Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, on Tuesday, stated that India will experiment with AC temperature standardisation. In this, air conditioners will be restricted from cooling below 20 degree Celsius and heating above 28 degree Celsius. This development comes as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issues an orange alert over a heatwave in Delhi.
“Regarding air conditioning standards, a new provision is being implemented soon. The temperature standardisation for ACs will be set between 20°C to 28°C, meaning we won’t be able to cool below 20°C or warm above 28°C. This is a first-of-its-kind experiment, aiming to standardise temperature settings,” Khattar stated, adding, “This is a first-of-its-kind experiment, aiming to standardise temperature settings.”
“We have decided the minimum temperature of ACs will be fixed at 20 degrees Celsius and the maximum at 28 degrees Celsius to bring uniformity to air conditioning use and help reduce excessive power consumption due to extremely low cooling settings,” the former Haryana CM informed the media.
How are Netizens reacting to it?
A viral and hilarious meme can be seen on the following developments based on the movie Gangs of Wasseypur’s scene in which Huma Qureshi says to Nawazuddin Siddiqui to ask for permission.
Another viral clip of a movie in which Ajay Devgn is sleeping and the video plays with the caption on top, ‘16° par AC chala kar sota hua pakda gaya’
16° par AC chala kar sota hua pakda gaya#ac #temperature pic.twitter.com/bme02hEUng
— ASLI HEERA 🇮🇳 (@naushu7666) June 11, 2025
A user on X with account @BekaarAaadmi poster on X about the division of minimum AC temperature through caste division.
Min. temp in AC
— Er K🚶 (@BekaarAaadmi) June 10, 2025
20°C for General category
18°C for OBC
15°C for SC/ST https://t.co/E8hoSYJ2xf
In another viral meme, news of the UK hitting a heat wave of 26 degrees Celsius, which was compared to the AC temperature limit of 28 degrees Celsius.
In India, we set our AC temprature as 28C😹 pic.twitter.com/Wq2X85wZNK
— Gss🇮🇳 (@Gss_Views) June 17, 2024
A user expressing disappointment on the initiative wrote on X, ‘I pay bill & I’ll run ac at whatever temp i want.”
I pay bill & I'll run ac at whatever temp i want.
— 💵 Swaraj Sahu 💵 (@botsboss) June 10, 2025
