Key Updates in India's Technology Sector Q4 2020

Quarterly Report No. 06 (October-December 2020) Brief Summary January 2021

Outline Major Updates Key Meetings, Events & Queries (Activity Tracker) Quarterly Report Snapshot Key Draft Standards Under Wide Circulation Planned Activities for Next Quarter

Major Updates Generic: BIS to bring service norms for e-commerce companies, aggregators Revised Patent Rules in India effective from 19 October, 2020. Smart Cities: BIS Standardization efforts for Smart Cities Digital Infrastructure OneM2M IoT standard to help underpin India s smart Cities Electrical Equipment incl. Consumer Electronics: NITI Aayog, Rockefeller Foundation & Smart Power India Launch Electricity Access & Utility Benchmarking Report Testing of all equipment, components, and parts imported for use in the power Supply System and Network Automotive: India plans $4.6 billion in incentives for battery makers in electric vehicle push Government extends deadline for EV components localization by six months ICT: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) constitutes working groups to prepare 5G Roadmap India's own 5G tech completes evaluation phase of ITU's IMT 2020 IT ministry (MeitY) seeks comments/suggestions on the Draft Data Centre Policy

Last Qtr (Oct, Nov, Dec) 26 10 Key Meetings 1 (2) Description External Meetings Internal Meetings Total Until now 175 53 Meeting with BIS : LITD 34 on Smart Manufacturing: to present Smart Manufacturing Standards Map (SM2) Framework, initial use case template for developing Indian Standard and draft ToC for writing a standard and seek inputs from members. LITD 28 on Smart infrastructure Sectional committee: to discuss draft Standards to be finalized for printing, seek status update from Panels and Study group and review the International Standardization Activities. LITD-35 on Active Assisted Living (AAL): LITD 35 AAL constituted to mirror the work of IEC SyC AAL to address India specific requirements in the standardization activities; identify the Standardization need at the national level. SESEI is promoting EN 301 549 TED28 on Intelligent Transport Systems: to discuss, Composition of Sectional Committee, Review of Published Indian Standards and also review the International Activities in the scope of the ITS Sectional Committee. LITD 10 on 'Power System Control and Associated Communications to review old standards which need to be revised Meetings with DoT and other Government Bodies: TEC-Periodic meetings for finalizing report on IoT / ICT standards for Smart cities": SESEI has provided inputs on Policy initiatives and standardization work around smart cities in Europe , which is included in the report. TEC-Periodic meetings of Smart Village & Agriculture Working Group : SESEI expert have provided EU work around smart villages TEC-Periodic meetings of WG on "Security by design principle and National Trust Center on IoT to discuss, contribute and finalize the document. SESEI has provided inputs on ETSI EN 303 645 TEC-Periodic meetings of WG on Future Communication Technologies in IoT domain: WG members are currently in the process of drafting version 2 of the document on the Future technology. SESEI has promoted ETSI work around e-Health, Medical Devices, Smart Body Area Networks and Smart Appliances CDAC-Meeting of the Committee to formulate an Indian ICT accessibility standard under MEITY: SESEI is an active advocate for adoption of EN301 549 and WG is formulating a report of recommendation including National adoption of EN 301 549

