Will remove AFSPA from Northeast barring one or two States next year: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from most of the Northeast region next year, barring one or two states, citing improved peace. This announcement followed the signing of a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Centre, Assam, and Nagaland. The MoU aims to resolve a three-decade-old jurisdictional dispute over mineral oil operations along their border, enabling significant mineral exploration and boosting economic development in the region, exemplifying cooperative federalism.