The Mobile towers grown exponentially in the country to handle mobile traffic resulting from increased teledensity, there have been some concerns raised by media, civil society, research organizations, and Members of Parliament on possible health related effects of electromagnetic emissions from mobile towers. There are a total of 5,60,571 Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) mounted on mobile towers for mobile communications in India.To ensure that electromagnetic emissions from these BTSs adhere to the standards adopted by India, which are based on the international standards prescribed by the International Commission for non-ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), necessary amendments were carried out in the Access Service Licenses on November 04, 2008. The Industry was asked to self-certify each of their BTSs by May 15, 2010, and submit the same to TERM Cells.
All BTSs which have not been certified , have to pay a penalty of Rs. 5 lakhs each.
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