The project is a conception of many government officers, elected representatives, members of the scientific community in India and civil society organizations and ordinary citizens.
Due to the geographical breadth of the country which spans 29 degrees of longitude there is a difference of 1 hour and 56 minutes between the extreme western and eastern parts of the country.
Conveners of Project Moresunglight argues for calculating India's time zone from 90 degree east longitude [3] Moreover, citizens in the north and north eastern parts of India tend to get less usable sunlight during their routine awake timings.
Some proposals have also called for daylight saving time concept as is prevalent in parts of Europe and America.
[5] It is estimated that electricity worth more than 4000 crores a year will be saved by advancing IST by 30mins.