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Last Updated: December 06, 2023, 11:31 IST
Narayan Murthy’s 70-Hour Work Week Advice Echoes In Parliament, Opposition Seeks Clarity
77-yr-outdated Narayana Murthy has suggested younger folks to place in 70 hours per week of labor.
About a month-and-a-half in the past, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy suggested the youth to work for 70 hours per week. It raised a debate and Narayan Murthy got here underneath the crosshairs of many who deemed it as unreasonable and unfair. Murthy has now expanded the attain of his ‘70-hour work week’ recommendation past the employment sector in India, discovering point out in Indian governance as nicely. On the primary day of the Winter session of Parliament, three members of the Lok Sabha questioned the Narendra Modi authorities about whether or not it was contemplating the proposal posed by Narayan Murthy.
The YSR Congress Party’s Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, Congress MP Komati Venkata Reddy, and Manne Srinivas Reddy of Bharat Rashtra Samithi requested the Ministry of Labour and Employment in an unstarred query, “Will the Minister of Labour and Employment be pleased to state: Whether the Government is evaluating the 70-hour work proposal made by Infosys co-founder?” in response to a Hindustan Times report.
According to the Centre, there was no proposal into account for the idea of working seventy hours per week. Responding to a query from three opposition MPs, Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, acknowledged, “The Government of India is not considering any proposal of that kind.”
77-yr-outdated Narayana Murthy, beforehand, suggested the younger folks to place in 70 hours per week of labor to spice up India’s whole manufacturing. He made this assertion in a podcast interview with Mohandas Pai, the previous CEO of Infosys. He acknowledged that India aspires to compete with nations like China, regardless of having a number of the lowest productiveness ranges on the planet.
Murthy asserts that India should exert further effort identical to Japan and Germany did after the Second World War. Regarding this suggestion of Narayana Murthy, widespread folks and intellectuals had been divided into two factions on the web. A piece of individuals agreed with him. Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal agreed with Murthy’s assertion whereas Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was a pointy critic of the assertion.
