Manoj Kumar Aggarwal
The Government of India has recently constituted a high-level committee under the chairmanship of Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navalekar to study the causes of demographic change, investigate and solve illegal migration. This committee is assessing the impacts on national security and social balance. Additionally, the following are the main steps taken by the government to avail the demographic dividend. Skill India Mission and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana are being run to train DC youth. Employment and entrepreneurship and self-employment are being promoted through Mudra Yojana. Education: Quality education is being ensured under the New Education Policy 2020.
Let us tell you that the Central Government has constituted a high level committee on demographic change. Let us tell you that demographic change and infiltration were big issues in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had surrounded the then Mamata Banerjee government regarding this issue. On this basis, BJP defeated Trinamool Congress in the assembly elections and won power with the previous majority. In such a situation, it is now considered important for the Central Government to constitute a high level committee on demographic change.
The Central Government has constituted a high level committee on demographic change. Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced this on Tuesday (26 May 2026). Union Home Minister Amit Shah posted on the social media platform ‘X’ and said that due to infiltration and other reasons, it is a big challenge for the present and future of any nation. To deal with this challenge, on August 15, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the formation of a ‘High Level Committee’ on Demographic Change. Home Minister Amit Shah posted on X and wrote, ‘I am happy to inform that the government has constituted this committee. In this committee headed by Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navalekar (retired), Census Commissioner along with Durga Shankar Mishra (retired IAS), Balaji Srivastava (retired IPS) and Dr. Shamika Ravi will be the members of the committee. Joint Secretary (Foreigners-I), Ministry of Home Affairs, will be the member secretary of this committee.
Demographic change and infiltration were big issues in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had surrounded the then Mamata Banerjee government regarding this issue. On this basis, BJP defeated Trinamool Congress in the assembly elections and won power with absolute majority. In such a situation, it is now considered important for the Central Government to constitute a high level committee on demographic change.
You may remember that PM Modi had said on 15 August 2025 that India will launch a demographic mission to deal with illegal immigration. He warned the people about a deliberate conspiracy to change the demography of the country through illegal infiltration and said that no nation can tolerate infiltrators, as he announced a high-level demographic mission to deal with this problem. He had said that today I want to warn about a concern, a challenge before the country.
The demography of the country is being changed as part of a conspiracy and a well-planned conspiracy. A new crisis is being sown in the midst of this and these infiltrators are snatching away the livelihood of the youth of my country. These infiltrators are targeting the sisters and daughters of my country, this will not be tolerated. These infiltrators are misleading the innocent tribals and occupying their lands. This country will not tolerate and hence my dear countrymen, when there is a change in demography, there is a change in demography in the border areas, then there is a threat to national security.
This creates a crisis for the unity, integrity and progress of the country. It sows the seeds of social tension and no country can hand over its country to infiltrators. If no country in the world can do it, then how can we India do it? Our ancestors have got freedom through sacrifice and renunciation. It is our duty towards those great men who gave us independent India that we should not accept such activities in our country, it will be a true tribute to them and hence today I want to call the Red Fort as the ramparts.
We have decided to launch a high power demography mission. This mission, through this mission, will definitely do its work in a well-intentioned manner in the stipulated time to solve the dire crisis that is looming over India, we are moving in that direction. The percentage of population by religion in India shows a continuous decline of Hindu population 1951 2011 2001 1991 1981 1971 1961 1951 Hindu -4.30% 79.80% 80.50% 81.50% 82.30% 82.70% 83.50% 84.10% Muslim 4.40% 14.20% 13.40% 12.60% 11.80% 11.20% 10.70% 9.80%. The main reason for the disparity seen in the population growth of all religions in the census from 1951 to 2011 is infiltration. Census was conducted in this country in 1951, 1971, 1991 and 2011, in which there has been a tradition of asking religion since the beginning.
In the 1951 census, the Hindu population was 84 percent, while the Muslim population was 9.8 percent. In 1971, the Hindu population increased to 82 percent and the Muslim population to 11 percent. In 1991, the Hindu population increased to 81 percent and the Muslim population to 12.2 percent. In 2011, the Hindu population increased to 79 percent and the Muslim population to 14.2 percent. The Muslim population has increased by 24.6 percent, while the Hindu population has decreased by 4.5 percent. Modi government’s 3D anti-infiltration policy – to identify, to remove them from the voter list, to send them back. The most noteworthy thing is that the population of Muslim community in India is increasing faster than the Hindu population. It is expected to increase from 14.4% in 2010 to 18.4% in 2050.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had said that Bangladeshi infiltration is behind the decline in Jharkhand’s tribal population. He had demanded that parts of the state as well as Murshidabad and Malda districts of West Bengal and Kishanganj and Katihar of Bihar be declared Union Territories to deal with the challenge posed by the increasing number of “illegal immigrants from Bangladesh” in the region, which, according to him, has significantly reduced the tribal population.
He raised this issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha and said that the population of tribals in the Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand is decreasing due to the increasing number of Bangladeshi infiltrators. He said that the tribal population in Santhal Pargana region was 36% in 2000, which has now come down to 26%. He asked, ‘Where have these tribals gone?’ Since 2014, more than 8,500 infiltration attempts have been detected on India’s borders, while more than 20,000 infiltrators have been arrested.
There are different approaches to demographic change in India at the level of security, economics and policy making. The central government and a section of security analysts consider it a serious challenge to national security and social balance, while economists and demographers see it as an economic challenge linked to falling fertility rates and aging population. This topic can be understood mainly through different perspectives: Security and social balance perspective Under this perspective, the “unnatural demographic change” taking place in some specific areas of the country, especially the border areas, is considered a major threat. It is believed. According to the Union Home Ministry, illegal infiltration and irregular migration have led to abnormal changes in the population structure of border states (such as Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar), which are a matter of concern for law and order and sovereignty. The government should take serious strict action.
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