Indian standard time must be adopted.
New Delhi: In India, the government is going to take big steps to standardize time follow. Under this, Indian Standards Time (IST) will now be made mandatory on all official and commercial forums. The draft of comprehensive rules has been prepared for its essential use. At the same time, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs has sought a response from the public till 14 February.
IST will be mandatory
The objective of the Legal Metology (Indian Standards Time) Rules, 2024 is to establish a legal framework to standardize time follows. This structure makes IST mandatory as the only time reference for legal, administrative, commercial and official documents. According to the draft of the rule, “IST will be compulsory time reference in all sectors including” Commerce, Transport, Public Administration, Legal Contract and Financial Operations. “Its main provisions ban on time references other than IST for official and commercial purposes in its main provisions Is included.
Why is it necessary
A senior government official said, “Exact time is necessary for strategic and non-intelligent sectors with nanosecond accuracy.” Telecom, banking, defense and technology like 5G and AI are important. There may be a big loss from a slight manipulation in time. Because of this, the central government is implementing the same time system across the country. Exceptions will be allowed for special areas such as astronomy, navigation and scientific research, for which government approval will have to be obtained first. The Department of Consumer Affairs is developing a strong time construction and dissemination mechanism in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The stakeholders have been asked to give suggestions on the draft of the rules by 14 February.
Fine for violation
According to the draft that has been prepared about this, only IST will be used for reference to time. Violation of the proposed rules will be fined. The draft also has a prohibition of timely synchronization systems to ensure cyber security, reliability. Time synchronization refers to the process of ensuring that two systems or devices share a normal time reference. It is important in various fields such as engineering, safe communication, physical systems. The Department of Consumer Affairs is developing a strong time dissemination mechanism with the National Physical Laboratory and ISRO.
India’s time zone
There is only one time zone in India. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat, the same time zone is implemented in India, which is called Indian Standards Time (IST). However, from time to time, different time zones have also been demanded by many states. Especially the northeastern states believe that due to a time zone, sunrise and sunset are done before them. In such a situation, the time zone should be determined according to their local conditions. Let us know that India’s time zone is five and a half hours ahead of the standard time (GMT) of Greenwich.
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