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Armed Forces Special Powers Act
April 3 , 2022
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- The Central Government has announced the reduction of areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the Northeast states of the country.
- The impacted states are Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur.
- In the year 1958, AFSPA was enacted with the aim of bringing the situation under control in all the conflict-hit areas of the country.
- In Assam, from 23 districts AFSPA will be removed while in one district it will be applied partially.
- In the state of Manipur, from 15 police stations in 6 districts, the AFSPA jurisdiction will be removed.
- In this state, in only 3 districts AFSPA will be applicable along with the jurisdiction of two police stations in another district.
- From 15 police stations in 7 districts of Nagaland, the jurisdiction of AFSPA will be removed.
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