March 2026 month current affairs

Sports News

• ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Winner – India (3rd title after 2007 & 2024). Lost New Zealand in the end. Prize money: ₹27.48 crore. Man of the Month: Jasprit Bumrah. Tournament Man: Sanju Samson. Captains: Suryakumar Yadav (India). Ambassadors: Rohit Sharma. Hosts India and Sri Lanka. 10th edition.

• Australian Grand Prix 2026 (season first): Winner George Russell.
• Hockey India Annual Awards 2025 (8 th edition):
• Balbir Singh Senior Award (Men): Hardik Singh.
• Balbir Singh Senior Award (Women): Navneet Kaur.
• Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award: Zafar Iqbal (1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist).
• BCCI Naman Awards 2026:
• Polly Umrigar Award (Best Intl.). Cricketer – Men): Shubman Gill.
• Best Intl. Polly Umrigar Award. Women Cricketer: Smriti Mandhana.
• Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award: Rahul Dravid & Roger Binny.
• BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award (Women): Mithali Raj.
• Best International Debut (Men): Harshit Rana; (Women): N.N. Shree Sharani.
• Ranji Trophy 2025-26: Winner- Jammu and Kashmir. Runner-up – Karnataka. Final D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium, Hubli. Sportsman of the Month: Aaqib Nabi.
• World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2026 (New Delhi): India led in the tally of medals with 208 medals (75 Gold, 69 Silver and 64 Bronze). Second, Russia, 3 rd, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
• Khelo India Winter Games 2026: To be held in Gulmarg, J&K (6th edition). Mascot: Sheen-e-Shee (snow leopard). Team Champion (3 years in a row): Indian Army (23 medals). 2 nd: Himachal Pradesh, 3 rd: Haryana.
• Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 (1st edition): Host state – Chhattisgarh (Raipur, Jagdalpur, Sarguja). Mascot: Morveer.
• World Boxing Futures Cup 2026 (Bangkok): India was ranked 4 th (1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze). Uzbekistan topped.
• World Indoor Athletics Championship 2028: Bhubaneswar (Kalinga Stadium) will host it.

National News Schemes and Government Schemes.

• Census 2027 National Brand Ambassador: Sudarsan Pattnaik (sand artist), was appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Raftaar' Campaign (Income Tax Act 2025): Introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to inform citizens about the new Act (from 1 April 2026). Short name: Policy Reform and Responsible Action of Mission Viksit Bharat.
• This is called 'Prarambh 2026' (full form in video).
• Relief' Scheme to Exporters: Introduced by Centre with 497 crore to exporters hit by West Asian crisis. Title: Resilience and Logistics Intervention to Export Facilitation.
• Divyang Shakti Yojana (Free bus travel to the disabled): This was introduced by Andhra Pradesh government.
• Durga Yojana (Green e-auto to women and transgender): Delhi government launched it. Name: Driving Upliftment and Rozgar for Women and Transgender Green E-auto. Intents to offer 1000 women and 100 people who are transgender with new e-auto permits, subsidy and loan.
• Anmol Yojana (Free genetic testing of babies): Starting in Delhi government. Abbreviation: ANMOL Best Life Care.