CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Option 1, i.e Maharashtra. The Maharasthra Government proposed to enact a stringent law in the form of Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act-to deal with the challenges of terrorism, insurgency, communalism and caste violence.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maharashtra has enacted a stringent law called Protection of Internal Security Act to deal with the challenges of terrorism, insurgency, communalism and caste violence.

Detailed explanation-3: -History. The Act was enacted on July 2, 1971, and replaced the previous ordinance, the “Maintenance of Internal Security Ordinance” promulgated by the President of India on May 7, 1971.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Security Act of 1980 is an act of the Indian Parliament promulgated on 23 September 1980 whose purpose is “to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and for matters connected therewith". The act extends to the whole of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT, 1980. ACT NO. 65 OF 1980. [27th December, 1980.] An Act to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and for matters connected therewith.