India, June 10 -- If the government of India pushes through a new energy-saving regulation, your air conditioner's thermostat may soon refuse to go below 20 degrees Celsius, no matter how hot the weather gets.

According to Bloomberg, the government is working with appliance manufacturers to standardise the operating temperature range of air conditioners to ensure that the minimum temperature is not set below 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit), a shift from the current settings that often allow temperatures as low as 16 degrees Celsius.

"Temperatures would be set in the range of 20C-28C," power minister Manohar Lal told reporters at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. "This would be done for ACs at homes, hotels and even ...