Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Central Committee Reviews Demographic Change in Jammu and Kashmir
A new group of four important people from the Indian government went to a place in India called Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir is a region near the country's border.
This group is called the Committee on Demographic Change.
It wants to learn how many people live there and whether the population numbers are changing in an unusual way.
Some officials are worried that families from other countries, such as Rohingya people and people from Bangladesh, may be living there without official permission.
The group will talk to leaders, police officers, and other important people in the area.
The leader of the group is a retired judge named Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar.
They will stay for three days and visit border areas where the problem has been reported.
This visit is part of a bigger plan started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deal with people entering border regions without permission.
A four-member central Committee on Demographic Change arrived in Jammu and Kashmir for a three-day visit on Monday.
The committee, headed by retired Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar, will evaluate claims of unnatural demographic shifts and security implications in sensitive border districts.
The review focuses on border areas and localities in the Jammu division with reported undocumented settlements, including concerns about Rohingya and Bangladeshi settlers.
The committee met Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat and will hold meetings with stakeholders, including political parties.
The visit comes a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a high-powered demography mission to tackle "illegal infiltration" in border regions; the committee was set up in May.
- Who
- A four-member central Committee on Demographic Change headed by retired Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar; officials met include Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat.
- What
- Reviewing claims of unnatural demographic shifts, undocumented settlements, and their security implications in sensitive border districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
- When
- Monday, at the start of a three-day visit.
- Where
- Jammu and Kashmir, a Union Territory of India, focusing on border areas and localities in the Jammu division.
- Why
- To address rising concerns about undocumented Rohingya and Bangladeshi settlers and evaluate their impact on security in border regions.
- Committee
- Committee on Demographic Change
- Chairperson
- Retired Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar
- Team size
- Four members
- Visit
- Three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, starting Monday
- Focus areas
- Border areas and localities in the Jammu division with reported undocumented settlements
- Officials met
- Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo; Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat
- Background
- Committee formed in May this year, a year after PM Modi announced a demography mission to tackle "illegal infiltration"