[HCDX] Indian standard time

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks like India is staying with UTC+5½   but daylight savings time is a
possibility.

>From today's Times of India.

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HC rejects petition on 2 time-zones in the country

                 TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2002  11:40:33
PM ]

NEW DELHI: The Union on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that even as it
was a good idea to have two  time zones in the country, it is still more
practical to have only one time zone.

Responding to a PIL, the Department of Science and Technology in its
affidavit said: ‘‘A committee of experts has observed that two time zones
would not be majorly advantageous despite a difference of about half-an-
hour between east and west India.’’

Government counsel, Upamanyu Hazarika, said the panel was of the view that
the eastern states ‘‘do face some disadvantages because of the early
sunrise,’’ but the problem could be solved by advancing the office and
factory times in Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Sikkim and seven north-eastern
states by one hour.

Satisfied with the government’s submission, the high court disposed of the
PIL filed by an NGO, Common Cause, seeking adoption of two time- zone system
in the country saying that the IST (Indian Standard Time) methodology
adopted over a century ago was of great disadvantage to the people of
eastern regions.

The committee in its report had stated that the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
has already advanced office timings to overcome the problem.

‘‘Some of the governments of eastern states even felt that a single time-
zone is preferable from the point of view of sharing the common IST for the
entire country,’’ Hazarika told court.

The committee was of the view that the government could consider adoption of
daylight time saving system by advancing the clock by an hour during
summer — April to September — for the entire country.

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