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Quarterly Report No 4 Standards, Policy and Regulation

(January - March’ 2017)

April’ 2017

SESEI 3 – Dinesh Chand Sharma

1. Executive Summary ..............................................................................................................2 2. Key Meetings, Event Participation and Queries ..................................................................4 3. Generic Update ....................................................................................................................9

3.1 National Building Code 2016 - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) ........................................9 3.2 Latest Update on CRO (Compulsory Registration Order) Scheme: ................................... 11

4 SMART CITIES .................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 Standards for Smart Cities ................................................................................................ 12 4.2 Ministry of Urban Development Notifications around Smart Cities ................................. 14

5 Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics ...................................................... 15 5.1 Standard at BIS ................................................................................................................. 15 5.2 Notifications of Government of India ............................................................................... 16 5.3 CEA Released Draft National Electricity Plan for 2017 – 22 ............................................. 16 5.4 New scheme to boost electronics manufacturing ............................................................ 17 5.5 Enhancement of Solar Park Capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW ........................... 17 5.6 International Solar Alliance (ISA): Signing of the Framework Agreement ........................ 17 5.7 CERC Issued Staff Paper on Energy Storage ..................................................................... 18 5.8 ISRO develops android app for computing solar energy potential ................................... 18 5.9 Tata Power Delhi Distribution Launches Smart Grid Project ............................................ 18 5.10 Solar power storage technology from Belgium ................................................................ 18

6 Automotive ....................................................................................................................... 19 6.1 Automotive work at BIS .................................................................................................... 19 6.2 Automotive work at Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) ........................... 19 6.3 To Reduce Vehicular Pollution Government to Promote Environment Friendly Vehicles . 20 6.4 6 automotive testing, R&D center’s coming up across the country ................................. 21 6.5 Govt. sets up National Board of Electric Mobility ............................................................. 21 6.6 List of Government Order / Notifications Released in the last Quarter ............................ 22

7 ICT ..................................................................................................................................... 22 7.1 ICT at TSDSI ....................................................................................................................... 23 7.2 ICT at Department of Telecom under Ministry of Communication ................................... 28 7.3 ICT at Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) ..................................................................... 28 7.4 ICT at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ........................................................ 29

8 Activities by other standards development organization in India .................................... 29 8.1 28th GSSM & IEEE 5G Summit .......................................................................................... 29

9 Planned Activities for Next Quarters ................................................................................ 29 10 Glossary ............................................................................................................................ 30

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Indian Standardization System

A pictorial view of the Indian Standardization System around Priority Sectors of SESEI is shown below;

For more information on the Indian Standardization System, please refer to our earlier report made available here

Ministry of Consumer

Affairs

Automotive

BIS – Bureau of Indian StandardsTEDC – Transport Engineering, ETDC – Electrotechnical , LITDC – ICT

Ministry of Communications

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EDC

CED

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DC

ETD

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FAD

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MED

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LITD

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MH

DC

MSD

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MTD

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PC

DC

TXD

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TED

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ARAIAutomotive Research Association of India

Ministry of Road Transport and

Highways

Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public

Enterprise

ICT

DoTDepartment of

Telecommunication

DeitYDepartment of

Electronics & IT

TSDSI - Telecom Standards

Development Society of India

TEC Telecom

Engineering Centre

C-DAC Centre for

Development of Advanced oCmputing

Electrical Equipment

CPRICentral Power

Research Institute

ISGF India Smart Grid

Forum

Ministry of Power

Indian Standardization System – Priority Sectors

CEA Central Electrical Authority

Smart Cities

Ministry of Urban Development

NIUANational

Institute of Urban Affairs

C-DOT Centre for Dev of

telematics

GISFI - Global ICT StandardisationForum for India

Ministry of Electronics & IT

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1. Executive Summary

The 4th quarterly report for the period of January’2017 to March’2017 is presented here for information and providing update on the standardization and policy/legislation around Project Priority Sectors covering Automotive, Smart Cities, ICT and Electrical Equipment including consumer electronics.

Recently the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released its National Building Code 2016. This National Building Code of India (NBC) is a comprehensive building Code and is a national instrument providing guidelines for regulating the building construction activities across the country. NBC also reflects the state-of-the-art and contemporary applicable international practices and is prepared in view of the greater need for preservation of environment and recognition of need for planned management of existing buildings and built environment, and the paradigm shift in building construction scenario.

As per the latest information, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as part of phase 3 of the CRO scheme has proposed to include a list of 16 more new items proposed to be included under the existing CRO scheme presently applicable for 30 items. Many of the Industry/association such as MAIT are not in favor of getting this CRO list extended further at this stage hence seeking further deliberations in the matter. Industry/association have also highlighted that the product coverage is already too vast, having issues associated with it hence further increasing the product coverage would have serious repercussions on the entire testing and registration setup in India. Concerns related to persisting issues around market surveillance, factory registrations and lab suspensions etc. have also been highlighted. SESEI is an active member of MAIT and is participating in all possible deliberations in this matter.

On the subject of smart city, SESEI expert participated in the meetings of BIS panel on Smart Infrastructure (LITDC/P2). SESEI expert is attending this panel meetings as an observer and contributing work done at EU around oneM2M, Smart & Sustainable Cities and Communities Coordination Group [now CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Sector Forum on Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities]. The panel has now further constituted 4 working groups (WGs) mainly LITDC/P2 WG1 Smart cities, LITDC/P2 WG2 Active Assisted Living, LITDC/P2 WG3 Smart Energy and LITDC/P2 WG4 Smart Manufacturing. During the meeting, requirement for a common M2M service layer was discussed in details highlighting work of oneM2M. As a result, BIS panel has agreed to work in these two areas, i.e. 1. Unification of the last-mile communication-networking-data transfer architecture and 2. Need for a common service layer, as gap areas. The recent notifications released by the Ministry of Urban Development on Smart Cities have also been captured as part of this quarterly report.

In the Electrical and Electronics sector, the Ministry and the concerned agencies have been extensively engaged in developing the National Electricity Plan for 2017 – 22. The Draft plan was released which covers a review of the 12th Plan (plan for 2017-2022) along with details for Renewable integration and a perspective for the period beyond 2022. In this draft plan, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has estimated an investment of INR 2.6 trillion (~$38.2 billion) in the Indian power transmission sector by the end of 2022. The Central Electricity Authority is also in the process of updating document on “Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply Regulations, 2010”. They have also kick started amendment to Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid and their major emphasis is on enhancing the Renewable Energy capacity targets and incremental energy savings due to implementation of various energy saving measures, in future.

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Similarly, in the Automotive Sector the concerned Ministry along with Indian Automotive Industry have finalized it Automotive Mission Plan 2026 (AMP2026) with a vision to make the Indian Automotive industry among the top three of the world in engineering, manufacture and export of vehicles and components. Equal emphasis is being made to reduce vehicular pollution across the country and proactive steps are being initiated to promote environment friendly vehicles which are innovative, ushering in proactive use of natural resources. Ministry has issued notification mandating mass emission standard for BS-VI (similar to EURO VI) throughout the country w.e.f. from 1st, April 2020. Ministry is also considering to introduce ‘Vehicle Fleet Modernization Programme’ to enable the replacement of Old Vehicles, which will help ensuring phasing out of older polluting vehicles and enable their replacement with fuel efficient and environment friendly vehicles. The Government has also notified the constitution of the National Board of Electric Mobility (NBEM). NBEM will propose and recommend policy guidelines and possible strategies for promoting electric mobility and for encouraging manufacture of electric vehicles in the country. Six top automotive testing, validation and research & development centers across the country are also being setup by National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP).

ICT being the key enabler is an important sector, the Department of Telecom under Ministry of Communications is a) working on finalizing a comprehensive policy on backhaul spectrum or airwave that connects mobile towers with each other such as E and V Band b) Issued a notification on Right of Way policy for smooth setting up of telecom infrastructure in the country c) moved proposal for allowing wi-fi services in flights and d) granted Extension of time for Security Certification of Telecom Equipment within India. Likewise Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) has a) mandated reporting of cyber incidents for specific types b) issued recommendation to strengthen Digital Payment Ecosystem. Telecom regulator in this quarter floated consultation paper on a) Net Neutrality b) Approach towards Sustainable Telecommunications and c) Regulatory Principles of Tariff Assessment. Indian SDO Telecom Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) have also started addressing many subject such as Transposition of oneM2M specifications, IMEI security issue in Indian network, Study of LWPA technologies of IOT, 5G-Network slicing etc. The report covers in details all the New Item for Proposal (NIPs), Study Items (SI) and Work Items (WI) started during the last quarter at TSDSI.

