India BIS issued a notice on November 22 that the new standard IS 16333 (Part 3): 2022, which was originally scheduled to be enforced on December 17, 2022, was postponed to June 17, 2023.
It is reported that India may be promoting a government proposal, which will force all smartphones, tablets and laptops to implement the standard charging interface USB Type-C, following the steps of the EU, which has recently passed a similar bill. India hopes to reduce e-waste through a unified charging port.
On October 10, 2022, BIS announced that the new standard IS 16333 (Part 3): 2022 on mobile phones supporting Indian languages officially came into effect,
On May 20, 2022, the Ministry of environment, forests and climate change of India published a new draft e-waste management regulation to replace the current 2016 e-waste management regulation.
