March

• 3 March - Central government launches Dhan Laxmi scheme in seven states. Under this scheme an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh would be provided for the girl child at her birth. The scheme aims to improve the girl-child ratio.
• 5 March - S. M. Krishna resigns from his post of Maharashtra Governor.
• 9 March - J. P. Chalasani is appointed the new chief executive of the Reliance Power, an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company.
• 10 March - D. D. Lapang sworn in as the Chief Minister of a new Congress-led government in Meghalaya.
• 14 March - Hyderabad International Airport is inaugurated.
• 18 March - Donkupar Roy of the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) sworn in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
• 23 March - India test fires nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile Agni-I having a range of 700 to 900 km.
• 24 March - The Sixth Pay Commission recommends increase in the salaries of all government employees by 40%.
• 25 March - Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal disqualified from the Haryana Vidhan Sabha under the anti-defection law
• 26 March - Raghu Menon is new Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Air India and National Aviation Company India Ltd (NACIL).
• 26 March - Tata Motors buys two British automobile manufacturing companies, Jaguar and Land Rover, from Ford, their American owners.
• 27 March - Communist Party of India (CPI) re-elects A. B. Bardhan as the general secretary for the fourth consecutive term.