Panic button mandatory for all mobile phones from 2017, GPS from 2018

The concept of a device with panic button feature was floated after brutal gangrape of a paramedical student in Delhi.
Panic button will be mandatory for all mobile phones to be sold in India January 1, 2017, onwards to enable users make emergency call easily.
Besides, in-built GPS navigation system would be mandatory for all phones a year later with effect from January 1, 2018, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
“Technology is solely meant to make human life better and what