India base-station limit, 2–300 GHz
1 W/m² (19.29 V/m) for base-station emissions — a tenth of the ICNIRP public reference level, and the limit that applies to 2100 MHz and 5G mid-band sites.
Regulatorygeneral public2–300 GHz
Last verified 12 August 2026.
- Limit value
- 1,000,000 µW/m²Regulatory value — legally enforceable — Stated as 1 W/m² with E = 19.29 V/m and H = 0.05 A/m. Applies to base-station emissions; handsets are governed by the separate 1.6 W/kg over 1 g SAR limit.sources: india-tarang-norms, india-dgt-emf
- Quantity
- power density
- Frequency band
- 2–300 GHz
- 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.
Related records
- ICNIRP 2020 general public reference level, 2–300 GHz
10 W/m² incident power density averaged over 30 minutes and over the whole body — the reference level that 5G mid-band and Wi-Fi compliance is judged against outside the U.S.
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.
Exposure limits
Sources
- india-tarang-norms EMF radiation norms (Tarang Sanchar portal) — Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. regulation, link checked 2026-08-12.
- 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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