Less radiation level from telecom towers starting today

The new guidelines for lowering the radiation levels emanating from telecom towers and handsets have come into effect from today. The guidelines seek to address public health concerns. The new guidelines stipulate reduction of radiation levels to 1/10^th of the present levels for the towers while the minimum distance of a tower from a residential building should be 35 meters. The mobile handsets would also require to reduce the Specific Absorption of the radiation 12.5 times.There are over seven lakh towers for mobile phones throughout the country of which 95 per cent of them are already compliant with the new emission norms.Non-compliance of these standards will result in a penalty of Rs 5 lakh per tower, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said.Public health comes first. Technology must be embraced but it ultimately must be subject to public health," he said.

Transcript of PM’s on-board Press Interaction enroute to Delhi from Tehran

Opening Statement of Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh: Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, I came to Tehran to attend the NAM Summit. My speech at the Plenary Session of the Summit has already been circulated and you must have gone through it. In addition I had a meeting with the Supreme Leader, and also with President Ahmadinejad to review the state of our bilateral relations. I was particularly struck by what the Supreme Leader told me about his interest and involvement in Indian affairs. He recalled the influence that Mahatma Gandhi had on him, the role that Jawaharlal Nehru played in India’s freedom struggle, his visit to India in 1980-81, meetings with Mrs. Gandhi, visiting various other parts of our country including Hyderabad.

Ministry of Finance Notifies Advance Price Agreement (APA) Scheme

The Ministry of Finance has notified an “Advance Pricing Agreement Scheme” (Rules 10F to 10T of Income Tax Rules, 1962) vide notification No. 36/2012 dated 30-8-2012. The Finance Act, 2012 had inserted sections 92CC and 92CD in the Income Tax Act 1961 introducing the provisions of Advance Pricing Agreement (APA). The APA Scheme shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, i.e. from 30.08.2012.