Question : ENVIRONMENT IMPACT OF CFL BULBS



(a) whether the United States Agencies for International Development has revealed that manufacturing of about 50 per cent of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) bulbs in India are harmful for environment;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) whether various South Asian Countries have propose any uniform benchmark for CFL bulbs;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether environmentalists in the country are also working on this project;

(f) if so, the details thereof; and

(g) the time by which new benchmark for CLF bulbs will be finalized?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS(SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) to (g) The Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.