With brief summary as part of this report on key meetings, queries and interactions at various forums/seminars addressed during the quarter by the SESEI expert, the detailed report on this is available as Annexure 1 to this quarterly report.

Happy reading!!!

Dinesh Chand Sharma (Seconded European Standardization Expert in India) Director – Standards & Public Policy

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2. Key Meetings, Event Participation and Queries

SESEI expert during this quarter period (January 2017 – March 2017) carried out various important meeting, participated in many event/workshops and addressed list of queries as summarized below.

Sr. No. Description

Total Until now

In Last Quarter

1 External Meetings 88 21

2 Internal Meetings 45 7

3 Events 57 14

Total 190 42

No of Queries 64 18

Detail of few important meetings and event/workshop participation is briefly summarized below which are essential to help achieving the objectives of the SESEI project. For detailed information on all of these key meetings, events/workshop participations and list of queries addressed, please refer Activity Tracker report submitted as “Annexure -1_Activity Tracker Quarterly Report No 4” to this report.

Key Meetings:

Following are the list of key meetings which SESEI addressed during the last quarter. For detailed response to these queries please refer the “Activity Tracker report” submitted as “Annexure -1_Activity Tracker Quarterly Report No 4” to this report.

Meetings with BIS, DoT and other Government Bodies:

Fourth meeting of ICT Panel for Smart Infrastructure @BIS - LITDC/P2: The LITD/P2 division of BIS is responsible for curving out the standards for the ICT part for the Smart City. SESEI is an active member of the technical committee and participates in all meeting and use this platform to exchange information and share best practices & work carried out by the European standardization bodies in the same sphere and accordingly updates the Project stakeholders on these new developments being carried out by the BIS. SESEI expert is also aligning the panel members with the work carried out at oneM2M Partnership project addressing the Common Service Layer and its usage at the smart city infrastructure rollout as part of smart city mission project. Draft “ToR” for the Common Service Layer in Smart City Architecture was discussed during the meeting.

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Meeting of security working group of TEC: SESEI attended a meeting called by Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) under Department of Telecom by their M2M Security Working Group. The main agenda of the meeting was the "Identification and addressing of security issues related to M2M communications “specifically related to (i) Security issues of devices., (ii) Security issues of service providers., (iii) Security issues of n/w operators, (iv) Security issues of applications in order to frame security guidelines for M2M devices, Gateway manufacturers, service providers, n/w operators and applications. During the meeting SESEI expert highlighted the work of oneM2M on Security such as release 2 TS 003 version 2.4.1 (Security Solutions), TR 008 Version 2.0.0 (Security), TR0012 Version 2.0.0 (oneM2M End-to-End Security and Group Authentication).

Meeting with Head of IRD, BIS: to discuss EN-115 adoption agreement, MoU and Joint Workshop etc. EN 115 adoption agreement is now signed by both sides and exchanged. During the meeting SESEI also discussed the Broader Cooperation Agreement with CEN CENELEC and possibility of hosting EU-INDIA dialogue on standards, policy and legislation jointly covering a) ICT b) Automotive c) Energy. Mr. Chowdhury suggested to send a written Proposal to BIS on this proposed workshop to take it forward, once EN-115 is closed, broader MoU should be submitted to BIS. SESEI expert also discussed the BIS delegation visit to CCMC as part of CITD training. Training visit of BIS delegation went well and during this training SESEI also presented the SESEI activities in India.

Meetings with EU delegates, EU project officers & officials from EU delegation in India:

Meeting with Ms. Mui-Ling Wang, Director Working Groups & Roundtables, ITS & Road Financing (IRF): Meeting with Ms. Mui-Ling Wang carried out to discuss and exchange the "Status of Intelligent Transport initiatives and policies in India". During the discussions Ms. Wang also discussed the agenda of their proposed roundtable with Ministry and Niti Ayog. SESEI expert provided few suggested names for the roundtable as speaker and participant. Ms Wang also invited SESEI expert to speak at the roundtable and share ITS standardization work carried out in EU for which SESEI expert conveyed an apology due to prior commitment with India M2M+IOT Forum 2017 EVENT. During the meeting both sides also discussed the Document on ITS (ATMS- Automatic Traffic Management System) as released by National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI). SESEI expert and Ms Wang will continue working in coordination considering Automotive as a priority subject of the Project SESEI.

Meeting with Telecom Sector Committee of EBG (European Business Group): SESEI participated in the Telecom sector committee of EBG to discuss and contribute towards the Position Paper. SESEI provided contribution to EBG Position paper on chapter of Standardisation, M2M/IOT and SMART CITIES.

Meeting with the Delegation of IMCO, the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection: The Delegation of IMCO - the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/imco/home.html) during their visit to India met with SESEI expert. SESEI expert during the meeting provided an overview of the standardization system in India covering topics of who all are the standardization stakeholders in India, how project SESEI works with them, WTO-TBT process and other technical barriers to Trade such as CRO, Compulsory Registration Order), Status and Interest of EN adoption in India: EN-115 and EN501349, etc.

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Meeting with Dr. Wolfgang Leetz of Siemens Healthcare GmbH Quality & Technology Environmental Protection, Health Management and Safety Technical Regulation & Standardization: SESEI is in regular contact with Dr. Wolfgang Leetz and with their local contact in India Mr. Vinayak Khandeparker considering Siemens being a CEN CENELEC member and their interest to Indian Standardisation and CRO Scheme in India. Meeting was used to discuss the issues concerning around BIS CRO scheme, standards and policy updates in the Medical Devices sector. Prior to this meeting SESEI had shared all updates around the Medical Sector such as Draft Medical Devices Rules’2016 as released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Separate marketing code for medical device manufacturers which is being prepared by The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Quality Council of India (QCI) work on accreditation and standards by its task force. On request, SESEI also connected Dr. Leetz with the concerned officials at the EU Delegation office responsible for medical sector and organized meeting between them.

Meetings with Indian Industry, Associations and Telecom Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI):

Various Meetings held during the visit of Ms. Margot Dor, Director Strategy and Mr. Xavier Piednoir, Director External Affairs, ETSI:

Meetings were arranged by SESEI Expert for Ms. Margot Dor, Director Strategy and Mr. Xavier Piednoir, Director External Affairs from ETSI with the important stakeholders from the standardization and ICT Community in India with a purpose to introduce, interact and discuss issues of mutual interest. Brief details of these meetings are as under:

Meeting with Senior DDG TEC and his team to discuss progress on the M2M/ IoT work carried out by OneM2M partnership project, areas of focus and Work Programme at ETSI, Security / Cyber Security and details on the Security Week to be held in June etc.

Meeting with DDG Security, Department of Telecommunications to discuss Security work in India and Europe. During the meeting ETSI's latest work on Security, Cyber Security, EU NIS directive on Security, recent White Paper on Security etc. were discussed. Both sides also highlighted the close working relationship between TSDSI, ETSI and EU Delegation through projects such as SESEI and EU-INDIA PI on ICT covering various issues including security. SESEI also highlighted CDOT interest of hosting of LI (Lawful Interception) Meeting in India sometime during Q1’2018 to which DoT support will be needed. DDG Security assured of all support possible in hosting the Security meeting in India.

Meeting with DDG (NT) Department of Telecommunication: The main discussions were held around adoption/transposition of OneM2M Specifications by India through TSDSI, Proposed SMART CITY workshop and hackathon on M2M during April and June 2017. Mr. Rajiv Sinha assured all possible support in the matter.

Meeting with Head of Telecom Sector Committee, European Business Group (EBG): On issues concerning adoption and implementation of OneM2M specifications in India as part of Smart City implementation: CDOT has implemented this platform. Mr. TVR also asked ETSI officials to explore if any formal Cooperation Agreement is possible between ETSI and @TVR consulting or Broadband Forum India. ETSI will consider this proposal and revert back on it.

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Meeting with Head ICT division Council (LITDC), Officials from the International Relations

Department (IRD) at BIS: To discuss ICT activities at BIS, specifically with regard to the Smart Cities, BIS panel on Smart Infrastructure & IOT, BIS working relationship with ISO/ IEC etc. During the meeting discussions were also held on the signing of MoU between ETSI and BIS pending for legal clauses (6.6).

