Narayana Murthy's 70-hour work week advice reaches Parliament, Govt tells MPs…

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Lok Sabha MPs asked the Narendra Modi government whether it is evaluating the suggestion posed by the Infosys co-founder. Narayana Murthy's 70-hpour work week had triggered debates and met with brick-bats and flowers, wherein several business owners agreed with the need for increased productivity and some debated with adequate compensation.

Narayana Murthy had in an interview with Infosys's former chief financial officer Mohandas Pai had said that India's workforce would need to increase their productivity in order to compete with countries like Japan and China. “India's work productivity is one of the lowest in the world.

Unless we improve our work productivity, we will not be able to compete with those countries that have made tremendous progress. So, therefore, my request is that our youngsters must say 'this is my country.

I'd like to work 70 hours a week," Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy had said. According to a Hindustan Times report, Congress MP Komati Venkata Reddy, Bharat Rashtra Samithi's Manne Srinivas Reddy and Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju of the YSR Congress Party in an unstarred question to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, asked, “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?" The three politicians further said, "…if so, the details thereof and the stand of the Government in this regard as compared to working hours in foreign countries set out in the International and basic principles?" Rameswar Teli, the minister of state (MoS) for labour and employment, replied," No such proposal is under consideration of Government of India", the HT report added.