The Government of India has passed a new law the country which makes the use of USB Type-C charging ports compulsory for all upcoming electronic devices. The government gave a deadline of March 2025 to all the manufacturers out there to impose the changes. This means every product launching after March 2025 should have a mandatory USB Type-C charging port in the country. Further, there is some relief for the laptop manufacturers as they are given a deadline of the year 2026.

However, a recent piece of information hovering online claims that these new rules are not compulsory for all electronic devices. There are some devices which are excluded from the new law. The devices include feature phones, wearables, and wearables. This means they can continue to use the relevant charging method and are is no more forced to use the USB Type-C charging port. Rest all electronic devices, including smartphones will have to bring Type-C charging port in order to comply with the new guidelines released by the government of India.

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The government official stated, “USB Type-C port has been made mandatory for mobiles and electronics, and the industry players are also on board, although stakeholders have stated that costs would increase for featurephones, wearables, and hearables.” The official added that the exclusion was implemented as a result of industry participants’ concerns about input expenses, which would increase the price of feature phones.

It is obvious that India is still a very large market for feature phone users, and it will be a very long time until they completely move to smartphones. The Indian government has created another subgroup to look into the viability of a standardised charging procedure for wearables purchased in India. The new initiative by the Indian government is definitely worth praising, and it will undoubtedly result in the creation of a single universal charging cable for all the electronics in your immediate environment.

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