Question

Name the agency which provide time keeping services in india

Answer 1

National technical research orginisation

Answer 2

ANSWER:

The National Physical Laboratory or CSIR-NPL is the agency responsible for providing timekeeping services in India.

EXPLANATION:

The laboratory measures time and frequency in India and also keeps it traceable to the international standards.

Established in 1974, it has been maintaining the group of various Cesium atomic clocks and distributing the precise time and frequency to the users throughout the country via NTP server and teleclock.

The laboratory has also established an accurate time transfer link between the national and international time at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris through satellite link.