Key Event Participations:

Following are the list of key events, which SESEI participate during last quarter. For detailed response to these queries please refer the “Activity Tracker report” submitted as “Annexure -1_Activity Tracker Quarterly Report No 4” to this report.

• Workshop on "Realizing Anything as a Service in IoT: Technologies and Standards" as organized by Indian Institute of Science (IISC) & Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Department under Ministry of Electronics & IT): SESEI expert was invited to give a lecture on IOT & SMART CITIES. The main objective of the workshop was to highlight the role of network and communication as a service, data analytics as a service, network monitoring and management as service, location as a service, network virtualization services, 5G, and its importance in IoT. SESEI expert shared a presentation on M2M_IoT & its role in Smart Cities and covered topics covering Project SESEI in brief, M2M/IoT/WoT/IOE - Potential & Challenges, Standards Making Players and work done, oneM2M & its role in Smart Cities. Platform extended a great opportunity to highlight the work carried out by oneM2M and its implementation by CDOT. Copy of presentation

• India m2m + iot forum 2017: A two-day detailed workshop cum seminar was conducted by the "India m2m/iot forum". SESEI expert is the Chairman of their advisory committee for the year 2017 hence became responsible for conceptualization and organization of the workshop. The India m2m + iot forum 2017 has become a much-valued annual workshop / programme specially focusing on the subject of m2m and IoT in India. The workshop was attended by EU ambassador in India, the senior Government officials from the Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Ministry of Urban Development and Ambassador from EU delegation in India, senior officials from the Industry. SESEI used the platform to promote the EU work around smart cities and m2m/iot by ESOs and 3GPP and oneM2M. Copy of presentation

• India Smart Grid Week 2017: India Smart Grid week is organized annually by the India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF). EU-INDIA workshop has becomes a part of it and its 4th edition was conducted this time along with IEC and IEEE Workshop on Smart Energy. H.E. Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of European Union was part of the inaugural address. Mr. Manuel Sanchez Jimenez from European Commission, Mr., Donal Cannon, European Investment Bank, Matthieu Craye, European Commission, Mr. Antti Paananen, Energy Authority, Finland, etc. took part during this 4th India EU Smart Grid Workshop. The important sessions attended by SESEI expert during the workshop were 1) Best Practices for smart meter roll out 2) Business Models for Distribution System Operators 3) Brainstorming to develop ideas for Joint EU – India Smart Grid Projects under the framework of the EU's Horizon2020. Event extended opportunity to highlight the work carried out at EU on Smart Energy which is a part of Project SESEI priority sector of Electrical Equipment.

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• Seminar on Internet of Things organized by Convergence India: SESEI was invited to be a panelist by Convergence India at their annual event of Internet of things India 2017. SESEI used the opportunity to make a discussion and presentation covering topics of Project SESEI, role of Standards in M2M/IoT uptake, M2M/IoT work & Initiatives in India, Role of M2M/IOT in Smart City Mission of India, EU role & active projects in India and with India on M2M/IoT Standards, Start-up Growth etc. Panel discussion notes

• Seminar on Intelligent Transport System (ITS) as organized by TED (Transport Engineering Department] division of BIS: SESEI attended the seminar to gain insight of work carried out at BIS on ITS. The Seminar was focused on Standardization of information, communication and control systems in the field of urban and rural surface transportation including intermodal and multimodal aspects thereof, traveler information, traffic management, public transport, commercial transport, emergency services and commercial services in the intelligent transport systems. Seminar gave an opportunity to connect with Industry stakeholder and BIS officials responsible for this priority subject of SESEI project and this will extend participation opportunity in future meeting/workshop.

• International Communication and Information Technology Conference (CICON) - 2016-17, titled “Emerging Trends in Science, Technology, Engineering and Management: Research and Development” with the theme: “Doubling Farmers’ income by 2022 - Smart Farming and Smart Village”, organized by Shobhit University: SESEI was invited as key note speaker at the conference and opportunity was used to highlight how M2M/IOT work at ETSI, oneM2M and 3GPP is helping to address Smart Farming/Agriculture. Copy of Presentation

• Technical Advancement for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development" (TASARD-India, 2017): organized by African - Asian Rural Development Organisation (AARDO). SESEI was invited as a panelist for the Brainstorming Session on “Role of ICT in Agriculture & Rural Development". SESEI expert utilized the opportunity to share the Project SESEI and highlighted how technology could help the technical advancement for sustainable agriculture and rural development in India. Copy of Presentation

• M2M Policy brainstorming session with Department of Telecom (DoT) as organized by FICCI: The meeting comprised of DoT officials, industry experts, consultants and analysts was organized by FICCI to brainstorm on specific ideas for advancing the multiple policy discussions that are currently engaging stakeholders in this space of M2M/IOT. The discussions led to recommendations on specific issues which will complement the work currently underway at DoT (M2M SP Registration Guidelines), and TRAI (M2M consultation). SESEI expert used this opportunity to highlight the work carried by oneM2M partnership project, its implementation by CDOT, TSDSI reports covering use cases, Nasscomm Security Guidelines implementation by Ministry of Urban Development, ETSI’s White Paper on Security, TRAI draft work on QoS, Concept of Coordination Group in EU etc. Post meeting SESEI expert also submitted inputs to E&Y, which is preparing a report on M2M / IOT.

Key Queries addressed:

Following are the list of key queries addressed during last quarter. For detailed response to these queries please refer the “Activity Tracker report” submitted as “Annexure -1_Activity Tracker Quarterly Report No 4” to this report.

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1. Inputs to Association “MAIT” responsible for IT stakeholder on Ease of Doing Business (EODB) covering better regulation at EU and suggestion on Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS)

2. Input to TEC on details of SDO/Alliance/Forum addressing the different communication technology in case of M2M/IoT

3. Clarification and Inputs on why OneM2M Service Layer should be adopted in India

4. Comments and Input on the Interim Report prepared by the study team implementing EU project “Analysis of problematic market access barriers in Indian Legislation & Practice”.

5. Comments and Input on “Draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules” as released by Department of Empowerment and Persons with Disabilities” under MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT.

6. Response to Query on how to get BIS standards equivalent to ISO 4064, as a corollary, Indian standards in the Water metering and measurement space to adapt or be compatible with ISO 4064.

7. Response to Query on BIS certification rules for power banks, USB coupling, USB car charger, foldable headset etc.

8. Review EBG’s position paper for 2017 and provide Input to chapter on SMART CITY, M2M and Standardization.

9. Response to query on list of ETSI standards on M2M/IoT Security and Mobile Device Security.

10. Response to Query on Compulsory registration scheme for electronic products and whether foreign laboratories could seek recognition from the Bureau of Indian Standards for performing all tests required under Indian law.

11. Response to Query on ETSI standard for 855-867 MHz (with a 12MHz bandwidth) in India? If yes, will this impact/Change 865-867MHz RFID rules for India?

12. Response to Query on registration process for EN12413+1A

3. Generic Update

3.1 National Building Code 2016 - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has released its National Building Code 2016. The National Building Code of India (NBC), a comprehensive building Code, is a national instrument providing guidelines for regulating the building construction activities across the country. It serves as a Model Code for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works be they Public Works Departments, other government construction departments, local bodies or private construction agencies. The Code mainly contains administrative regulations, development control rules and general building requirements; fire safety requirements; stipulations regarding materials, structural design and construction (including safety); building and plumbing services; approach to sustainability; and asset and facility management.

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The Code was first published in 1970 at the instance of Planning Commission and then first revised in 1983. Thereafter three major amendments were issued to the 1983 version, two in 1987 and the third in 1997. The second revision of the Code was in 2005, to which two amendments were issued in 2015.

Due to large scale changes in the building construction activities, such as change in nature of occupancies with prevalence of high rises and mixed occupancies, greater dependence and complicated nature of building services, development of new/innovative construction materials and technologies, greater need for preservation of environment and recognition of need for planned management of existing buildings and built environment, there has been a paradigm shift in building construction scenario. Considering these, a Project for comprehensive revision of the Code was taken up under the aegis of the National Building Code Sectional Committee, Civil Engineering Department (CED) Sectional Committee No. 46 of BIS and its 22 expert Panels; involving around 1 000 experts. As a culmination of the Project, the revised Code has been brought out in 2016 as National Building Code of India 2016 reflecting the state-of-the-art and contemporary applicable international practices.

