NEW DELHI: Come January 1, 2017. Every mobile phone in India will be fitted with a panic button that can be used by women in danger, Minister for Child and Women Development Maneka Gandhi said today.
“Panic buttons will be mandatory from January 1, 2017 and any woman in danger can press it. Earlier mobile phones will be retrofitted,” she told Rajya Sabha while replying to a private member’s resolution on women safety issues.
An app is also being developed through which at least 10 people will get an alarm in case of an emergency.
The phones will also have GPS so that even if the molester throws the mobile, the location of the woman can be traced, she said. (AGENCIES)
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