India, July 19 -- Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi on July 16 commissioned the White Rabbit Technology-based Indian Standard Time (IST) Dissemination Demonstration Network at the Regional Reference Standard Laboratory (RRSL) in Bengaluru.

The demonstration network has been jointly developed by the Department of Consumer Affairs, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The system enables the secure dissemination of UTC (NPLI)-traceable Indian Standard Time using Precision Time Protocol (PTP)-based White Rabbit Technology, providing highly accurate, secure and resilient time synchronisation across critical i...