The comprehensive NBC 2016 contains 12 Parts some of which are further divided into Sections totaling 33 chapters. The salient features of the revised NBC (National Building Code) include, apart from other changes made, the changes specially in regard to further enhancing our response to meet the challenges posed by natural calamities. Few of the major changes incorporated in this third revision of the Code are as follows:

a. With a view to ensuring ease of doing business in built environment sector, a detailed provision for streamlining the approval process in respect of different agencies has been incorporated in the form of an integrated approval process through single window approach for enabling expeditious approval process, avoiding separate clearances from various authorities.

b. Further, with a view to meeting the above objective, the provision on computerization of approval process has been detailed, enabling online submission of plans, drawings and other details, and sanction thereof, aiding in speedier approval process.

c. The mechanism of ensuring certification of structural safety of buildings by the competent professional and peer review of design of buildings, have been further strengthened.

d. Requirements for accessibility in buildings and built environment for persons with disabilities and the elderly have been thoroughly revised and updated.

e. Provisions on fire and life safety have been thoroughly revised to meet the challenges of modern complex building types including the high rises.

f. Latest structural loading and design and construction codes including those relating to wind load, earthquake resistant design of buildings, steel design and foundations have been incorporated with a view to ensuring structural safety of buildings including against a disaster.

g. Provisions relating to all building and plumbing services have been updated keeping also in view the latest international practices as related to the country.

h. Provisions have been updated to ensure utilization of number of new/alternative building materials and technologies to provide for innovation in the field of building construction.

i. Guidance has been provided for making buildings and built environment energy efficient and environmentally compatible, through the newly introduced and updated chapter on sustainability, namely Part 11 'Approach to Sustainability'

j. New chapters have been added on structural use of glass; escalators and moving walks; information and communication enabled installations; solid waste management; and asset and facility management.

k. Updated provisions on prefabricated construction technique for speedier construction.

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l. New and alternative building materials, and technologies for building construction such as, reinforced masonry, confined masonry building construction and masonry wall construction using rat-trap bond.

m. HVAC requirements for data centers and healthcare facilities; refrigeration for cold stores; efficient strategies for winter heating using reverse cycle operation, solar heating systems, ground source heat pump and electric heat pump; and modern system of mechanical ventilation for industries, commercial kitchen and underground car parking.

n. New chapter on escalators and moving walks for comfortable and safe movement of people. o. New chapter on information and communication enabled installations in buildings. p. Updated provisions on rainwater harvesting. q. New chapter on solid waste management covering various solid waste management systems within the

building and building complexes. r. Promoting sustainability in buildings and built environment in tandem with relevant sustainable

development goals.

The Code has been published in two volumes containing all the Parts and Sections. For more information please refer http://bis.org.in/sf/nbc.asp

3.2 Latest Update on CRO (Compulsory Registration Order) Scheme: Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) had notified "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" on 3 Oct 2012. The Order since then, is progressively being applied to increasing product categories of Electronic Goods. In the phase 3 of the CRO scheme, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has proposed to include a list of 16 more new items to be included under the CRO scheme.

i. Recessed luminaires ii. Luminaires for road and street lighting iii. Portable General Purpose Luminaires iv. Flood Lights v. Hand lamps vi. Lighting Chains vii. Luminaires for emergency lighting viii. UPS/Inverters of rating ≤ 10kVA ix. Plasma/ LCD/LED Television of screen size up-to 32” x. Visual Display Units, Video Monitors of screen size up-to 32” xi. CCTV Cameras/Equipment for CCTV Cameras xii. Adapters for household and similar appliances xiii. USB driven Barcode readers, barcode scanners, Iris scanners, Optical fingerprint scanners xiv. Adapters for medical electrical equipment xv. Adapters for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use xvi. Smart watches

This proposed list of products has been released for deliberations with Industry Association for coverage under Compulsory Registration Order – Phase III. Many of the Industry/association such as MAIT is not in favor of getting this CRO list further extended at this stage and highlighted reasons such as below:

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- The current scenario of registration although much improved, is still not satisfactory in terms of turnaround time for application processing and other process such as market surveillance and overall implementation of the CRO scheme which requires further deliberations with industry members. We propose to postpone embodying the product expansion till, best practices have been identified and implemented for testing, registration and surveillance. Unless we have tested a paradigm for CRO with existing products, further increasing the product coverage would have serious repercussions on the entire testing and registration setup.

- The product coverage is too vast and there are a large number of manufacturers and importers of the proposed products. Considering the limited capacity, expertise and infrastructure of the testing labs and BIS, they would be overwhelmed with the astronomical number of test samples and applications coming in due to increase in the product scope. In all, CRO would become an impediment in the way of improving the 'Ease of Doing Business' index for India.

- Department shall expand the product coverage based on the risk profile of the products and hold the expansion process, until the result of the CRO-Impact assessment study which would be initiated by Department in coming weeks is complete and a fair analysis of the flaws in the existing processes has been done.

- Industry also have concerns related to persisting issues in market surveillance, factory registrations and

lab suspensions, which have been bothering the industry for a very long time. For details, visit: http://crsbis.in/BIS/

4 SMART CITIES

4.1 Standards for Smart Cities

BIS ICT divisional council has setup a Panel on Smart Infrastructure LITDC/P2. SESEI expert is attending this panel meetings as an observer and contributing work done at EU covering oneM2M, Smart City CG etc. Panel has formed following WGs

- LITDC/P2 WG1 Smart cities

- LITDC/P2 WG2 Active Assisted Living

- LITDC/P2 WG3 Smart Energy

- LITDC/P2 WG4 Smart Manufacturing

THIRD MEETING OF PANEL FOR SMART INFRASTRUCTURE, LITDC/P2

LITDC/P2 panel carried out its 3rd meeting during last quarter and following proposals were received from members of the panel and discussed during the meeting.

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1. Representative from Tata Consultancy Services: Initiating the standardization activity on ‘Unification of the last mile communication-networking-data transfer architecture’. He presented his proposal and requested BIS to start an activity based on his proposal to:

Study of the state-of-the-art “last-mile” communication-networking-data transfer protocols and solution stacks

Identifying those that are based on standards developed by global standard developing organizations (SDO) and those that are proprietary

Understanding the points of commonality and dissimilarities among these stacks

Standardizing the “glue” logic (that encompasses interface specifications, data formats, process/methodology) for all such protocols and stacks to cross-function irrespective of their underlying PHY technology

2. Representative from C-DoT: Need for a common service layer. In his presentation he highlighted the requirement for a common M2M service layer and proposed the panel should work on developing technical specification for a common M2M service layer.

The members discussed in detail the importance & implications of the presented Gap areas. The panel agreed to work in these two areas, i.e. 1. Unification of the last-mile communication-networking-data transfer architecture and 2. Need for a common service layer, as gap areas. The convener proposed that the respective presenters will act as the anchors to work on these two work areas. The members were also invited to convey their expression of interest to contribute in any or both these work areas. The anchors along with the interested members would prepare the draft documents to be presented in the next meeting. For the copy of agenda, presentation and please click here

FOURTH MEETING OF PANEL FOR SMART INFRASTRUCTURE, LITDC/P2

4th Meeting of the panel was conducted on 9th February 2017. Under the item category of Gap Areas identified following presentation were discussed.

TCS representative presented the ToR for the proposal he made in the last 3rd meeting - ‘Unification of the last-mile communication-networking-data transfer architecture’. The panel appreciated the efforts of the Task group members.

C DoT representative presented a synopsis of proposal, ‘Need for a common service layer’ highlighting the aim, workflow, scope and deliverables for the task group. The panel members were requested to send their comments/feedbacks on the same.

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Further convener of the panel made a proposal on ‘Data semantics for Smart infrastructure’. The panel discussed the proposal and was of the view that the panel may take up the proposal as well. Convenor was requested to circulate the proposal & ToR to all the panel members, and if the members find it relevant and valid, and express their interest to work on the subject then the same to be approved in the next meeting. It was decided that these three groups will work independently with the proposed ToR presented during the meeting. The leads of the task groups were requested to finalize the members in each of these groups by 28 Feb 2017.

