme Court
• Union Government launches Online Film Certification System E-Cinepramaan
• Sahitya Akademi awardees cannot return award: HC
• Parliament passes Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016
• Union Government sanctioned 101 Integrated Cold Chain Projects
• SC asks Centre, J&K government to decide Muslim minority status in state
• Rana Kanwar Pal Singh elected as Speaker of Punjab Legislative
• Bhubaneswar to host Men’s Hockey World League Final 2017 and Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018
• Below Poverty line households in UP to get free power connection
• Odisha becomes the first state to bring banking to remote areas
• Book on Rashtriya Rifles ‘Home of the Brave’ released

28 March

• Uttarakhand High Court banned river mining across the state for four months
• Former Punjab minister Gurdev Singh Badal passes away
• Eminent Jurist Tehmtan R Andhyarujina passes away
• Ravichandran Ashwin receives Garfield Sobers Trophy
• India reclaims Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 2-1 series victory of Australia
• Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological Systems inaugurated at INS Rajali
• INLCU L51 commissioned into Indian Navy
• IAF launched Aviation Turbine Fuel Digital Issue and Payment
• President Pranab Mukherjee presents Dr. B. C. Roy National Awards
• AAI, DRDO and Jharkhand Government signed a Tripartite MoU for Development of Deoghar Airport in Jharkhand
• SBI launched Unnati Credit Card to spread credit inclusion
• Truecaller ties-up with Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank and Google in India

29 March

• SC bans sale and registration of Non-BS-IV Compliant Vehicles
• India became net exporter of electricity for first time
• Lok Sabha passes four GST Bills
• 3rd G20 Framework Working Group meet concluded in Varanasi
• Tamil Nadu beat India 'B' to win Deodhar Trophy
• Delhi LG orders recovery of Rs 97 crore from AAP for violating SC guidelines on advertisement

30 March

• Delhi’s 85-year-old Cinema Theatre bids adieu with Raj Kapoor’s Mera Naam Joker
• India signs loan agreement with NDB for development of roads project in Madhya Pradesh
• Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan
• Indian Railway-The weaving of a National Tapestry released
• Union Government releases Postage Stamp on Cub Scouts
• Indian forward SV Sunil named Player of the Year in Asian Hockey Awards
• Union Minister inaugurates new Child Care Centre for child cancer patients
• BHEL commissioned 800 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant in Karnataka
• India declares its Association status with International Energy Agency

31 March

• Kanha Tiger Reserve becomes first in India to get official mascot
• Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Namami Brahmaputra Festival
• Bihar to pay power bill subsidy to consumers
• Cabinet approved signing of Agreement for establishment CIRDAP Centre
• Justice Indira Banerjee appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court
• Ratification of Minimum Age Convention & Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention approved
• MoU between Forum of Regulators & National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners approved
• Union Cabinet approved signing of new Air Services Agreement between India and Serbia

1 April

• Textiles Minister launches PowerTex India scheme for powerloom sector
• Five associate banks, Bharatiya Mahila Bank merged with SBI
• Tax evasion over Rs 5 crore will be non-bailable offence under new GST regime
• P V Sindhu defeats Carolina Marin to win India Open Super Series title

2 April

• Tree-living crab species, Kani maranjandu, found in Kerala
• World Autism Awareness Day 2017 observed across the world
• 2nd Annual Meeting of New Development Bank held New Delhi
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s longest Chenani-Nashri tunnel
• Actor Vishal elected as President of TN Film Producers Council