Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) in the Government of
India constituted a Task Force, under the chairmanship of Sh. R
H Khwaja, Additional Secretary in MoEF; in August, 2007 in view
of the exigency for ensuring environmentally sound disposal of
the used mercury-bearing lamps, particularly, with the
exponential rise in the demand for CFLs and, also, the thrust
being put by the Government of India and other State
governments for promotion of CFLs due to their energy-saving
potential. The main objective of the Task Force was to evolve a policy for environmentally safe management of mercury in CFLs.