There was also a proposal from Microsoft on creating a new Working group on “Public Cloud & Advanced Analytics for Smart Cities”. Microsoft representative briefed their proposal, it was informed that the proposed working group would work on creating cloud standards for smart cities which would highlight, elasticity, Data Sovereignty, Data Classifications, privacy, security and transparency for the Public Cloud applications in Smart cities. The WG will also focus on defining standards for integrated smart services using Public Cloud as a backbone infrastructure and will come out with frameworks for the same with use-case scenarios and outcomes. It was informed by the Member secretary that BIS already has a technical committee LITD 14 ‘Software and systems engineering which is to deal with cloud computing. LITD 14 is also mirroring the JTC 1/SC 38 ‘Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms’. Further, the panel discussed and deliberated on the proposal. It was felt that, the proposed topic is overlapping with the proposal from C DoT on ‘Need for a common service layer’. After detailed deliberations, the panel suggested Microsoft to discuss their proposal in detail with C-DoT and the convener of the panel. If there is considerable overlap of work that of Task group on ‘Need for a common service layer’ then Microsoft can become a part of the already existing Task group on ‘Need for a common service layer’ otherwise Microsoft can submit a revised proposal for consideration in the next meeting. For the copy of agenda, presentation and MoM please click here.

4.2 Ministry of Urban Development Notifications around Smart Cities

S N Title Start Date End date View

1 OM- Technical Assistance to Smart Cities and AMRUT cities for undertaking Urban Reforms.

2017-04-19 2018-04-18 View

2 OM- Financing for Smart Cities- Debt Financing Options from Multilateral Agencies

2017-04-12 2018-04-11 View

3 PROMOTING INNOVATIVE SMART SOLUTIONS UNDER SMART CITIES MISSION, AMRUT AND SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

2017-04-06 2018-04-05 View

5 OM- Handholding of Potential Cities for preparation of Smart City Proposals

2017-03-22 2018-03-21 View

7 OM: Convergence of Smart Cities Mission with National Solar Mission.

2016-12-27 2017-12-26 View

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5 Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics

5.1 Standard at BIS

- The following draft Indian Standards are under formulation at BIS, and were issued for eliciting

technical comments:

Department Description Document No Title of the Doc IEC/ISO

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 33 (11392)

Specification for Particular Types of Winding Wires - Part 50 Glass-fibre wound silicon resin or varnish impregnated, bare or enameled round copper wire, temperature index 200

IEC TC 55

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 33 (11391)

Specification for Particular Types of Winding Wires - Part 49 Glass-fibre wound high temperature resin or varnish impregnated, bare or enameled round copper wire, temperature index 180

IEC TC 55

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 33 (11389)

Specification for Particular Types of Winding Wires - Part 39 Glass-fibre braided resin or varnish impregnated, bare or enameled rectangular copper wire, temperature index 180

IEC TC 55

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 33 (11396)

Winding Wires - Test Methods: Part 6 Thermal Properties

IEC TC 55

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 33 (11393)

Specification for Particular Types of Winding Wires - Part 53 Aromatic polyimide (aramid) tape wrapped rectangular copper wire, temperature index 220

IEC TC 55

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 33 (11395)

Winding Wires - Test Methods: Part 4 Chemical Properties

IEC TC 55

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 33 (11390)

Specification for Particular Types of Winding Wires - Part 48 Glass-fibre wound resin or varnish impregnated, bare or enameled round copper wire, temperature index 155

IEC TC 55

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 28(11431)

Battery Charge Controllers For Photovoltaic Systems – Performance And Functioning IEC 62509 :2010

IEC/TC82

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 28(11432)

Junction boxes for photovoltaic modules – Safety requirements and tests (IEC 62790:2014)

IEC/TC82

ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

ETD 02 (11435)

Draft Amendment No. 2 March 2017 to IS 1576 : 1992 SOLID PRESSBOARD FOR ELECTRICAL PURPOSES — SPECIFICATION

IEC/TC 15/TC 112

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For more information on latest draft available for comment please visit http://www.bis.org.in/sf/wcdraft.asp

5.2 Notifications of Government of India

1. Central Electricity Authority called a meeting to update the “Measures relating to Safety and Electric

Supply Regulations, 2010”, comments were received from the states. The draft track

changed/updated regulation is available here

2. Central Electricity Authority have kick started amendment to Technical Standards for Connectivity

to the Grid. Copy of proposed amendments are available here

3. The IT and electronics ministry have revised its flagship incentive scheme MSIPs (Modified Special

Incentive Package Scheme) for electronics manufacturing, with an aim to further boost local production.

Details on suggested amendments are available here

5.3 CEA Released Draft National Electricity Plan for 2017 – 22

The Draft National Electricity Plan (Vol-I: Generation & Vol-II: Transmission) has been prepared by CEA. The Draft covers a review of the 12th Plan (plan for 2017-2022) along with details for Renewable integration and a perspective for the period beyond 2022. Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has estimated an investment of Rs.2.6 trillion (~$38.2 billion) in the Indian power transmission sector by the end of 2022. Copy is available at below links:

Vol-I: http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/committee/nep/draft_nep_invitation_2016.htm

Vol -II: http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/others/ps/pspa2/draft_nep_trans_invitation_2016.htm

Major Highlights of the Draft National Electricity Plan for 2017 – 22 are as follows:

i. In the 12th Plan, likely capacity addition from conventional sources as per review carried out as on 31.3.2016, will be 101,645 MW (Coal- 86,250 MW, Lignite – 1,290 MW, Gas – 6,080 MW, Hydro – 5,525 MW, Nuclear – 2,500 MW) against a target of 88,537 MW. This is about 115% of the target

ii. 56 % of total capacity addition during 12th plan is expected to come from private sector. iii. During 12th plan, capacity addition from supercritical technology based coal power plants is likely to

contribute around 39% of the total capacity addition from coal based plants. iv. The country has revised its Renewable Energy capacity target to 175 GW by the year 2021-2022. v. Incremental energy savings due to implementation of various energy saving measures, during the year

2016-17, 2021-22 and 2026-27 are estimated to be 26 BU, 137 BU and 204 BU respectively over the year 2015-16.

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5.4 New scheme to boost electronics manufacturing

M-SIPS (Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme) was launched in July 2012 for a three-year period and was revised to include white goods manufacturers and was extended till 2020. The revised policy likely to come within a week, is aimed to accelerate investments in the country and simplify the disbursement process for the companies setting up units under the scheme.

While the revised M-SIPS has been able to enthuse investment in electronics, the proposed investments are still short of intended target. It is, therefore, important to continue the applicability of M-SIPS for few more years. However, efforts need to be made to expedite investments into the sector to achieve the target of ‘Net Zero Imports’. The following amendments in revised M-SIPS policy are applicable with immediate effect. All other provisions remain unchanged.

The incentives under the Scheme will be available for a period of 5 years from the date of approval of the application under M-SIPS i.e. incentives will be available for investments made within 5 years from the date of approval. However, this will be applicable for new applications only which are received after the issuance of this notification.

After receiving incentives under the scheme, the unit will have to provide an undertaking to remain in commercial production for a period of at least 3 years

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5.5 Enhancement of Solar Park Capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, approved the enhancement of capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW of the Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects. The enhanced capacity would ensure setting up of at least 50 solar parks each with a capacity of 500 MW and above in various parts of the country. The Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects will be set up by 2019-20 with Central Government financial support of Rs.8100 crore.

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5.6 International Solar Alliance (ISA): Signing of the Framework Agreement

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister has given its ex-post facto approval to the proposal of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) for ratification of ISA’s Framework Agreement by India. ISA was launched jointly by the Prime Minister of India and the President of France on 30th November, 2015 at Paris on the side-lines of the 21st CoP meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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5.7 CERC Issued Staff Paper on Energy Storage

In order to address one of the major challenge which is balancing of grid with large scale integration of various intermittent energy sources (renewable) in electricity mix and to address aforesaid concerns. As a part of one of the feasible solutions, the staff of the Commission has prepared a paper on ‘Introduction of Electricity Storage System in India’. The staff paper addresses the probable approaches for usage of storage system, operational and recovery aspects of storage facilities.

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5.8 ISRO develops android app for computing solar energy potential

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in its Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre has developed an android app for computing the solar energy potential of a place. Developed at the behest of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the app is considered to be a "very useful" tool for installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels that is used for tapping solar energy.

The ISRO said the app provides monthly and yearly solar potential and the minimum and the maximum temperatures at any location. It also displays the location of a place on the satellite image as well as the day's length there during different periods in a year. It also gives monthly and yearly solar potential processed using Indian Geostationary Satellite data (Kalpana- 1, INSAT-3D and INSAT-3DR), and also offers monthly minimum and maximum temperature to calculate the realistic solar potential. The obstruction of sunlight due to terrain is also calculated using Digital Elevation Model (DEM) with the help of the app which also suggests optimum tilt angle for the solar PV installation.

