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Two Time zones and Daylight Savings for India

It was great to see that the good old topic is back. Apparently Department of Science and Technology is once again studying feasibility of two time-zones for India. Last time it was done in 2001 by same DST and was buried in 2004 after 3 years of chai-samosa meetings. We all hope this time w ith a determined government in charge, it will see a logical actionable conclusion sooner.  Having spent half of my life in East India and other half in West India so far, I can appreciate and strongly feel the need for it. Few suggestions as noted below in detail: 1.   New IST ( UTC+5 ) and an additional  Eastern India Time,  EIT ( UTC+6) :  Unlike USA where the E-W width of the country needing multi-hours apart time zones, India width is smaller compared to US. An 1 hour timezone lag will be good enough for India. East and specially North-East wakes up too early today, but goes to work late and returns from work late. S pecially during winter,  West struggles to catch-up business