Question

+why the social security act is still regarded as an important piece of legislation in india

Answer 1

The National Security Act of 1980 is an act of the Indian Parliament promulgated on 23 September, 1980[1] whose purpose is "to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and for matters connected therewith".[2]The act extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It Contains 18 sections. This act empowers the Central Government and State Governments to detain a person to prevent him/her from acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of India, the relations of India with foreign countries, the maintenance of public order, or the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the community it is necessary so to do. The act also gives power to the governments to detain a foreigner in a view to regulate his presence or expel from the country. The act was passed in 1980 during the Charan Singh Government.[3]