An important decision has been taken by the central government regarding the North-Eastern states. The long-standing demand of the north-eastern states has finally been accepted by the central government.
Taking a major step towards the northeastern states, the central government has decided to regionalize the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. This special law will now be limited to certain areas of these states. There has been a long-standing demand for the removal of this law from the North-Eastern states.
However, instead of doing away with it completely, the Center has decided to limit it to some disturbed areas. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has welcomed this decision of the government. He said the decision would usher in a new era of peace and prosperity in the North-Eastern states which have been suffering from decades of neglect.
Not only there have been repeated protests in the north-eastern states on the issue of AFSPA, in some states this issue has also been made a political issue. But now the central government is reducing the AFSPA in the area, there will be relief on many issues at once.
