Panel reaches Jammu to study demographic changes near border
A high-level committee has arrived in Jammu to investigate demographic changes in border areas as mandated by the Indian Union Home Ministry. The panel plans to meet with various civil society groups and visit settlements, including a detention center housing Rohingya refugees.
Why it matters
The investigation touches on sensitive issues regarding border security, migration, and the status of ethnic minorities in the Jammu region.
Four members of the High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC) arrived in Jammu on Monday (August 10, 2026) as part of their first-ever field visit to study demography changes in border areas, as mandated by the Union Home Ministry.
The committee is led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar (retd.), who is not part of the visit.
The committee is likely to meet civil society members on Tuesday and visit settlements along the Pakistan border in Kathua and Samba districts over the next two days. Organisations that have received invitation from the panel include Brahmin Sabha; Team Jammu, which works on anti-narcotics programmes; Pannun Kashmir, an organisation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits; Jammu State Morcha; Transporters Association; and Private Schools Association. The panel is meeting groups shortlisted by the district administration, an official said.
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