Import of mobile phones without Panic Button allowed till Feb

The Department of Telecom allowed import of mobile phones without panic button or emergency calling feature till February 28, 2017. 
●    It has been decided by the competent authority that the import of mobile phone handsets without Panic Button/Emergency call button feature prescribed as per ‘Panic Button and Global Positioning System Facility in all mobile phone handsets Rules 2016 shall be allowed till 28th February 2017.
●    The government in April 2016 mandated that all mobile phones in the country from January 1, 2017, will be sold with panic button feature. 
●    As per the order, pressing panic button will make a call to single emergency number 112.
●    The concept of a device with panic button feature was floated after brutal gangrape of a paramedical student in Delhi. 
●    Helpline 112, that will be India’s equivalent to 911 of the US’s all-in-one emergency services.