Bigger India
Single Time Zone Costs India Rs 29,000 Crore, Impairs Education, Wages: New Study
Much natural light and people’s ability to stay awake are wasted and compromised to follow the country-wide standard time.
Each evening, the sun sets more than 90 minutes later in western India than in the east of the country, yet the entire country follows the same time zone. Later sunset means people stay awake longer, which induces sleep deprivation among children and negatively affects their study efforts, a new study by a research scholar at Cornell University has found.