India proposes right to repair framework for mobile phones, consumer durables

India proposes right to repair framework for mobile phones, consumer durables

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https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/14/india-right-to-repair-framework-mobile-phones-tablets-consumer-durables/

India has proposed to introduce a right to repair law, aiming to provide consumers the ability to have their devices repaired by third parties to fight the growing “culture of planned obsolescence” in a move that follows similar deliberations in the U.S. and the UK.

The Indian Department of Consumer Affairs said Wednesday that it had set up a committee to develop a right to repair framework. The committee identified mobile phones, tablets, consumer durables, automobiles and farming as important sectors for the framework, the ministry said.