India to adopt common charger policy with USB Type-C charger for all smart devices

After the European Union earlier this year announced its one charger policy for all EU consumers, now India intends to come up with a similar plan in an attempt to cut down the e-waste that is produced every year in the country. The country is mulling over a standard charger policy which will mandate all smart devices to be charged with one single USB Type-C charger. As per the Union government’s secretary for consumer affairs Rohit Kumar, the stakeholders at a meeting of an inter-ministerial task force have agreed to the adoption of USB Type-C as a common charging port for all smart devices.