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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.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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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.
ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
പ്രധാന വസ്തുതകൾ
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
പ്രിലിംസ് · മെയിൻസ്
How the exam will ask it
പ്രിലിംസ്
- 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.
മെയിൻസ്
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.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 was recently extended for another six months in specified disturbed areas of which THREE states?
- Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
- Manipur, Assam and Meghalaya
- Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura
- Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Assam
ഉത്തരം കാണിക്കൂ
ഉത്തരം: A — Correct: Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh — the Centre extended AFSPA in specified disturbed areas of exactly these three states for six more months from 1 October 2026. • Manipur, Assam and Meghalaya — wrong: Assam and Meghalaya are not covered by this extension. • Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura — wrong: Mizoram and Tripura are not part of this extension. • Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Assam — wrong: Sikkim has never been an AFSPA disturbed area.
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