SC sets up a 12-member National Task Force to facilitate public health response to the pandemic SECTIONS SC sets up a 12-member National Task Force to facilitate public health response to the pandemicPTI Last Updated: May 08, 2021, 08:41 PM IST Share Synopsis The bench said the Union Cabinet Secretary will be the convenor of the task force and may nominate an officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary to depute for him, when necessary. Supreme Court sets up National Task Force to streamline oxygen allocation across the country 3,269,841.0 The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force of top medical experts to formulate a methodology for allocation of oxygen to states and union territories for saving lives of COVID-19 patients and to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic.