<P> The filmmaker Jahnu Barua has been campaigning for a separate time zone (daylight saving time) for the past 25 years . In 2010, he suggested creating a separate time zone for the Development of Northeastern Region . </P> <P> In 2014, Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi started campaigning for another time zone for Assam and other northeastern states of India . However, the proposal would need to be cleared by the Central Government of India . </P> <P> In June 2017, Department of Science and Technology (DST) indicated that they are once again studying feasibility of two time - zones for India . A proposal for both creating an additional Eastern India Timezone (EIT @ UTC + 6: 00) shifting default IST to UTC + 5: 00 and Day - light saving (IDT for IST and EID for EIT) starting on 14 April (Ambedkar Jayanti) and ending on 2 October (Gandhi Jayanti) was submitted to DST for consideration . </P> <P> Official time signals are generated by the Time and Frequency Standards Laboratory at the National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi, for both commercial and official use . The signals are based on atomic clocks and are synchronised with the worldwide system of clocks that support the Coordinated Universal Time . </P>

The latitude that is chosen as the standard meridian of india