The government said that the need for a common time reference has increased with the growing use of digital and technology-based systems.

NEW DELHI: From March next year, all entities in India will be required to use Indian Standard Time (IST) for legal, commercial, digital and administrative activities, with govt…

India's government has introduced new rules mandating Indian Standard Time (IST) as the sole official time reference, with a 180-day compliance period for implementation.