- Union Cabinet gave ‘in-principle’ approval to inclusion of 2 communities – ‘Parivara’ and ‘Talawara’ – in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Karnataka.
- Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has stated that it has constituted a task force to review the Income Tax Act, 1961 and to draft a new Direct Tax Law which takes into consideration the prevailing economic scenario and economic needs of contemporary India.
- Union Minister of Mines Narendra Singh Tomar launched a “sandmining framework” in order to help states to take action against illegal mining.
- The Madhya Pradesh Animal Husbandry Department has inked a MoU with Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) to launch ‘Pashu Dhan Sanjeevani – 1962’, an animal healthcare programme.
- The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has reconstituted two journalist-related bodies.
- The world’s longest sandstone cave named ‘Krem Puri’ has been discovered in Meghalaya.
- International Yoga Fest was inaugurated by Union minister Jitendra Singh at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, as a curtain raiser for the International Yoga Day (IYD) to be held on 21 June 2018.
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched Free Wi-Fi Facility at Udwada Village, in Valsad District, Gujarat.
- Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) celebrated its 6th Foundation Day in New Delhi.
- Bank of India (BOI) has announced that it has closed down its operations of representative office in Yangoon (Myanmar) with effect
- Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) has announced that it will commence futures trading in brass
- BHEL said that, it has signed a Technology Collaboration Agreement (TCA) with HLB Power, Republic of Korea.
- Allahabad Bank stated that it has received approval from Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs for amalgamation of its fully-owned subsidiary All Bank Finance Ltd. (ABFL) with itself.
- India successfully test fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with an indigenous ‘seeker’ at Rajasthan’s Pokhran test range, enhancing the country’s capability to hit enemy targets at a range of up to 400 km.
- IRCTC has introduced billing through Point of Sale (POS) hand held machines in trains.
- Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan won gold medal in the junior women’s 10m air rifle event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Sydney, Australia.
- 22 March 2018, World Water Day was celebrated all over the world.
- General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff, released a book on Paramveer Chakra Awardees named ‘Paramveer Parwane’.