MHA Panel To Begin Border State Visits To Study Post-2011 Demographic Changes
By Global Science JournalThe Ministry of Home Affairs’ High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes is set to begin field visits to border states after receiving responses to detailed questionnaires sent to states and Union Territories. The panel will examine demographic changes since the 2011 Census, with a focus on illegal immigration and other factors, before submitting policy recommendations to the Centre.
Committee to begin field visits after receiving state responses
The six-member High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC), constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), will soon begin visits to border districts, border regions, metro cities and industrial towns across states including West Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Headed by retired Supreme Court judge Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, the committee will launch its visits after collecting information through a detailed questionnaire sent to states and Union Territories………”
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