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AFSPA Extended in Parts of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
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Extended again from October 1: the three north-eastern states still living under AFSPA
The Union Home Ministry extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for a further six months, from October 1, 2026, in specified disturbed areas of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
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The Union Home Ministry extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for a further six months, from October 1, 2026, in specified disturbed areas of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
AFSPA grants armed forces special powers of search, arrest and use of force in areas declared "disturbed" under the Act.
The extension follows a periodic review of the security situation in these north-eastern states.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- AFSPA extended for a further six months from October 1, 2026
- Extension covers specified disturbed areas in Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
- AFSPA, 1958 gives armed forces powers of search, arrest and use of force in "disturbed" areas
- The order was issued by the Union Home Ministry
- Extension follows a periodic review of the security situation in these states
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 has been extended for six months from October 1, 2026 in specified disturbed areas of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
- AFSPA empowers the armed forces to search premises, arrest without warrant and use force in areas declared "disturbed" under the Act.
- The extension is granted periodically by the Union Home Ministry after reviewing the security situation in the concerned states.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS-II Polity and Governance — Centre-State relations and internal security. The recurring six-month extension of AFSPA under Section 3 (declaring an area "disturbed") reflects the tension between the Centre's security mandate in the north-east and long-standing civil society and state government demands for repeal on human-rights grounds; the way forward lies in graded, region-specific withdrawal as insurgency-related violence declines, alongside strengthening ordinary criminal law and local policing capacity as substitutes.
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ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಸಶಸ್ತ್ರ ಪಡೆಗಳ (ವಿಶೇಷ ಅಧಿಕಾರಗಳು) ಕಾಯ್ದೆ (AFSPA), 1958 ಅನ್ನು ಯಾವ ಮೂರು ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಅಶಾಂತ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ?
- ಮಣಿಪುರ, ನಾಗಾಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಅರುಣಾಚಲ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- ಮಣಿಪುರ, ಅಸ್ಸಾಂ ಮತ್ತು ಮೇಘಾಲಯ
- ನಾಗಾಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್, ಮಿಜೋರಾಂ ಮತ್ತು ತ್ರಿಪುರ
- ಅರುಣಾಚಲ ಪ್ರದೇಶ, ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಂ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸ್ಸಾಂ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: A — ಸರಿ: ಮಣಿಪುರ, ನಾಗಾಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಅರುಣಾಚಲ ಪ್ರದೇಶ — ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 1, 2026 ರಿಂದ ಈ ಮೂರು ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಅಶಾಂತ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ AFSPA ಅನ್ನು ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
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