UP current affairs, March 2026
One month of Uttar Pradesh, read as a whole. Scattered news turns into a clear picture when you see it grouped by theme, and that is what UPPSC tests: whether you understand UP, not whether you skimmed a headline. Every item below has a short summary and opens the full note.
UP Economy
14 items- DGCA gives Noida International Airport its aerodrome licence 6 Mar GS-VI
On 6 March 2026 the DGCA granted the aerodrome licence to Yamuna International Airport Private Limited for Noida International Airport at Jewar in Gautam Budh Nagar. The airport is licensed for public use in all weather, with a…
- 4-lane Ganga bridge to link Trans Ganga City with Kanpur 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a bridge over the Ganga with approach roads to connect Trans Ganga City with Kanpur city, under the Atal Industrial Infrastructure Mission. UPSIDA is developing Trans Ganga City to shift…
- Bigger dairy plants for Banda and Jhansi under the Bundelkhand package 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet cleared centage charges for Indian Dairy Machinery Company, the turnkey agency for two Bundelkhand package projects. A new dairy plant of 20 thousand litres a day will come up in Banda.…
- IMLC near Ganga Expressway in Meerut 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved ₹21381.93 lakh, the capital cost assessed by the Expenditure Finance Committee, to build an Integrated Manufacturing and Logistics Cluster near the Ganga Expressway in Meerut on EPC mode. It is…
- Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana-2026: buses to every gram panchayat 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana-2026. Private bus operators will connect every gram panchayat with block, tehsil and district headquarters. Vehicles of 15 to 28 seats, up to 8 years old,…
- One-Time Settlement 2026 for housing board and authority defaulters 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a One-Time Settlement (OTS) 2026 scheme for defaulting allottees of the UP Housing and Development Board, development authorities and special area development authorities. It covers all kinds of property and…
- PMAY-Urban 2.0: ₹900 crore to 90 thousand beneficiaries 16 Mar GS-VI
On 16 March 2026 the UP Chief Minister transferred ₹900 crore by DBT to 90 thousand beneficiaries of PMAY-Urban 2.0, as a first instalment of ₹1 lakh each. He also gave keys to Light House Project beneficiaries. About…
- 174-acre Multi-Modal Logistics Park plot in Greater Noida 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the terms and brochure for allotting a 174.12-acre plot in Sector Kappa-02, Greater Noida, for a Multi-Modal Logistics Park under the UP MMLP Policy-2024. The bidder, chosen by e-auction, gets…
- 20 MW floating solar plant on Chilua Tal, Gorakhpur 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a 20 MW floating solar plant on Chilua Tal in Gorakhpur to help develop the city as a solar city. Coal India Ltd will build it from its own funds…
- Baghpat cooperative sugar mill to double capacity to 5,000 TCD 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a new sugar mill for The Kisan Sahkari Chini Mill Ltd, Baghpat, raising crushing capacity from 2,500 to 5,000 tonnes of cane per day. The cost recommended by the Public…
- Kavach on 190 km of Prayagraj-Kanpur section 23 Mar GS-VI
On 22 March 2026 Indian Railways commissioned the Kavach automatic train protection system on the 190 route km Prayagraj-Kanpur section of the Delhi-Howrah high-density corridor. Eight pairs of trains are covered in the first phase. The step paves…
- UP Private Business Park Development Scheme-2025 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Uttar Pradesh Private Business Park Development Scheme-2025. Private developers will build ready-to-operate, plug-and-play parks for offices of global firms, R&D centres and global capability centres. Parks will be built…
- Wheat procurement at ₹2,585; Lucknow heritage buildings for PPP 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the wheat procurement policy for Rabi marketing year 2026-27 at the MSP of ₹2,585 a quintal, from 25 March to 15 June 2026. Eight agencies will run 6,500 centres. The…
- MSP purchase of 14.31 lakh tonnes of pulses and mustard in UP 30 Mar GS-VI
