Section 3 in The Panic button and Global Positioning System facility in all mobile phone handsets Rules, 2016
3. Panic button in new mobile handset.
- With effect from the 1st January, 2017, no mobile phone handset manufactured company shall sell in India,-(a)the Feature phones without the facility of panic button by pressing "Numeric key - 5" or "Numeric key - 9" to invoke emergency call; and(b)the Smart phones without the facility of emergency call button by pressing the same for long time to invoke emergency call or the use of existing power on or off button, when short pressed thrice in quick succession.
