Smartphone firms and business organisations have agreed to a phased rollout of a uniform charging port for all digital gadgets, the Shopper Affairs Ministry stated on Wednesday.
A sub-group might be set as much as look at the feasibility of uniform charging ports for wearables, it stated.
This was determined throughout a dialogue within the assembly of the inter-ministerial process power chaired by Shopper affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh right here.
The representatives of business associations corresponding to MAIT, FICCI, CII, instructional establishments, together with IIT Kanpur, IIT (BHU), Varanasi in addition to the central authorities ministries, together with the Atmosphere Ministry, attended the assembly.
“Stakeholders agreed {that a} phased roll-out of the frequent charging port could also be performed in order that the identical might be utilized by the business and adopted by customers harmoniously,” an official assertion stated.
Within the assembly, a broad consensus emerged amongst stakeholders on the adoption of USB Sort-C as a charging port for digital gadgets corresponding to smartphones, tablets, laptops and so forth. Additional, it was deliberated {that a} completely different charging port could also be adopted for function telephones, it famous.
“Business ought to overcome inertia in adopting a uniform charging port within the curiosity of shopper welfare and prevention of avoidable e-waste,” the secretary stated within the assembly.
The Division of Shopper Affairs has additionally determined to arrange a sub-group to look at the feasibility of a uniform charging port for wearables. The sub-group will embody representatives from business our bodies, instructional establishments, and so forth.
It was additionally felt that an influence examine could also be performed by the Atmosphere Ministry to evaluate and look at the doable influence of uniform charging ports in digital gadgets with regard to e-waste, the assertion stated.
The uniformity in charging ports is a step in the direction of LiFE (Way of life for Atmosphere) mission launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at COP-26, which requires ‘conscious and deliberate utilisation’ by folks worldwide as a substitute of ‘conscious and wasteful consumption’.
The LiFE mission plans to create and nurture a world community of people, specifically ‘Professional-Planet Folks’ (P3), who could have a shared dedication to undertake and promote environmentally pleasant existence.
