the bureau of indian standards bis has published three significant indian standards in the area of electronics the first standard is indian standardfor digital television receivers with built in satellite tuners bis through its technical committee has published an indian standard is 181122022 specication for television with builtin satellite tunersread alsosoon watch doordarshan channels without set top boxesthese tuners would enable reception of freetoair tv and radio channels by just connecting a dish antenna with lnb mounted on a roof top or side wall of the buildingbis issues performance standards for electric vehicle batteriesaccording to the official the new ev batteries standard incorporates the test procedure for the basic characteristic of performance reliability and electrical functionality for the battery packs and system for either high power or high energy applicationtvs manufactured as per this indian standard would enable reception of freetoair tv and radio channels just by connecting a dish antenna with lnb mounted on a suitable place at roof topside wall of the buildingwhat new digital tv receivers mean for viewersthis would facilitate transmission of knowledge about government initiatives schemes educational content of doordarshan and repository of indian culture programs to reach and benefit a wide segment of population in the country at largeat present television tv viewers in the country need to purchase a settop box for viewing various paid and free channels the viewer is required to use a set top box even for the reception of free to air channels nonencrypted transmitted by doordarshan now doordarshan is in the process of phasing out analog transmission free to air channels will continue to be broadcast using digital satellite transmission by doordarshan to enable the reception of these free to air channels without use of a set top box there is a need for television receivers with inbuilt suitable satellite tunersusb type c receptacles plug and cables to become new standardthe second standard is indian standard for usb type c receptacles plug and cables bureau of indian standards has published indian standard isiec 62680132022 usb typec cable and connector specication this indian standard is the adoption of the existing international standard iec 626801 32022this standard provides requirements for usb typec port plug and cables for use in various electronic devices like mobile phone laptop notebook etc this standard would provide common charging solutions for the smartphones and other electronic devices sold in the country why move to usb type cthis would facilitate in reduction in number of charger per consumer as consumers will no longer need to buy dierent chargers every time they buy a new device this would help in achieving the governments mission to reduce ewaste and move towards sustainable development earlier consumers have to keep dierent chargers for various electronic devices they possess which leads to extra expenditure increase in ewaste and a lot of inconvenience countries worldwide are working to address these issuesindian standards for video surveillance systemsthe third standard is indian standards for video surveillance systems bureau of indian standards through its technical