Department of Telecommunications, India (DoT)
Sets and enforces India's base-station EMF limits at one tenth of the ICNIRP levels and publishes per-site compliance data through the Tarang Sanchar portal.
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Last verified 12 August 2026.
Also searched as: DoT India, Tarang Sanchar, TERM Cell
- Role
- regulator
- Jurisdiction
- IN
- Website
- https://tarangsanchar.gov.in/
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
- 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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