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What is the difference between local time and standard time ? If every state follows its local time then what problems will rise in India?

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Difference between Local and Standard time:

   Local Time  Standard Time
1) The time of a place when the mid day sun is over head is called local time.1) The local time of the standard meridian of a country is called a standard time.
2) It changes from place to place.2) It remains same for that particular country
3) The place on the same longitude has the same local time.3) The place on the same longitude has the different standard time.

Example:

If the IST is 12.00 noon, the local of Mumbai is 39 minutes – IST = 11.21 minutes a.m. Since Mumbai is on 72°82′ east longitudes, it is 9°45′ behind the 82°30′. Thus the local time of Mumbai is 9.45 x 4 = 38 minutes.

If every state follows its local time, a lot of serious problems would rise. Some of them are being discussed hereunder.

  • At the time of national calamities and disasters, it is very difficult for the national government to make necessary emergency announcement.
  • At the time of wars and national emergency it is very difficult for the national government to alert all the defensive forces stationed in all the state capitals and the naval forces of all the coastal states. 
  • It is very difficult for Televisions and Radios to follow a single schedule to broadcast their programmes. 
  • Railways faces a difficult problem in preparing a timetable for its trains that travel through many states.


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