Mobile phones to come with panic button from 2017

NEW DELHI: All mobile handsets sold in India from January 2017 will have to feature a panic button that will allow women in distress to seek help. In addition, from January 2018, all mobile phones must have an inbuilt GPS to identify the handset user's location, according to a notification of the Department of Telecommunications.

"Technology is solely meant to make human life better and what better than using it for the security of women," communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar said.