Key Meetings 2 (2) Meetings with EU delegates, EU project officers, EU Industry, officials from EU delegation in India: M/s Doppelmayr - Meeting with Mr. Vikram Singhal: to discuss Niti Aayog guidelines in which BIS standards have been claimed to be equivalent to CEN standards. Meetings with Indian Industry & Associations: BIF - Meetings with Broadband Indian Forum (BIF) Committee Member on ICT for Inclusive Ability (PwD) : White Paper titled 'Priorities for a COVID-19 World: ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in India' was released. Recommendation on the adoption of the European Standard, EN 301 549: Accessibility requirements for all ICT products and services (ETSI, 2019) is included in it. IET - Meeting Cyber Security Working Group of IET Future Tech Panel: to discuss working paper titled Future Proofing Standards Meetings with Project Partners: CCMC and Project Partners meeting with SESEI expert for discussion on outreach activities: discussion held on participation in the CII 28th National Conference, possibility of collaboration with GIZ/PTB, possibility of collaboration through the UK/ Or Commonwealth Standards Network etc. CCMC Project India meeting with SESEI expert to discuss - status update of BIS/RDSO, proposed meeting with EU delegation to India, final approval on Market surveillance and book chapter. SESEI organized meeting between ETSI & TSDSI to discuss oneM2M IMs increase and effective Cash/membership contribution. SESEI organized meeting with EU delegation to India officers with ESOs: between Senior officials at EU Delegation to India and the SESEI Project Partners (Virtual introduction) and ensure synergies on the ongoing activities on ground. India Taskforce/Project India Meeting No. #9: SESEI expert presented updates around EBG Position Paper, draft book Chapter on standards in India, and members discussed Action Plan 2021, SESEI CEN & CENELEC priorities. SESEI meeting with ETSI/InDiCo team members about IMC 2020 participation, Security Webinar: to discuss participation details at the virtual India Mobile Congress 2020 Many more

Total Until now Last Qtr Description (Oct., Nov., Dec.) Key Events 1(2) Events/Seminar/Workshop /Roundtable 174 42 28th QUALITY SUMMIT by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Mr. Wim De Kesel, Chairman Priority India, CEN CENELEC participated in the session on Quality Movement 4.0: Competitive, Inclusive & Self Reliant and shared updates around New Legislative Framework (NLF) - Harmonized European Norms (hENs), benefits of the new legislative framework, benefits of Harmonized European Norms and also spoke about the ongoing cooperation between CEN-CENLEC and BIS and the way forward for ESOs and India to work together. VDMA Webinar on "Conformity Assessment for a Safe and Competitive Market: SESEI gave a presentation covering topics such as Single Market, Conformity Assessment, Market Surveillance, New Approach & Self Certification in Europe and IECEE scheme. 6G Knowledge Lab Opening and 36th Virtual GISFI Workshop: SESEI expert gave a presentation on the topic of 5G and Beyond and shared the standardization work being carried out by ETSI and 3GPP. 5G India 2020 Virtual Conference & Exhibition organized by Bharat Exhibitions: SESEI shared his views on 5G Standardization . BIS, along with IEEE held a webinar to celebrate World Standards Day 2020: raise awareness among regulators, industry, and customers about the importance of standardization to the global economy. EBG Position Paper Release 2020: SESEI being a part of its Telecom Committee provides inputs on the telecom standards, policy and new technologies being introduced in India. India Mobile Congress 2020; 5G and beyond: A well-designed session was hosted by InDiCo/ETSI team - Experts and Senior officials from Govt and Indian Telecom Industry interacted with ETSI officials. EU-India Workshop on Safe and Secure Mobile Technologies: workshop brought together experts from India and Europe to discuss on Cybersecurity Rules for Telecommunications, including security framework, and Security Assurance and Certification Schemes.

Key Events 2(2) India SatCom 2020: 6th edition of BIF s annual flagship event, comprehensive conference for satellite communications in the country. ASSOCHAM organised a Webinar on the "India-Germany bilateral collaboration in the AI Sector": To further strengthen India- Germany bilateral collaboration in the AI Sector Data Centre India 2020 Virtual Conference by Bharat Exhibitions: highlighted the importance of various aspects of Next generation data centres and Virtual Cloud based Data Centre. IEEE organized a webinar on "IoT Protocols - How Data Exchange Happens Webinar on "Demystifying fa ade safety in buildings to build safer, secure, smart and sustainable India": BIS IIT Gandhinagar Underwriters Laboratories (UL) organized a panel discussion on to discuss the critical nature of fa ade safety of a variety of sectors 3rd edition of Renewable Energy Investors' Meet and Expo (3rd RE-INVEST) on a virtual platform: Indo-German Energy Forum (IGEF), organised a RE-INVEST 2020, an Indo-German country session. IEEE SA Summit: Future Trends in Renewables: IEEE Standards Association organised a virtual session on "Future Trends in Renewables IEEE SA Summit: E-Mobility: An Ecosystem Perspective: Featuring many technologies & innovations in electric vehicles & mass transportation, efforts are underway to develop electric aviation as well. Webinar on Intelligent Connected Vehicle Platform organized by Informa: discussed the digital enhancement enabled by their connected car initiatives, that are being undertaken to achieve this objective. Many more ..

