shvu 1 Report post Posted August 21, 2001 (From BBC) <h2>India investigates different time zones</h2> By Ayanjit Sen in Delhi The Indian Government is to examine whether the country should have two different standard times. The idea is to make the best use of daylight in eastern India, where the sun rises and sets more than an hour earlier than in the west. People in the east stay up longer - keeping lights on and using more electricity. V Thulasidas, a member of the committee and chief secretary of the north-eastern state of Tripura - told the BBC that many office workers in the east felt they started work too long after sunrise. At the moment, Indian Standard Time (IST) is based on local time in the city of Mirzapur in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. There are five standard times in the United States and eight in Russia whereas China has only one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted October 30, 2003 Benefits of appropriate time zones are as follows: 1.If the physical clock and biological clock are as close as possible it helps improving health. 2.It would enhance efficiency in work as such productivity would increase for the whole of the population. Increased productivity will be achieved because people will start working early when the atmospheric temperature is low.Higher the temparature lower the efficiency. 3.Best use of daylight resulting in less need of generating power by burning bio-fuel/coal thus economy. 4.Lesser pollution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
