EUROPE | July 2021

Message From SESEI

Greeting from Project SESEI!!!
Dear Readers,

While we take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and safe summer break, we are pleased to bring this eighth edition of our “SESEI newsletter – Europe”, providing important snippets from India on the Project priority sectors covering ICT, Smart Cities, Mobility, Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics, Energy Efficiency and Environment, etc. for the period of April 2021 to June 2021.

Project SESEI is an important instrument established by European Commission (EC) along with Standards Organisation ETSI, CEN & CENELEC and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on cooperation between India and Europe around Standards of Emerging Technologies and related Policies. To further improve and strengthen its scope, action, deliverables, and its value and effectiveness Project SESEI is seeking your opinion, feedback and comments through a short survey available at SESEI SURVEY. If not done already, request you to kindly complete this. For more information on this survey please click here or visit the project website http://sesei.eu/

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), alongside city administrations in the country, have also developed the Indian Standard - IS18000:2020 which makes the ArchiMate® Specification available for smart cities applications across India. The standard “IS 18000 Unified Digital Infrastructure – ICT Reference Architecture (UDI-ICTRA)” is the foundational standard in the series. In this series of standards BIS have also released a standard - IS 18004-1:2021: IoT System Part 1 Reference Architecture” which is based on oneM2M specifications.

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Meity) in collaboration with International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad (IIIT-H) Smart Cities Mission, Telangana government, and European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) has initiated a Smart City Living lab which will work to create research and development ecosystem for next-generation technologies designed to improve safety, sustainability, energy efficiency, sanitation, and overall quality of life in densifying cities

In the Automotive sector, India is taking all necessary measures to ensure a robust ecosystem for uptake of Electrical Vehicles. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme on 'National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage’ has been approved by the Government of India. The manufacturing of ACCs will facilitate demand for EVs, which are proven to be significantly less polluting. As India pursues an ambitious renewable energy agenda, the ACC program will be a key contributing factor to reduce India's Green House Gas (GHG) emissions which will be in line with India's commitment to combat climate change.

In the Telecom Sector, permissions have been granted to the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to start conducting trials for use and applications of 5G technology. TSPs are also expected to facilitate the testing of the indigenously developed use cases and equipment as part of the trials. The TSPs are also encouraged to conduct trials using 5Gi technology in addition to the already known 5G Technology developed by IIT Madras, Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) and IIT Hyderabad. It may further be noted that Indian telecom standards body TSDSI has submitted a vision for 6G to UN body ITU Radiocommunication sector. For faster adoption of IPV6, Ministry of Electronics & IT has launched three new initiatives which will guide & provide necessary technical support, share best practices, and helps in increasing IPv6 adoption.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with aim to deal with e-waste as part of the larger plan to encourage circular economy and ensuring zero to minimal wastage in the use of electronics and electrical sector, has also formulated a policy paper that deals with these issues.

With this I would like to welcome you to read and make best use of the latest information and market synopsis provided through this newsletter concerning important project priority sectors in India. As a matter of practice, we also provide details of the upcoming important events/ seminars and workshops.

Thanking you for your valuable time and effort.

Happy Reading!!!

Warm regards,
Dinesh Chand Sharma (Seconded European Standardization Expert in India)
Director – Standards & Public Policy
Mobile: +91 9810079461, Desk: +91 11 3352 1525
E-mail: dinesh.chand.sharma@sesei.eu

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Electrical Equip. /Consumer Electronics

NXP India partners with MeitY, FabCI to launch semiconductor incubation programmes for startups

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Semiconductor major NXP India is partnering with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI), IIT Hyderabad for its maiden ‘Semiconductor Startup Incubation and Acceleration Programme’. It aims to support India's vision of making the country a self-reliant nation as it will create a ready platform to support startups who wish to design semiconductor chips in India. Industry estimates suggest the Indian semiconductor market stands at around $300 million. If semiconductor fabs are added to this, the value could go up to $4-5 billion.

TAGS #NXP

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MeitY Startup Hub, La French Tech Bengaluru announce tie-up

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MeitY Startup Hub and La French Tech, Bengaluru, have launched the Indo-French Tech Programme to support Indo-French startup collaboration. It is also for facilitating a rapid convergence of the French and Indian startup eco-systems and establishing linkages between Indian and French incubators and startups. This programme is jointly supported by the Ministry of Electronics & IT of India, and the French Government, a joint statement said.
The Indo-French Tech Programme was launched on the occasion of the visit to India of French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian during a French Tech event at the Indian office of Meero, a French on-demand photography unicorn.

TAGS #Meity

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French firm EDF installs 1 lakh smart meters in India

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French power utility firm EDF said it has installed 1 lakh smart electricity meters in India. The milestone marks the beginning of the commercial rollout of its 5-million smart electricity meters contract, nearly half of which will be installed in Bihar. "Global low-carbon electricity leader EDF successfully installed 100,000 smart meters in India under its contract with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL)," an EDF statement said. According to the statement, this is the first large-scale prepaid smart meter solution to be deployed in India. The contract was awarded to EDF in association with Accenture Solutions Private Limited (India) in 2019.

TAGS #EDF

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India Smart Grid Forum and ASEAN Centre for Energy executed MoU for Cooperation for Decarbonization Initiatives in the areas of Smart Grids, Electric Mobility and Renewable Energy Developments on Fast

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has long standing international partnerships on energy cooperation which have been mutually beneficial to all stakeholders. These international partnerships support the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2016-2025, a regional blueprint for energy cooperation which was endorsed by the ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM).

TAGS #ASEAN

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Ministry of Power decides to set up a National Mission on use of Biomass in coal based thermal power plants

2021-07-21 152 0

Ministry of Power has decided to set up a National Mission on use of Biomass in coal based thermal power plants. This would further support the energy transition in the country and our targets to move towards cleaner energy sources. The proposed National Mission on biomass will also contribute in the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).

TAGS #NCAP

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Ministry of Power (MoP) has released following notifications:

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Comments on Discussion Paper on redesigning the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Mechanism. Read more>>
National Committee on Transmission (NCT)-amendment thereof. Read more>>

Ministry of Power has invited suggestions/inputs on draft National Electricity Policy (NEP) 2021.

TAGS #NCT

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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued following notifications/guidelines

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Approved Models and Manufacturers of Solar Photovoltaic Modules (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2019 – Implementation-Clarification-reg. Read more/Download>>
Guidelines on Production Linked Incentive Scheme ‘National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ Read more>>
Amendment to Scheme Guidelines for Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) Scheme Phase-II for setting up 12,000 MW grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Projects. Read more/Download>>
Seeking comments on specifications and testing procedures for solar off grid applications.

TAGS #CPSU #Solar

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