does india need to have more than one standard time?if yes,why do u think so?
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Indian Standard Time is measured at Shankargarh Fort in Allahabad, (Uttar Pradesh) along the line of longitude 82.5° East. IST is 5 1/2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This standard time zone is followed across India, even though the East to West expanse of India exceeds 2,900 km. Thus, when it is daylight in North-Eastern India it is not yet dawn in Western India, while when the sun sets in Western India it is night time in North-Eastern India. Therefore, there have been proposals by various people in the past that India needs more than one time zone.
The issue came up again last week, when the Chief Minister of Assam, Mr Tarun Gogoi said he would like to move all clocks in Assam forward by 60 minutes, so that Assam has a local time zone that’s one hour ahead of Indian Standard Time (IST). Since the sun rises earlier in North-Eastern India, workers in some sectors who make an early start, such as tea gardens and the petroleum industry, already follow an alternative system of time. For instance tea gardens follow ‘Bagan Time’ or ‘Tea Garden Time’, which is an hour ahead of IST.
Some experts and activists have been campaigning for a separate time zone for North-East India for many years now, citing reasons of improved efficiency and productivity if the North-Eastern states can make better use of their daylight hours, which start sooner and end earlier than in other parts of the country. They argue that by shifting the clocks forward people in these states can make optimum use of their natural daylight hours, and also make best use of energy resources.