Get ready to go to office half an hour early!

Very soon, all of us may have to get up half an hour early and go to offices half an hour before the usual time. Union Power Ministry is mulling on the option to advance Indian Standard Time by 30 minutes to save power. This move is aimed at finishing most works in day light thereby saving power.

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This idea is likely to save 300 Crore units of Power every year. This will be implemented only after studying its effect on people and their social life today. Even though we start out work early, it will not have a major impact as we will be leave the offices half an hour early.

Many countries in the West adjust their times according to the season so as to make maximum use of sun light. This is called day light saving. Currently Indian Standard Time is five and half hours ahead of Greenwich Meridian time and with this change we will be six hours ahead.