Current Affairs — 20 March 2026

📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Gujarat, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Himachal aur Goa ke saath reform-linked JJM 2.0 MoUs

20 March 2026 ko JJM 2.0 ke tahat 5 states – GJ, HR, HP, CG, Goa – ke saath reform-linked MoUs sign hue; Cabinet ne JJM 2.0 ko 10 March 2026 ko manzoori di thi.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

💹 Budget & Taxation 📍 Telangana Important

Telangana ne 2026-27 ke liye ₹3.24 lakh crore ka budget pesh kiya; 2 June se Indiramma Family Life Insurance

20 March 2026 ko Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka ne ₹3,24,234 cr ka budget pesh kiya; Indiramma Family Life Insurance – 1.15 crore families ko ₹5 lakh cover, 2 June se.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

February 2026 mein eight core industries 2.3% badhe

20 March 2026 ke data ke mutabik February 2026 mein ICI 2.3% (provisional) badha; cement, steel, fertiliser, coal, electricity mein growth.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Important

India ne lagataar doosre saal 1 billion tonne coal production paar kiya

20 March 2026 ko India ne 2025-26 mein 1 billion tonne coal production hasil kiya – lagataar doosra saal.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Odisha Important

Odisha ne Pakhala ki sabse badi serving ka Guinness World Record banaya

20 March 2026 (Pakhala Dibasa) ko Odisha Tourism ne Bhubaneswar mein ek bartan mein 1,174 kg Pakhala bana kar Guinness record banaya.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 India Important

Exercise Lamitiye 2026 ke pehle tri-services edition ke baad INS Trikand ne Seychelles port call poori ki

20 March 2026 ko INS Trikand Port Victoria, Seychelles se rawana hua; Lamitiye ka pehla tri-services edition aur Navy ki pehli participation.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India Important

ARCI, Hyderabad mein Nd-Fe-B rare earth permanent magnets ka pilot plant

DST ke autonomous institute ARCI, Hyderabad mein Nd-Fe-B magnets ka pilot plant laga – strip-cast alloy se sintered magnet tak poora process.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Important

PM Modi ne Bahrain ke King se baat ki; energy aur civilian infrastructure par hamlon ki ninda

20 March 2026 ko PM Modi ne Bahrain ke King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa se baat ki, Eid al-Fitr ki badhai di aur energy infrastructure par hamlon ki ninda ki.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Cabinet mein paanch mantri shaamil, full strength 12

20 March 2026 ko CM Pushkar Singh Dhami ne 5 mantri shaamil kiye; Cabinet paanch saal mein pehli baar 12 ki full strength par.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 2 MCQs

📋 State Schemes 📍 Bihar

Nitish Kumar ki Samriddhi Yatra Gaya aur Aurangabad pahunchi, kai projects shuru

20 March 2026 ko CM Nitish Kumar ne Samriddhi Yatra mein Gaya aur Aurangabad ka daura kiya; Gaya mein 140 projects ki neev rakhi.

For: State PSC · Teaching · Judiciary 1 MCQs

🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

Urea ke daam nahi badhe; balanced fertiliser use ke liye bag chhote kiye: sarkar

20 March 2026 ko Lok Sabha mein sarkar ne kaha urea price badhane ka koi proposal nahi; bag 50 kg se 45 kg (kuch cases mein 40 kg) kiya gaya.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · Judiciary 2 MCQs