Is Indian Government's decision to set AC temperature at 24 degrees justified?

हा हास्यास्पद प्रश्ण आहे!
Being a libertarian, anything that stops me from exercising that free will is not justified.

While any kind of interference with an individual’s personal life can be considered objectionable, there is also a community issue that can mean some restrictions. This is one such. Coincidentally 24 deg C is what the ACs In our house are set at. Rarely used though. Personally I am at peace with whatever the ambient is. Mine is the only room without an AC in the office. The car AC remains off if I am the only passenger.

The human adult body surface area is about 2 sq mtrs. If the ambient is lowered to 21 C more heat is lost. Since that heat is from the metabolism one has to make up by eating more.

It is certainly healthier to have a 24 C ambient temperature.

I approve.

24 Degrees I think its a good move. But what do people of Nagpur and other cities when summers are pretty hot say on this?

I heard its pretty hot at these places in summers and does ac's really work and provide a good night sleep?

Secondly I have read multiple articles to set the optimal temperature and it some where goes from 24 to 28. I use AC for 30 mins in 27 every night.

Well, the outside temperature doesn't matter. I personally am happy at 26 degree celsius and 24 is uncomfortable for me. 

Two months of summer and the electricity bill shoots up anywhere between Rs. 6k - Rs. 9k. I'm okay with the government setting it up at 24 though. 

In my opinion it's a nice move for environment.

we know earth's temperature is increasing rapidly and it's to hard to stand outside of house or on roads 

may be any of you think that what's the reason for this  uncomfort 

here is the point AC cause a lot increase of temperature in environment 

because if it decreases temperature inside our house then it will increase temperature outside 

so if we keep ac at 18 or 16 degree it release a lot energy in form of heat into environment and if we keep @24 it will release less than earlier case 

so i request all of you to not to use ac if you want to walk comfortably in city 

because big city tends to more ACs and more ACs makes out city hotter so it's a good move 

 Default setting of AC is set to 24^oC

This is default setting, not locked. User can change to 16^oC, which is lowest temperature setting for most of AC models.  I believe when you restart the AC again it will set to 24^oC and you need to lower or rise temperature as per your convenience.  As per study this is going to save electricity and good for health.  

Opposing would be like, govt. says go cashless, smarty-pant says, nope, coins are better.