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Exposure limits

India base-station limit, 400–2000 MHz

f/2000 W/m² (f in MHz) — 0.45 W/m² at 900 MHz and 0.9 W/m² at 1800 MHz, one tenth of the ICNIRP figure for the same band.

Regulatorygeneral public400–2000 MHz

Last verified 12 August 2026.

Limit value
200,000–1,000,000 µW/m²Regulatory value — legally enforceable — The range is the band edges: 0.2 W/m² at 400 MHz to 1 W/m² at 2000 MHz. DoT norms state 0.45 W/m² at 900 MHz, 0.9 W/m² at 1800 MHz and 1 W/m² at 2100 MHz and above. Equivalent electric field is 0.434 √f V/m (18.4 V/m at 1800 MHz).sources: india-tarang-norms, india-dgt-emf
Quantity
power density
Frequency band
400–2000 MHz
Population
general public
Set by
India DoT base-station EMF norms (1/10th of ICNIRP) (effective 1 September 2012; limits restated 2013)
Kind
Regulatory — legally enforceable
Averaging time
6 minutesA measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.
Frequency-dependent formula
f/2000 W/m² (f in MHz)

Related records

  • India DoT base-station EMF norms (1/10th of ICNIRP)

    India enforces base-station exposure limits set at one tenth of the ICNIRP 1998 power-density reference levels, effective 1 September 2012 and applied as a telecom licence condition.

    Standards & frameworks

  • Macro cell tower (LTE / 5G sector antenna)

    Sector antennas radiate on the order of 1000 W EIRP per sector on the main beam, which is aimed above and away from the tower base — ground-level exposure directly beneath a tower is usually lower than at a few hundred metres away.

    Sources & emitters

Sources

  1. india-tarang-norms EMF radiation norms (Tarang Sanchar portal) — Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. regulation, link checked 2026-08-12.
  2. india-dgt-emf Public awareness — EMF exposure limits from mobile towers — Directorate General of Telecommunications, Government of India, 2013. government, link checked 2026-08-12.

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