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High-Level Committee on Demographic Change Under MoHA

31 May 20261 min read
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Why in the news

The Centre formed a high-level panel under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) to examine population shifts linked to illegal immigration and unusual settlement patterns.

Key facts

  • Nodal ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • Chair: retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar.
  • Members: experts from administration, census operations and economic policy.
  • Mandate: study demographic changes due to illegal immigration and abnormal settlement patterns.

Expected output

  • Recommend policy, legislative and administrative steps.
  • Address structural demographic change and migration-related worries.

Exam angle

  • Chair: Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar; ministry: MoHA.
  • Subject: demographic change, illegal immigration.
  • Related terms: census operations, structural change.

Test yourself

1. Under which ministry was the high-level committee on demographic change constituted?

The panel was formed under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

2. Who chairs the high-level committee on demographic change formed by the Government of India?

Retired Supreme Court Judge Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar is chair.

3. The committee on demographic change is meant to study changes arising from which factors?

The mandate covers illegal immigration and abnormal settlement patterns.

This topic is part of Daily Current Affairs 29 & 30 & 31 May 2026 (36 topics).

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