CURRENT AFFAIRS | 27 MAY 2026
Speaking at the Sanchu Border Outpost in Bikaner, Rajasthan on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that anti-drone systems will be deployed along the entire Indo-Pakistan international border within six months. The announcement comes against the backdrop of a surge in drone incursions from across the border since Operation Sindoor (April 2025), and is paired with the broader expansion of BSF’s mandate to include pre-emptive vigilance against “artificial demographic change” in border districts.
Statute & jurisdiction map
- BSF Act, 1968 — constitutes and governs the Border Security Force (raised 1 December 1965).
- October 2021 MHA notification — expanded BSF jurisdiction in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam from 15 km to 50 km from the international border; reduced Gujarat to 5 km.
- Aircraft Act, 1934 + Drone Rules 2021 — civilian UAV regulation under DGCA + MoCA.
- UAPA, 1967 — applies to cross-border arms smuggling using drones.
CLAT angle — federalism + Schedule VII
Border management touches a politically charged federalism question: BSF’s expanded 50 km jurisdiction in Punjab and West Bengal was opposed by state governments as encroachment on Entry 2 of the State List (Police). The Centre defends it under Union List entries on Defence and “border patrol”. Expect a Legal Reasoning passage on the Seventh Schedule division.
Key Facts
| Venue | Sanchu BoP, Bikaner, Rajasthan |
| Date | 26 May 2026 |
| Anti-drone deployment timeline | 6 months |
| BSF jurisdiction (Pb/WB/Assam) | 50 km from IB (since Oct 2021) |
| Operation Sindoor | April 2025 |
Mnemonic — "1968 · 1934 · 1967"
1968 = BSF Act · 1934 = Aircraft Act (parent for Drone Rules) · 1967 = UAPA. Three Acts, three years — every drone-policy MCQ collapses to one of these.
Why this matters for CLAT 2027
Border-management questions reliably appear in CLAT Current Affairs. The 2021 MHA jurisdiction notification + the Sonowal (2005) precedent + drone regulation under DGCA form a tight bundle.
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