August 2025

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We are pleased to welcome you to the “SESEI Newsletter – Europe” for the month of August 2025. This edition brings you consolidation of key policy, regulatory & standardisation developments across digitization, data protection, cybersecurity, green technologies, and EU/EFTA–India strategic collaborations.

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Headlines
Ministry of Steel Grants BIS Exemption to 202 Foreign Steel Manufacturers
The Ministry of Steel has announced an important step to ease the import process for steel products by granting exemptions to 202 BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) licenses from mandatory adherence requirements on the Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) portal.
In an official statement, the ministry said,...

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India Hosts First-Ever 3GPP RAN Meetings on 6G Standardization
In a historic first for India and the global telecom community, the 3GPP Radio Access Networks (RAN) Working Group meetings – RAN1 through RAN5 – were inaugurated on 25th August, in Whitefield, Bengaluru, India. With support from the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications,...

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DPDP Act nears Final Regulatory Phase
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) stated that the rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act are in their final stages and likely to be published by year-end.
The government has drafted and redrafted the rules and taken in suggestions from the relevant stakeholders, but yet to...

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NITI Aayog Launches the Report on ‘Unlocking a $200 Billion opportunity: Electric Vehicles in India
NITI Aayog launched the Report on ‘Unlocking a $200 Billion Opportunity: Electric Vehicles in India,’ which presents a timely and comprehensive assessment of current challenges while highlighting major unlocks essential to accelerate India’s Electric Mobility transition...

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Hope EU-India FTA will be concluded soon: Jaishankar after Meeting German Counterpart
India would like to see its negotiations with the European Union for a free trade agreement move to a "decisive conclusion" soon, Said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. He made the remarks at a joint media briefing after holding wide-ranging talks with his German...

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Insights

TSDSI signs MoU with Bharat 6G Alliance

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Parliamentary panel suggest indigenous Govt-Owned AI Server

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CERT-In releases Cyber Security Audit Policy Guidelines

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India sets Eyes on 10% of Global Green Hydrogen Demand

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DoT asks M2M service providers, IoT device makers to deploy oneM2M standard-based solutions

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EC - European Commission

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