India will soon upgrade its timekeeping method by switching from GPS to NavIC satellites for Indian Standard Time, ensuring millisecond accuracy. This system links regional centers with atomic clocks ...

New Delhi: The government on Monday notified rules to harmonize all Indian clocks with indigenous atomic clocks to lend the Indian Standard Time a “millisecond to nanosecond accuracy”.

India is about to take its timekeeping precision to the next level with the "One Nation, One Time" initiative. The project, ...

In a move to standardise timekeeping, the government has drafted comprehensive rules mandating the exclusive use of Indian Standard Time (IST) across all official and commercial platforms ...

“All references to time in legal, administrative, and official documents shall be considered to refer to Indian Standard Time (IST), unless explicitly stated otherwise,” the draft norms said.

The Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2024, aims to establish a legal framework for standardising timekeeping practices, mandating IST as the sole time reference for legal ...

In a circular, the Draft Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2025, was notified by the Consumer Affairs Department, with stakeholders getting until February 14, 2025, to submit their ...