Market reset: India pulls the plug on Chinese CCTV makers

New Delhi: Chinese video surveillance companies such as Hikvision, Dahua and TP-Link will be barred from selling internet-connected CCTV cameras and other video surveillance products from April 1 when new certifying rules come into effect.

Industry executives said the government is explicitly refusing to certify products made by these companies and those using Chinese chipsets, effectively shutting them out of the market.

Chinese brands accounted for one-third of all CCTV sales in India till last year.