MHA Forms Committee on Demographic Change

The Ministry of Home Affairs constituted a high-level committee to study demographic changes linked to illegal immigration and other abnormal factors.

The Government of India formed a High-Level Committee under the Ministry of Home Affairs to examine demographic changes arising from illegal immigration and other abnormal reasons. The committee will be chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar. It will study causes, settlement patterns and structural population changes at community level. The committee will also recommend policy, legislative and administrative measures based on its findings.