CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016, received Presidential assent last week, paving the way for its implementation.

Detailed explanation-2: -India Code: Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016. Long Title: An Act to provide for the prohibition of social boycott of a person or group of persons including their family members, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Detailed explanation-3: -Any person imposes or causes to impose any social boycott on any member of his community, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment of either description, which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. A social boycott is a process of collective refusal of a person or group of people from mixing with others in society. They live on the periphery of society, and these methods deny an individual or group access to opportunities available to other individuals or groups. Ans.