Source: Times of India

5.9 Tata Power Delhi Distribution Launches Smart Grid Project

Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power-DDL) is committed to provide value added services to its consumers and with this in mind it has launched a smart grid project involving setting up of radio frequency mesh communication project in its licensed area of 510 sq. km in north and north-west Delhi. The project will also help in enhanced monitoring and control points throughout Tata Power-DDL's network on real time basis and will aid in reduction of commercial losses.

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5.10 Solar power storage technology from Belgium

India is looking at an innovative Belgian solar storage technology that promises to offer consumers a source of quality power as a green and reliable alternative to flickering supply from battery storage or diesel generators in distant or off-grid locations. NISE (National Institute of Solar Energy), an autonomous entity under the new

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and renewable energy ministry, and Tiger Power of Belgium, on Tuesday inked a MoU for validation of the technology that combines solar panels, normal lead-acid battery and hydrogen fuel cells to produce steady power. The MoU was signed as part of the ongoing visit of Belgian deputy PM Alexander De Croo, who is also the minister for development cooperation, digital agenda and telecom programmes. Read More

6 Automotive

Automotive Mission Plan has been finalised jointly by Government of India and Indian Automotive Industry. The vision of AMP 2026 is “By 2026, the Indian Automotive industry will be among the top three of the world in engineering, manufacture and export of vehicles and components, and will encompass safe, efficient and environment friendly conditions for affordable mobility of people and transportation of goods in India comparable with global standards growing in value to over 12% of India’s GDP and generating an additional 65 million jobs. India’s auto industry has become one of the largest in the world due to the competitive environment in the market. The turnover of the auto industry is equivalent to 7.1% as per the Review Report of Automotive Mission Plan 2016. Read More

6.1 Automotive work at BIS

Department Description Document

No Title of the Doc IEC/ISO

TED Transport

Engineering TED 16

(11459) W

Draft Amendment No. 2 to IS

2061:1995 ‘Bicycle – Front Forks – Specification’ (First Revision)

ISO/TC 31/SC 10/TC 149/SC 1

TED Transport

Engineering TED 16

(11464) W

Draft Amendment No. 1 to IS 1131:2006 ‘Bicycle Bottom

Bracket Axle – Specification’ (Third Revision)

ISO/TC 31/SC 10/TC 149/SC 1

TED Transport

Engineering TED 16

(11457)

Draft Amendment No. 1 to IS 1132 : 2009 ‘BICYCLE – BOTTOM

BRACKET BALL CUPS – SPECIFICATION’ (Third Revision)

ISO/TC 31/SC 10/TC 149/SC 1

6.2 Automotive work at Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

6.2.1 List of draft standards as published by ARAI

Following are the list of standards published by ARAI in last Quarter:

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At Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

Category Name Code Title

Automotive Draft Amd. 1 to AIS 134 (Date of hosting

on website: 3rd March 2017) Safety measures for Occupants of Three Wheeled

Vehicles (Last date for comments: 18th March 2017)

Automotive Draft Amd. 8 to AIS-063:2005 (Date of hosting on website: 16th March 2017)

Requirements for School Buses (Last date for comments: 31st March 2017)

Automotive Draft AIS-091(Part 3)/D5/30th March

2017 (Date of hosting on website: 30th March 2017)

Interchangeability dimensions for ensuring safe coupling between N3 category Haulage Tractors and

T3 & T4 category Semi-Trailers (Last date for comments: 10th April 2017)

Automotive Draft AIS-145/D2/6th April 2017 (Date of

hosting on website: 6th April 2017) Additional Safety features for Category M & N

Vehicles (Last date for comments: 5th May 2017)

- For complete list of draft standards please click here - For complete list of Published standards please click here

6.3 To Reduce Vehicular Pollution Government to Promote Environment Friendly Vehicles

To reduce vehicular pollution across the country, Government has taken proactive steps to promote environment friendly vehicles which are innovative, ushering in proactive use of natural resources. Bharat Stage IV Fuel Norms have been applicable since the year 2010 in Delhi and NCR and certain cities. The set norms have been mandated in phase wise manners across the country. The Government had notified G.S.R. 643(E), dated 19/08/2015 for introduction of BS- IV fuel throughout the country by the year 2017. Furthermore, steps have been taken by notifying alternate fuels like ethanol, biogas, electric hybrid etc. by amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules. Ministry has issued GSR 889(E) for introduction of BS VI, mandating mass emission standard for BS-VI throughout the country w.e.f. from 1st, April 2020.

The proposal to introduce ‘Vehicle Fleet Modernization Programme’ to enable the replacement of Old Vehicles is under consideration. This will ensure phasing out of older polluting vehicles and enable their replacement with fuel efficient and environment friendly vehicles. The concept note on ‘Vehicle Fleet Modernization Programme’ to enable the replacement of Old Heavy and Medium Commercial Vehicles as they contribute the maximum of vehicular pollution was placed on Ministry’s official website for information and comments from concerned Ministries and Departments and other stakeholders. The matter has been placed before the Committee of Secretaries for their recommendations.

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6.4 6 automotive testing, R&D center’s coming up across the country

India is on the verge of creating six top automotive testing, validation and research & development centers across the country with an investment of Rs. 3,720 crore (Euro 532M)

The National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP), is a joint initiative between the Centre, state governments and the Indian automotive industry. It aims at creating core global competencies in the automotive sector and facilitating seamless integration of the auto sector with the world. The NATRiP also signed an understanding with Japanese companies recently to further improve core competencies. It is ready to extend help in creating infrastructure that would facilitate introduction of new fuels such as hydrogen and in promoting electric vehicles. Plans are afoot to set up more testing labs and certification facilities. For this he invited equity participation from the automotive industry, while NATRiP (which is under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas) would provide land.

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6.5 Govt. sets up National Board of Electric Mobility

The Centre (Govt.) on Monday notified the constitution of the National Board of Electric Mobility (NBEM). It also nominated six members of eminence and expertise from the automobile industry into it. The nominated members will have a tenure of two years or until further government order, whichever is earlier. The members can be re-nominated for additional terms, if needed, said an official release. The Board will be chaired by the Secretary, the Department of Heavy Industry, and will comprise senior bureaucrats as members, including secretaries in the Departments of Economic Affairs, Revenue, Power, Road Transport and Highways, and Petroleum and Natural Gas.

The NBEM will examine, formulate and propose short- as well as long-term plans and contours of the mission programme on electric mobility, its objectives, quantifiable outcomes and roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders.

It will propose and recommend policy guidelines and government interventions and possible strategies for promoting electric mobility and for encouraging manufacture of electric vehicles in the country.

One of its key functions will be to explore and recommend collaborations and tie-ups for technology acquisitions, obtaining technical experts and explore possible agreements with leading R&D centers globally to facilitate availability of technology to the domestic industry, the government notification said.

The Board will coordinate and resolve difference of opinion, if any, among Ministries. It will examine, recommend, monitor and review electric mobility-related R&D projects and pilot projects and also evaluate and propose business models for popularising electric mobility. It will also formulate strategies and give directions to the various ministries and other stakeholders for implementing the decisions of NCEM.