On 30 March 2026 the Union Agriculture Minister approved Uttar Pradesh's proposal to buy about 14.31 lakh metric tonnes of gram, masoor and mustard at MSP for the Rabi 2026 season, worth around ₹9,341 crore. The purchase is…
UP Polity & Governance
4 items- Anand Marriage registration rules for Sikh marriages 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the UP Anand Marriage Registration Rules, 2026 for registering Sikh marriages, known as Anand Karaj. Section 6 of the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, as amended in 2012, empowers states to…
- Leprosy clause removed from UP beggary law 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved amending Section 21 of the UP Prohibition of Beggary Act, 1975 to remove leprosy-related provisions. It follows a Supreme Court order of 7 May 2025. The provisions are also aligned…
- Ghaziabad’s glass upcycling centre 16 Mar GS-VI
Under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam has launched a Glass Upcycling Centre at its MRF centre in Vijay Nagar, PIB reported on 16 March 2026. Glass forms about 3 to 4 per cent of the city's…
- Navyug Palika Yojana for 58 district-headquarter towns 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Navyug Palika Yojana to develop urban bodies at district headquarters, other than municipal corporations, over five years from FY 2025-26 to 2029-30. Fifty-eight bodies are covered, at ₹583.20 crore…
UP Geography
4 items- MSTC to run e-auctions of major mineral blocks in UP 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet again named MSTC Ltd as the auction platform provider and SBI Capital Markets Ltd as transaction adviser for e-tender-cum-e-auction of major mineral blocks. The earlier contract ended on 9 February 2026.…
- UP’s share in Lakhwar and Renukaji dam projects 10 Mar GS-V
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved its share of ₹356.07 crore in the Lakhwar multipurpose project on the Yamuna in Uttarakhand and ₹361.04 crore in the Renukaji dam on the Giri in Himachal Pradesh. Both shares…
- Pachhwara South coal block for Ghatampur power plant 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved ₹2242.90 crore to develop the Pachhwara South coal block allotted to Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Ltd, in line with the Coal Ministry's approval. Its coal will mainly feed the Ghatampur…
- UP policy on safe reuse of treated wastewater-2026 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved the Uttar Pradesh Safe Reuse of Treated Water Policy-2026. It promotes the safe reuse of water from sewage treatment plants and faecal sludge treatment plants for non-potable uses. The policy…
UP Schemes & Policies
2 items- PMAY-Urban 2.0: UP guidelines for affordable and rental housing 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved guidelines (policy)-2026 for two components of PMAY-Urban 2.0: Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) and Affordable Rental Housing (ARH). For homes for middle to weaker income groups, the Centre gives ₹1.50…
- UP signs reform-linked MoU under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 18 Mar GS-VI
On 18 March 2026 Uttar Pradesh signed a reform-linked Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, which the Union Cabinet approved on 10 March 2026. The MoU covers 11 structural reform areas. Completed piped…
UP History & Culture
2 items- 24-kosi Vanshgopal Tirth parikrama road in Sambhal 23 Mar GS-VI
On 23 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved new construction, widening and strengthening of the 24-kosi Vanshgopal Tirth parikrama road in Sambhal district. The route is 49.470 km long, and 30.660 km of it is still kutcha. It…
- Barabanki-Bahraich highway to open up Shravasti 26 Mar GS-V
The Union Cabinet approved a 101.51 km four-lane access-controlled Barabanki-Bahraich stretch of NH-927 at a capital cost of ₹6,969.04 crore, the Road Ministry said on 26 March 2026. Built on Hybrid Annuity Mode, it will cut travel time…
UP Society & Demography
1 item- Cashless treatment for college and university teachers 10 Mar GS-VI
On 10 March 2026 the UP Cabinet approved cashless medical treatment for teachers of aided colleges, self-financed recognised colleges and state universities, including self-financed course teachers, and their dependent family members. At the Chief Minister's initiative, non-teaching staff…