Centre set to launch panic button in mobile phones

The Centre is set to launch a dedicated panic button in mobile phones four years after its conceptualization, a key project under the Nirbhaya Fund. The government had mandated that mobile phones sold in India will come with a dedicated panic button aimed at enhancing women safety. “The idea of having a panic button on the mobile phone was conceived way back in 2015 and after a series of deliberations with the ministry of telecom, mobile phone manufacturers and mobile telephony service providers, the ministry of telecom mandated a physical panic button on all mobile phones in the country,” the women and child ministry said in a statement.