unclear directives of the government which didnt consider all the aspects he claimed that the step of digitization taken by the central government was more suited in the chinese context than for india the stbs used in digitization have been imported from china in its zeal to import apparatus from a country which make cheap electronics with modern technology the indian government forgot about the technology being used in indian homes the stbs imported from china do not support old tv technology he added the drawbacks of stbs unsupported by old tv sets are turning out to be a costly affair in the indian context though the issue was raised at the meeting held in delhi in december when the government declared going digital in 80 districts apart from the metros but as no heed was paid to the issue the decision of digitalization is being forced upon the people the deadline for digitalization would definitely be extended owing to these loopholes in planning the changeover the confusion is quite evident with the deadline of march 31 drawing closer he added deputy commissioner entertainment naresh babu yadav said we are finding it hard to cope with the complaints regarding installation of stbs coming up daily however on a personal note he said the government guidelines are not clear and perhaps insufficient to tackle such issues the digitization process is in full pace in the city around 167 lakh stbs have been installed i also have came across hundreds of customers with the problem of inatallation of stbs with old tv sets but could find a way to compensate for the same added naresh babu