India's government is investigating adopting common chargers for all portable electronic devices, adding yet another government to the list who wants Apple to move away from its Lightning connector.

Following Europe's mandate that USB-C be adopted as a [common charging](https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/07/iphone-airpods-will-require-usb-c-for-charging-in-the-eu-by-late-2024) standard by 2024, India is considering doing the same. On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, Indian Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh held a meeting with manufacturers to begin exploring the issue.According to local newspaper the _Deccan Herald_, the government has [now decided](https://www.deccanherald.com/business/technology/government-to-set-up-expert-groups-to-explore-adoption-of-common-chargers-1136933.html) to look at adopting two common chargers. One of the two may be USB-C, but there was no information about what the second type could be.  
