Managing E-waste has become a health and environmental issue at global level and in India. Most of the e-waste generated in India is handled in the unregulated informal sector thereby posing a serious threat to the environment and health risks to the handlers due to lack of professional skills and technology for its safe recycling. The problem of e-waste has forced legal initiatives to be taken at global level and national level for E-waste management with a view to reduce environmental impacts and at the same time to optimize reuse, recovery and recycling of valuable materials. The objective of this paper is to highlight not only legal steps taken but also to discuss the impacts of e-waste on environment and on health along with challenges still posed to the environment and policy makers but also to recommend encouragement of research into standards of hazardous waste management through the transfer of processing and recycling technology from developed to developing nations along with motivation of environmental monitoring and the regulation of hazardous waste-disposal by the Governments for reducing the illegal trade of e-waste, as well as formulation of effective legislations for curbing this menace.

E-waste, Hazardous, Health Risks, Impacts, Recovery, Recycling, Technology