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DoT Advises ISPs to Adopt Indian Standard Time and National Domain
- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) instructed ISPs to transition critical services to the “.in” domain and synchronize system clocks with official NTP servers.
- The Ministry of Telecommunications issued an advisory for ISPs to adopt Indian Standard Time (IST) in line with the “One Nation, One Time” initiative.
- The DoT recommended ISPs to synchronize network clocks with NIC or NPL time servers to prepare for upcoming regulatory changes.
- ISPs are advised to use the .IN domain for critical and essential services as per the DoT circular.
- The draft Legal Meteorology (Indian Standard Time) Rules aim to make IST the legally mandated time standard in India.
- The rules, currently in the consultation stage, may introduce penalties for non-compliance.
- Adopting IST is expected to enhance cybersecurity, regulatory accuracy, and critical infrastructure coordination.
- The move aims to standardize timekeeping across sectors to bolster national security efforts and digital governance.
- There is no legal obligation yet for telecom providers to use IST.
- Enforcing a unified time standard is seen to improve cybersecurity measures.
- Standardizing timekeeping will benefit critical infrastructure coordination.
- The rules under consultation may introduce penalties for non-compliance.
- Adopting IST is aimed at bolstering cybersecurity measures.
- Standardizing timekeeping will improve accuracy in regulatory reporting.
- The move will enhance coordination of critical infrastructure such as transport and emergency services.
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