Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to India from overseas:

1) Look for the lowest telephone call rate for India, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 91 + City Area Code + Local number

If you have to make a call from India you will need to dial india-exit-code (eg: india-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in New Delhi, India can be found at Time in New Delhi.

India’s standard time is 5.5 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

India does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in India are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in India.

These phone area codes are crucial only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Then again it is vital when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in India frequently signify geographical areas within India that can be covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in India is frequently preceded in the dial string by the Indian country code or the international access code for India ("91").

Phone Area codes in India can be quoted together with the country access code for India.