Last Qtr Key Queries Description Total Until now (Oct., Nov., Dec.) No of Queries 66 13 Query on Indian legislative framework on product safety, market surveillance system in place: EC Query related to BIS (Conformity Assessment) Amendment Regulations, 2020: EC Query on BIS regulations for products for measuring the distance between 2 devices: Atlas Copco India Query on Time Norms/Frame if a new Standard Develops at CEN CENELEC and BSI: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Query on ETSI and its Process to make any specification to standard before it becomes a Regulations: Ericsson Inputs to draft report on "IoT / ICT standards for Smart cities" : TEC Inputs to Annual Action Plan of Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) for FY 2021-22: TEC Input on quantum technologies status in India: CEN-CENELEC Copy of TR (DTR /0057) Guide to Cyber Security for Consumer Internet of Things and TS 103 701 Cybersecurity assessment for consumer IoT products: TEC Latest version of EN 301 549 on Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services: BIS Query on CEN Standards and Certification for ropeways: Indian Consultant Rail Standards in India Report : EU Delegation to India etc.

Quarterly Report: Snapshot 1 (3) Generic: BIS to bring service norms for e-commerce companies, aggregators BIS brings in quality control order for certain home Appliances Government sets up Inter-Ministerial Committee to strengthen the Capital Goods Sector India Patent- 2019/2020 annual report Published Revised Patent Rules in India are effective from 19 October, 2020. Smart Cities: BIS Standardization efforts for Smart Cities Digital Infrastructure OneM2M IoT standards to help underpin India s smart Cities Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released White Paper on Smart Cities in India IIT Madras Develops MOUSHIK Microprocessor for IoT Devices

Quarterly Report: Snapshot 2 (3) Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics NITI Aayog, Rockefeller Foundation & Smart Power India Launch Electricity Access & Utility Benchmarking Report Electronic contract manufacturing in India to grow over 6-fold to $152 bn by 2025 Power Ministry Proposes Pushing Back Emission Norms Deadlines Office Memorandums (OMs)/Notifications/Guidelines: Government of India Testing of all equipment, components, and parts imported for use in the power Supply System and Network in the country to check for any kind of embedded malware/trojans/cyber threat and for adherence to Indian Standards. Read more/Download>> All Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) to come under Energy Conservation (EC) Act, 2001. Read more/download>> Amendments to the Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Round-The Clock Power from Grid Connected Renewable Energy Power Projects, complemented with Power from Coal Based Thermal Power Projects. Read more/Download>> Concept Note on Plan for one Solar City in Each State/ UT. Read more/Download>> Dispute Resolution Mechanism to consider the unforeseen disputes. Read more/Download>> Amendments to the Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects. Read more/Download>>

Quarterly Report: Snap Shot 3 (3) Automotive: Indian Railways issued its draft National Rail Plan Government allowed use of H-CNG as an alternative clean fuel for Automobile Government extends deadline for EV components localisation by six months India plans $4.6 billion in incentives for battery makers in electric vehicle push Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways issued following notifications: Changes in the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) for NHs works under Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) Projects. Read more>> Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maintenance & Repair (M&R) of NHs. Read more>> safety requirements for Construction Equipment s Vehicles. Read more>> ICT including services: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) constitutes working groups to prepare 5G Roadmap India's own 5G tech completes evaluation phase of ITU's IMT 2020 DoT to Seek Cabinet nod on Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme Guidelines for Telecom Gears TSDSI released report on Cloud Interoperability and Portability (CIP)- Standards jointly with CCICI IT ministry (MeitY) seeks comments/suggestions on the Draft Data Centre Policy C-DAC signs 13 MoUs with India s premier academic and R&D institutions to establish supercomputing Infrastructure.

