Govt puts stringent mobile radiation norms into force - NewsX

The Government's new norms for mobile towers come into effect from today. These are as per the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Committee comprising of the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Department of Biotechnology, and Indian Council of Medical Research. This committee was set up in August 2010 for studying radiation from cellular towers and mobile handsets. The new regulations regarding radiation emissions from cellular towers and mobile phones come into effect from today, making India one among the few countries in the world to have stringent Electromagnetic Frequency Radiation Standards. In the interest of public health, the Indian standards are now 10 times more stringent than over 90 per cent of the countries. The EMF exposure limit for Base Station Emissions has been lowered to one tenth of the existing level. To ensure that these norms are followed, Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring will conduct random audits of the self certification furnished by the service providers. A penalty of Rs 5 lakh is liable to be levied on the telecom service provider running the mobile tower for non-compliance with the EMF standards.

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