Government launches White Rabbit tech network to secure Indian Standard Time

The Centre on Saturday said it has commissioned a demonstration network that uses “White Rabbit” precision timing technology to distribute a secure, tamper-resistant national time signal, as the country pushes to reduce reliance on foreign timing sources for critical infrastructure.

Union food and consumer affairs Pralhad Joshi last week launched the network at the Regional Reference Standard Laboratory (RRSL) in Bengaluru, a joint project of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the government-run CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).