Key Draft Standards 1(2) @ Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics ETD 11 (15802): Secondary cells and batteries for solar photovoltaic application - General requirements and methods of test ETD 32 (15972): Safety of Household And Similar Electrical Appliances Part 2 Particular Requirements Section 4 Spin Extractors ETD 20 (16347): NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE OF INDIA - PART 1 (All sections) -General and Common Aspects ETD 20 (16358): NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE OF INDIA - PART 3 (All sections) -Requirements for special installations or locations ETD 20 (16359): NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE OF INDIA- PART 4 - Electrical installations in Industrial buildings ETD 20 (16363): NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE OF INDIA - PART 8- Solar photovoltaic PV power supply systems @ Automotive: At BIS: TED 2 (16117): Reciprocating internal combustion engine - Vocabulary - Part 2: Terms for engine maintenance TED 11 (15885): Headlight Switches for Automobiles Specification TED 24 (16295): Freight containers Electronic seals Part 4: Data protection At ARAI: Draft AIS-170/ DF / Sept. 2020: Remote Sensing Devices for on-road Emissions Monitoring Product Specifications and Programme Guidelines Draft Amendment 5 to AIS-023: Automotive Vehicles - Seats, their Anchorages and Head Restraints for Passenger Vehicles of Categories L7, M2, M3 and Goods Vehicles of Category N - Specifications

Key Draft Standards 2(2) @ ICT At BIS: LITD 28 (14073): Unified Data Exchange Part 1: Architecture LITD 16 (12452): SCOSTA: Smart Card Operating System Template Architecture Part 3 Public Key Infrastructure LITD 17 (16422): Information Technology Security techniques Security evaluation of biometrics LITD 28 (16448): IEEE Standard for Low-Rate Wireless Networks LITD 11 (16464): Optical Fibres Part 2 Product specifications Section 50 Sectional specification for class B single-mode fibres LITD 12 (14556): Electrotechnical Vocabulary Part 704: Transmission LITD 30 (16237): Information technology Big data reference architecture Part 3: Reference architecture At TSDSI 17 New Item proposals, 7 study items and 12 SWIP (Study Work Item Proposal) are under review covering topics of 5G, 6G, Spectrum, Rural Broadband, Broadcast, Indian languages, UAV, IoT, Data Protection etc.

Planned Activities for Next Quarters End of Year financial closure & Regulatory Compliances for both EU and India Steering Committee Meeting #4 Prepare Interim Report Project SESEI with ETSI : 02/21 Release updated Landscape Report on Indian Standardization and new Initiatives : 01/21 Prepare One Industry Sector Profile Report: 03/21 Support Virtual Workshop on IoT/M2M with TEC/CDOT through ETSI/Indico Support Security Webinars in India through ETSI/Indico Follow-up & work on the India Taskforce/Priority India activities, action points including possible workshop Continue participation in the important conferences and events to promote EU Standards & related policies Release timely Policy & NEWS Updates

Dinesh Chand Sharma (Seconded European Standardization Expert in India) Director Standardization & Public Policy SESEI C/O EBTC, DLTA Complex, Gate No 3, 1st Floor, 1, Africa Avenue, New Delhi 110029 Mobile: +91 9810079461, Tel: +91 11 3352 1525, dinesh.chand.sharma@sesei.eu www.sesei.eu www.sesei.in