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6.6 List of Government Order / Notifications Released in the last Quarter

Continuation of [Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India] FAME India Scheme The Phase-1 of the FAME India scheme, limited to major cities, has been extended further for a period of 6 months beyond 31st March 2017 till 30th September 2017, with slight modification in the scheme to the extent of exclusion of benefits available for Mild Hybrid Technology under the scheme. Based on the outcome and experience gained in Phase-1, the scheme shall be reviewed appropriately with inputs from stakeholders for implementation post Phase-1 period. Read More

Notifications on Hybrid Vehicles

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has, however, issued the following notifications to promote the use of hybrid vehicles: i. G.S.R 682(E) dated 12/07/2016 regarding mass emission standard for flex-fuel (E85) or (E100) and

ethanol (ED95) vehicles. ii. G.S.R 412(E) dated 11/04/2016 regarding Biodiesel. iii. G.S.R 629(E) dated 24.06.2016 regarding retro-fitment of Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

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Bharat Stage-VI Norms Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, vide their notification GSR 889E dated 16.09.2016, has mandated mass emission standard for BS-VI throughout the country with effect from 1st April, 2020 to bring down emission. Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has informed that the economic burden for moving to BS-VI emission norms for automobile manufacturers would be very significant as many new technologies would have to be developed and these technologies would have to be used in vehicles for meeting the requirement of BS-VI emission norms. Read More

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7.1 ICT at TSDSI

List of New Item for Proposal at TSDSI:

New Item Proposal

Name Version Status

NIP163 IMT2020 RIT/SRIT Submission TSDSI-SG1-NIP163-V1.0.0-20170419

Accepted

NIP157 Submission of RIT/SRIT for IMT2020 TSDSI-SG1-NIP157-[WG1]-V1.0.0-20170416

Accepted

NIP156 Transposition of oneM2M specifications as TSDSI specifications

TSDSI-SG02-NIP156-V1.0.0-20170405

Accepted

NIP152 IMEI security issue in Indian network TSDSI-SG4-NIP152-V1.0.0-20170311

Accepted

NIP151 The method to authenticate using ECC in M2M /IOT network

TSDSI-SG4-NIP151-V1.0.0-20170310

Accepted

NIP150 Study of LWPA technologies of IOT TSDSI-SG2-NIP150-V1.0.0-20170309

Accepted

NIP148 NIP for study item on FICaD TSDSI-SG3-NIP148-[WG1]-V1.0.1-20170317

Accepted

NIP147 NIP for study item on Network Slicing TSDSI-SG3-NIP147-[WG1]-V1.0.1-20170317

Accepted

NIP146 Architecture and Industry Parameters for Department of Post (DoP)

TSDSI-SG2-1-[NIP146]-V1.0.0-20170307

Accepted

NIP145 Architecture and Industry Parameters for Smart Education

TSDSI-SG2-NIP145-V1.0.0-20170228

Accepted

NIP141 Architecture and Industry Parameters for Smart Health

TSDSI-SG2-NIP141-V1.0.0-20170223

Accepted

NIP140 Technical KPIs for requirement analysis for IOT

TSDSI-SG2-NIP140-V1.0.0-20170223

Accepted

NIP134

To create an Architecture and finalize the Industry parameters for Disaster Management

TSDSI-SG02-NIP134-V1.0.1-20170223

Accepted

For complete details of the NIP please click here

Status update of Study Items at TSDSI:

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Study Item Name Version Status

SI50 WG1 Study item on FICaD TSDSI-SG3-SI50-V1.0.0-20170426 Initiated

SI49 WG1 Study item on Network Slicing TSDSI-SG3-SI49-V1.0.0-20170426 Initiated

For complete details of the Study Items (SI) please click here and select Study Items

List of Work Item status update:

No new work item has been proposed in last quarter. For complete details of the Work Items (WI) please click here and select Work Items

List of SWIP Status Update:

SWIP Name Version Status

SWIP400 Further considerations on performance issues with B40 / B41 based NB-IoT system designs

TSDSI-SG1-SWIP400-[SI35]-V1.0.0-20170428

Accepted

SWIP393 Evaluation of NB-IOT-TDD based established Key Performance Indicators for CIoT

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP393-[SI35]-V1.0.0-20170427

Accepted

SWIP391 Request for completion of Study Item Report SI13 TSDSI-WI1-SWIP391-[SI35]-V1.0.0-20170427

Accepted

SWIP388 RECO-on-CPRI-Fronthaul-Transport-Huawei-Comments TSDSI-SG03-SWIP388-[WI1]-V1.0.0-20170427

Accepted

SWIP385 PRACH Design NB-IoT TDD uplink TSDSI-WI1-SWIP385-[SI35]-V1.0.0-20170427

Accepted

SWIP384

Nokia views on draft titled CPRI Fronthaul Transport � RECO TSDSI-TS-5001-CPRI-T-V0.1.3-20170307 - SG3 & SG3/WG1 F2F meeting May 2017

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP384-[SI1]-V1.0.0-20170427

Accepted

SWIP383 NPRACH design for TDD NB-IoT TSDSI-WI1-SWIP383-[SI35]-V1.0.0-20170427

Accepted

SWIP377 Pi/2 BPSK with precoding for NB-IoT TDD uplink TSDSI-WI1-SWIP377-[SI35]-V1.0.0-20170426

Accepted

SWIP347

Ericsson views and RECO inputs on draft titled CPRI Fronthaul Transport � RECO TSDSI-TS-5001-CPRI-T-V0.1.3-20170307 - SG3 & SG3/WG1 F2F meeting May 2017

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP347-[SI1]-V1.0.0-20170426

Accepted

SWIP346 SI 41 report submitted from WG1 to SG1 TSDSI-WI1-SWIP346-[SI1]-V1.0.0-20170426

Accepted

SWIP345 Decisions from WP5D 26 TSDSI-SI41-SWIP345-V1.0.0-20170426

Accepted

SWIP340 Content of Abbreviations section 2.2 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP340-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170426

Accepted

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SWIP Name Version Status

SWIP339 Content of header compression in PDCP section 6.1 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP339-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP338 Content of S1-lite interface section 7.1 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP338-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP337 Content of Summary section 8 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP337-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP336 Abbreviations sub section 2.2 of Definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms Section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP336-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP335 Explanation for triangle in figures of SI10-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP335-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP334 Content of S1-lite interface section 7.1 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP334-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP329 Content of header compression in PDCP section 6.1 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP329-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP328 Citations in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP328-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP324 Content of Relationship between S1, X2 and this WI/S1-Lite section 4.3 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP324-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP323 Content of Handover Procedure section in 5.1 SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP323-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP322 Content of Control Plane Aspect section 4.6 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP322-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP320 Content of Architecture section 4 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP320-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP319 Summary section 8 in SI10-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP319-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP318 Content of header compression in PDCP section 6.1 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP318-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP317 Content of Relationship among alternatives in 3GPP sub section 4.2 of Architecture section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP317-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP315 Abbreviations sub section 2.2 of Definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms Section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP315-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170425

Accepted

SWIP314 Content of Startup procedure sub section 5.1 of Signaling procedures section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP314-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP313 Content of X2 handover procedure sub section 5.5 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP313-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP312 Content of X2 interface sub section 7.1 of Backhaul aspects section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP312-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP311 Content of UE access procedure sub section 5.2 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP311-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP310 Content of UE bearer management procedure sub section 5.3 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP310-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

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SWIP Name Version Status

SWIP309 Content of Reference section 1 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP309-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP308 Content of Definitions and Abbreviations section 2 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP308-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP307 Content of Startup procedure sub section 5.1 of Signaling procedures section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP307-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP306 Content of UE bearer management procedure sub section 5.3 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP306-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP305 Content of UE access procedure sub section 5.2 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP305-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP304 Content of Reference section 1 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP304-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170415

Accepted

SWIP303 Content of Definitions and Abbreviations section 2 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP303-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP302 Content of X2 handover procedure sub section 5.5 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP302-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP301 Content of X2 interface sub section 7.1 of Backhaul aspects section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP301-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP300 Content of User plane aspect sub section 4.3 of Architecture section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP300-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP299 Content of Overview sub section 4.1 of Architecture section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP299-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP298 Content of Scope section 3 in SI10-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP298-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP297 Content of Control plane aspect sub section 4.4 of Architecture section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP297-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP296 Content of X2 handover procedure sub section 5.5 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP296-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP295 Content of X2 interface sub section 7.1 of Backhaul aspects section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP295-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP294 Content of UE access procedure sub section 5.2 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP294-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP293 Content of UE bearer management procedure sub section 5.3 of Signaling procedures section 5 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP293-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP292 Content of Reference section 1 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP292-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP291 Content of X2 interface sub section 7.1 of Backhaul aspects section in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP291-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP290 Content of Reference section 1 in SI10-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP290-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP289 Content of Definitions and Abbreviations section 2 in SI10-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP289-[SI10]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

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SWIP Name Version Status

SWIP288 Discussion on the TOC for DD extension of NB-IoT TSDSI-WI1-SWIP288-[SI35]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP287 Content of Overview of S1-Lite/Supporting non-X2 compliant equipment section 4.4 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP287-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP286 Content of Overview of S1 section 4.1 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP286-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP285 Content of Scope section 3 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP285-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP284 Content of Overview of X2 section 4.2 in SI13-WI1 Report TSDSI-WI1-SWIP284-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP283 Content of User Plane Aspect section 4.5 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP283-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP282 Content of Definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms section 2 in SI13-WI1 Report

