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Amit Shah chairs MHA meeting to facilitate demographic changes panel ... Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired a meeting of Ministry of Home Affairs officials to ensure proper facilitation of the High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC). To assess changes in demography, the Committee will also visit metropolitan areas and industrial towns. The first meeting of the High-Level Committee has already been convened, and the agenda has been formulated, the Ministry stated. The Ministry will provide logistical and other necessary support for the proper functioning of the Committee. As announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Red Fort on 15th Aug 2025, the Committee was formally constituted on 26th May 2026. The Committee, headed by Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, will study demographic changes, especially in border areas. Earlier last month, the MHA issued a 'resolution' to constitute a High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC) to address challenges arising from demographic shifts observed across the country, hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the formation of the committee on his official X handle. As per the resolution, …

Demographic panel to visit metros, industrial & border areas to study population changes Home minister Amit Shah Saturday chaired a meeting with senior MHA officials to review arrangements for proper facilitation of the committee. The first meeting of the panel has already been convened and its agenda formulated. “MHA will provide logistical and other necessary support for proper functioning of the committee,” a ministry official said.

Amit Shah announces high-level panel to study demographic changes ... Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced the formation of a high-level committee to examine demographic change in India, calling it a major challenge with implications for national security, sovereignty and social stability. The announcement follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on Independence Day 2025, when he proposed setting up a dedicated panel to study demographic shifts linked to illegal immigration and other “unnatural” factors. In a post on X, Shah said the government has now operationalised the “High-Level Committee on Demographic Change” to assess the impact of infiltration and abnormal population changes across the country. “Infiltration and other reasons causing unnatural demographic change pose a very significant challenge to the present and future of any nation,” Shah said, adding that the committee was constituted in line with the Prime Minister’s announcement on August 15, 2025. The panel will be headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar. Its members include Census Commissioner and former IAS officer Durga Shankar Mishra, former IPS offi…

Centre forms panel to study demographic changes caused by ... Union Home Minister Amit Shah | BJP Tamilnadu, @BJP4TamilNadu/X The Union government on Tuesday set up a high-level committee on demographic changes taking place because of alleged “illegal immigration and other abnormal reasons”. The panel, which will report to the Union home ministry, will study the nature, causes and consequences of demographic changes “occurring across the country”. It will also recommend policy, administrative and legal measures. This committee will submit its report within one year, the government said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in a social media post that “unnatural demographic change” caused by “infiltration and other reasons” constitutes a big challenge for any country. “Demographic change is a serious problem linked not only to our sovereignty but also to national security, law and order, major changes in social structure, and the protection of tribal societies,” Shah said. The panel will analyse the “patterns of abnormal population changes at the level of religious and social communities” and will present solutions to address the problem, he added. The committee will…

Questions set, demographic panel to seek info from states A high-level committee, formed just a month ago, has swiftly developed a comprehensive questionnaire to investigate demographic shifts across India, including those influenced by illegal immigration. Led by Justice (Retd) Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar, the panel informed Home Minister Amit Shah about its plans to visit states and UTs for on-the-ground insights. The committee will also consult various ministries and aims to submit its recommendations promptly.

India sets up panel to study demographic changes due to illegal ... The committee will also recommend a streamlined and permanent operational mechanism for legal, fair and time-bound identification, detention and deportation of illegal immigrants already residing in the country, a home ministry statement said. Pallab Bhattacharya, New Delhi 27 May, 2026, 09:50 pm Last modified: 27 May, 2026, 10:06 pm Indian flag is seen in this illustration taken 25 April 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo Terming demographic changes due to illegal immigration as a major challenge to national security, India yesterday (26 May) announced the composition of a six-member high-level committee to study the demographic changes arising from illegal immigration and other abnormal reasons and to suggest measures to deal with these problems. The committee will also recommend a streamlined and permanent operational mechanism for legal, fair and time-bound identification, detention and deportation of illegal immigrants already residing in the country, a home ministry statement said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the "high-powered demography mission" on 15 August last year an…

Shah Directs Committee on Demographic Change to Study Border ... New Delhi:Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday directed the high-level committee on demographic change to study the shift in population structure in border districts, officials said. Chairing the meeting of the committee, Shah also asked it to visit border areas, metro cities and industrial towns for an assessment of changes because of illegal migration and other unnatural causes, they said. The Home Ministry had formed the high-level committee to assess demographic changes across India due to "illegal immigration and other unnatural causes" and suggest measures to address these challenges. The Committee is headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar and includes the census commissioner, along with retired IAS officer Durga Shankar Mishra, ex-IPS officer Balaji Srivastava and Dr Shamika Ravi as members. The joint secretary (foreigners-l), Ministry of Home Affairs, is the member secretary of this committee. Announcing the formation of the committee last month, Shah had emphasised that demographic change is a serious issue linked not only to the country's sovereignty but also to na…