https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/02/india-speed-up-parallel-testing-safety-approvals-electronic-devices-smartphones-earbuds/ > India is planning to speed up testing and safety approvals of electronic devices including smartphones and earbuds to reduce their time to market. Currently, it can take as long as 20 weeks to for consumer electronics to pass safety tests — but the new approvals could bring that down to as little as three days. > The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the country’s nodal agency responsible for setting quality and safety standards, has considered a pilot project to do away with the existing sequential testing model and deploy parallel testing for electronic devices in the South Asian market.