Union home minister Amit Shah announced that the Centre has constituted a high-level committee to examine demographic changes in the country caused by illegal immigration and other “unnatural causes”. In a post on X, Shah said such demographic changes pose a major challenge to the present and future of the nation. He said the committee was formed following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on August 15, 2025. The panel will be headed by retired judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar and include former IAS officer Durga Shankar Mishra, former IPS officer Balaji Srivastava and economist Dr Shamika Ravi. According to Shah, the committee will study abnormal population shifts linked to illegal immigration and recommend structured, time-bound solutions while examining implications for national security, sovereignty, law and order, and tribal societies.