Important Day

• Janaushadhi week – 1st March to 7th March 2020.

Economy

• According to Fitch Solutions agency, India’s real GDP growth (economic growth) in FY2019-20 – 4.9 percent.

National

• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has taken over luxury train Golden Chariot for operation from – Western Railway (WR).
• Winner of the Smart City Empowering India Award-2019 for its innovation in peak load management – TSSPDCL.

Persons in News

• Winner of the Emerging Woman CEO of the Year Award at the Kotler Awards by World Marketing Summit-India 2020 on 2 Mar 2020 in New Delhi – Tanya Sood (CEO of House of Aynat).
• Winner of ‘Atibadi Jagannath Das’ award by Odisha Sahitya Akademi – Binapani Mohanty (Odia author & poet).
• Winner of the 128th Commonwealth Points of Light Award, honoured by British Queen Elizabeth II – Jadav Payeng (Based in Assam’s Jorhat district, 57-year-old Environmental activist).

State Current Affairs

• The Maharashtra government’s award for contribution in the field of Marathi theatre will be named after noted actor – late Shriram Lagoo.
• The Araku Utsav concluded on 1 March 2020 at Araku Valley in – Visakhapatnam district, AP.

General Knowledge

• Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) was created on – 1 March 2002.
• Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Art) – Established: 5th August 1954; Location: New Delhi.
• Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was created by the Act in – 1985.
• Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) – Founded: 01 March 2012; Headquarters: New Delhi.