Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a) President can only declare the area as disturbed under AFSPA.b) Governor can only declare the areas as disturbed under AFSPA.c) Army declare the area as disturbed under AFSPA.d) Union cabinet can only declare area as disturbed under AFSPA.

Ans-[B] 

Explanation-The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was enacted in 1958 to bring under control what the government of India considered ‘disturbed’ areas. Section (3) of the AFSPA Act empowers the governor of the state or Union territory to issue an official notification on The Gazette of India on their own discretion, and without informing the elected political representatives, by notification in the official Gazette, declare the whole or part of the state or union territory to be a disturbed area following which the centre has the authority to send in armed forces for civilian aid. The state governments, can suggest whether the Act is required to be enforced or not. But under Section (3) of the Act, their opinion can still be overruled by the governor or the centre. Section 3 of AFSPA reads as:

“Power to declare areas to be disturbed areas.—If, in relation to any State or Union territory to which this Act extends, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union territory or the Central Government, in either case, if of the opinion that the whole or any part of such State or Union territory, as the case may be, is in such a disturbed or dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union territory or the Central Government, as the case may be, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare the whole or such part of such State or Union territory to be a disturbed area”