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ABThe CCTV in your home, office and shop has just been banned...
Not all CCTVs, but CCTVs by major companies like TP Link, Hikvision and Dahua cannot be sold from 1st April in India...
This is because these Chinese CCTV cameras use chips which have not been certified or approved by the Indian Govt...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology requires that all such surveillance and security products - their hardware, software and the source code must be disclosed, approved and certified by the govt...
But Indian brands like CP Plus, Qubo and Sprash may continue to sell as their products have been certified and they use chips from Taiwan...
There are three things to note because of this...
1/ Firstly, it shows that India does not trust any of this surveillance equipment coming from China especially because these companies refused to share the source code
2/ Second, if you have CCTV cameras of any of these companies, you may face difficulty getting warranty or repair in the future as spare parts may now not be available easily, so if you have to replace them, get Indian ones even if they offer heavy discounts on Chinese brands...
3/ Third, it presents a huge gap in the market for more domestic players to come into this space and start surveillance CCTV and camera equipment business - for which you should definitely look at the BIS and MeitY guidelines for compliance.
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