During his 79th Independence Day address, on August 15, 2025, PM Narendra Modi alerted the nation to a conspiracy to alter India’s demography, specifically warning about the threats posed by illegal infiltration in border regions. Now, the government has announced the formation of a high-level committee to examine this “unnatural demographic change” caused by illegal immigration and other unspecified factors.
Making the announcement of the formation of the committee, Home Minister Amit Shah said that Infiltration and other reasons causing Unnatural Demographic Change pose a very significant challenge to the present and future of any nation.
घुसपैठ और अन्य कारणों से Unnatural Demographic Change किसी भी राष्ट्र के वर्तमान व भविष्य के लिए एक बहुत बड़ी चुनौती है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 26, 2026
इसी चुनौती से निपटने के लिए 15 अगस्त 2025 को प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी ने ‘High-Level Committee on Demographic Change’ की घोषणा की थी। मुझे बताते हुए हर्ष…
The panel will be headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, and other members will include Census Commissioner and former IAS officer Durga Shankar Mishra, former IPS officer Balaji Srivastava, and economist Shamika Ravi. The Joint Secretary (Foreigners-I) in the Ministry of Home Affairs will serve as the committee’s Member Secretary.
The Home Minister added, “Demographic Change is a serious issue linked not only to our sovereignty but also to national security, law and order, profound changes in social structure, and the preservation of tribal society. This committee will conduct a comprehensive assessment of demographic changes occurring across India due to illegal immigration and other unnatural causes, analyze patterns of abnormal population shifts at the levels of religious and social communities, and present a planned and time-bound solution for the same.”
