India is the world's second largest smartphone market after China. As the largest market, they have a lot of power to put pressure on device manufacturers. This can be seen through the bill that forced the use of USB-C on smartphones and the standardization of chargers for wearable devices last year. According to Reuters, next India will enforce a law that forces manufacturers to give more power to device owners.
The first power is the option to uninstall all installed applications after the device is purchased. It is common for manufacturers to include various applications right after the device is purchased. As a result the device's storage has been used by applications that may not be needed.
Next India wants to screen all operating system updates provided by manufacturers before they are given to users. India's IT Ministry said this is to ensure that no malicious elements are inserted by manufacturers to spy on users and collect personal data without permission.
A meeting was held by the IT Ministry with representatives from Xiaomi, Samsung, Apple and Vivo to express their wishes. The reaction was quite negative because normally security patches are given directly so that any vulnerabilities can be patched immediately. If it is necessary to go through the screening process, because currently in India the recognition and testing process of the device takes up to 27 weeks in India.