Govt plans to introduce `panic button` in mobiles for women safety

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The Central government is planning to introduce a panic button in cell phones for women safety and it is in talks with the mobile phone manufacturers on working out such a feature.

According to the proposal, pressing the panic button will not only send an SMS to a set of numbers, it will also provide location information of the mobile.

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that the government has asked all mobile phone manufacturers to work out the feasibility of such a feature.

She said considering the limitations of these devices, the government has come up with an idea of having inbuilt panic button in all cell phones.

The minister also talked about various schemes of the NDA government. Noting that in the last one year, the government has taken many bold steps in that direction.

Gandhi said the focus is on initiatives such as 'beti bachao', 'beti padhao' and reservation for women posts in police stations.