TSDSI-WI1-SWIP282-[SI13]-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP281 Changes in the 2020-2 document to be submitted to ITU meeting 27

TSDSI-SI41-SWIP281-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP274 Changes in the submission document to be submitted to ITU meeting 27

TSDSI-SI41-SWIP274-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP273 Changes in the evaluation document to be submitted to ITU meeting 27

TSDSI-SI41-SWIP273-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP271 Changes in the evaluation and test environment document to be submitted to ITU meeting 27

TSDSI-SI41-SWIP271-V1.0.0-20170414

Accepted

SWIP266 Challenges in the standardization of TDD NB-IOT TSDSI-SI35-1-[SWIP266]-V1.0.0-20170309

Accepted

SWIP265 Draft Standard for Common Public Radio Interface Front-haul Transport (CRPTI-T)

TSDSI-SG03-1-[SWIP265]-V0.1.0-20170308

Accepted

SWIP264 Need for Standardization for texting in Indic languages – 7 bit encoding

TSDSI-SI45--[SWIP264]-V1.0.0-20170309

Accepted

SWIP262 Need for Standardization for texting in Indic languages – Keyboard layouts - 12 Keypad Text Entry

TSDSI-SI44-1-[SWIP262]-V1.0.0-20170309

Accepted

SWIP259 A communication mechanism for Aerial node TSDSI-SI48-SWIP259-V1.0.0-20170301

Accepted

For complete details of the SWIP please click here and select SWIP

List of Technical Report Status Update: No New Technical Report Published in last Quarter

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7.2 ICT at Department of Telecom under Ministry of Communication

Comprehensive policy on backhaul spectrum:

Department of Telecom is working on finalizing a comprehensive policy on backhaul spectrum or airwave that connects mobile towers with each other such as E and V Band. The release of E band to TSPs will give a huge fillip to Connected & Digital India and in fact significantly reduce the time to realize this important national objective.

In this regard, FICCI ICT & Digital Economy Committee has prepared a draft letter for submission to the Department of Telecommunications covering implications of the release and usage of E Band. Copy of letter is available here.

Right of Way policy:

Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the revised Right of Way policy for smooth setting up of telecom infrastructure in the country. Copy of Notification is available here

Security Certification of Telecom Equipment within India:

Extension of time for Security Certification of Telecom Equipment within India: DoT has granted Extension of time for Security Certification of Telecom Equipment within India in respect of License Amendment dated 31.05.2011/ 3rd June 2011 for security related concerns for expansion of Telecom Services in various zones of the country. Read More

Wi-Fi Services in Flights:

DoT has moved proposal for allowing wi-fi services in flights. Read More

7.3 ICT at Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity)

Mandatory reporting of Cyber Incidents:

Ministry of Electronics & IT has mandated reporting of cyber incidents mandatorily for specific

types. The copy of notification and type of incident details are available here

Report on “Medium Term Recommendation to strengthen Digital Payment Ecosystem”

Committee on Digital Payments constituted by Ministry of Finance has submitted a report on

“Medium Term Recommendation to strengthen Digital Payment Ecosystem” in the country.

Report copy is available here

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7.4 ICT at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Telecom regulator released its report on Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators. Copy of

the report is available here

Telecom regulator has recommended to shutting down of analog transmission by 2023. Read

More

Telecom Regulator has floated consultation paper on:

o Net Neutrality

o Approach towards Sustainable Telecommunications

o Regulatory Principles of Tariff Assessment

8 Activities by other standards development organization in India

8.1 28th GSSM & IEEE 5G Summit

IEEE 5G "Smart City" Summit was jointly organized with the 28th GISFI Standardization Series Meeting (GSSM) and it was held at I SENSES Hotel, DN-26, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata- 700091, India on December 2-3, 2016. SESEI expert was invited to speak “M2M_IoT & its role in Smart Cities and 5G”, copy of presentation available here and Program agenda is available here

9 Planned Activities for Next Quarters

• SESEI-3 Steering Committee#4 • Update and Release report on Indian Landscape around Standardization • Release of Newsletter India and Europe (Edition No 05) • Release of Quarterly report (Report No 05) • Release of Monthly Activity Tracker, Monthly Draft Standards under WC and Bi-Weekly

News/Policy • Yearly and Quarterly Tax compliance with Chartered Accountant • Follow-up and work on ETSI MoU to BIS and CCMC MoU with BIS • Work on proposed conference in Q1’2917: 3rd EU-INDIA Dialogue on Standards • Participate in Important event as speaker/delegate such as:

o GCF Workshop No 4 in New Delhi o 3rd Smart Cities India 2017 Expo: On 10-12 May 2017 at Pragati Maiden, New Delhi. o 5G India 2017: On 12 May 2017 at The Hotel Lalit, New Delhi o ASSOCHAM’s Electronics Manufacturing Conference: On 31st May 2017 at prominent hotel in

New Delhi. o EAI International Conference on Ubiquitous Communications and Network Computing,

(UBICNET): On August 3–5, 2017 at Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore, India.

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10 Glossary

Sr. No.

Acronym

Expansion

1 AAL Active Assisted Living

2 AARDO African - Asian Rural Development Organisation

3 ARAI Automotive Research Association of India

4 ATMS Automatic Traffic Management System

5 BIS Bureau of Indian Standards

6 BS IV Bharat Stage Emission Standards

7 CDAC Center for Development of Advanced Computing

8 CDoT Centre for Development of Telematics

9 CCMC CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC)

10 CEA Central Electrical Authority

11 CED Civil Engineering Department

12 CEN European Committee for Standardization

13 CENELEC European Committee for Electro technical standardization

14 CERC Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

15 CII Confederation of Indian Industries

16 CITD EU - INDIA Capacity Building Initiative for Trade Development

17 CICON International Communication and Information Technology Conference

18 CPRI Central Power Research Institute

19 CRO Compulsory Registration Order

20 CRS Compulsory Registration Scheme

21 DEITY Department of electronics and IT

22 DEM Digital Elevation Model

23 DOP Department of Pharmaceuticals

24 DOT Department of Telecommunications

25 EBG European Business Group

26 EC European Commission

27 EESL Energy Efficiency Services Limited

28 EFTA European Free Trade Association

29 EODB Ease of Doing Business

30 ESO European Standards Organizations

31 ETA European Technical Approval

32 ETD Electrotechnical Division Council

33 ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute

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34 EU European Union

35 FAME Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India

36 FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

37 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project

38 GDP Gross Domestic Product

39 GISFI Global ICT Standardization Forum for India

40 GSSM GISFI Standardization Series Meeting

41 HVAC Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

42 ICT Information Communication Technology

43 IEC International Electro technical Commission

44 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

45 IISC Indian Institute of Science

46 IMCO The Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

47 IRD International Relations Department of BIS

48 ISA International Solar Alliance

49 ISGF India Smart Grid Forum

50 ISO International Organization for Standardization

51 ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation

52 ITS Intelligent Transport System

53 LI Lawful Interception

54 LITD Electronics and Information Technology Department

55 LTD Electronics and Informational Technology

56 M2M Machine to Machine

57 MAIT Manufactures Association Of Information Technology,

58 MEITY Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

59 MNRE Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

60 MoM Minutes of Meeting

61 MOU Memorandum Of Understanding

62 MOUD Ministry of Urban Development

63 MHZ Megahertz

64 MSIPs Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme

65 NATRiP National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project

66 NBC National Building Code

67 NBEM National Board of Electric Mobility

68 NCR National Capital Region of Delhi

69 NIP New Item for Proposal at TSDSI

70 NISE National Institute of Solar Energy

71 NHAI National Highway Authorities of India

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72 QCI Quality Council of India

73 RoW Right of Way

74 SDO Standard Developing Organizations

75 SESEI Seconded European Standardization Expert In India

76 SIAM Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers

77 SSCC-CG Smart & Sustainable Cities and Communication Group

78 TASARD Technical Advancement for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural

Development

79 TBT Technical Barrier to Trade

80 TEC Telecom Engineering Center

81 TED Transport Engineering Department

82 ToR Terms of Reference

83 TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India

84 TSDSI Telecommunications Standard Development Society India

85 UT Union Territories

86 UBICNET Ubiquitous Communications and Network Computing

87 WI Work Items

88 WTO World Trade Organisation