Narayana Murthy: Former CFO of Infosys in support of 70 hours of work, said - the advice was for people below 30 years of age

There is continuous rhetoric regarding the statement of Infosys founding member Narayan Murthy about working 70 hours a week. While health experts are against Narayana Murthy's advice, many big businessmen are supporting it. Now the statement of former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai has come to light. Pai has also supported Narayana Murthy's statement and said that prosperity comes only through hard work.

Mohandas Pai said that prosperity comes only through hard work.

Mohandas Pai shared a post on social media. In this post, Mohandas Pai has also shared data, in which information about working hours in a week is given in different states of India. In this post, Mohandas Pai wrote that 'This is interesting data. It is for people of all ages but the advice given by Narayana Murthy was for the youth, people below 30 years of age. One has to work hard for prosperity. The data shows this.

According to the data shared by Mohandas Pai, Indians work an average of 61.6 hours every week. In Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, this figure is 78.6 hours, which is the highest in the country. This data is according to the Time Use Survey of the Government of India, which was conducted by the Government of India in the year 2019.

Social media divided over Narayan Murthy's advice

Let us tell you that famous industrialist Narayana Murthy had said in a podcast that 'India is one of the countries with the lowest productivity in the world. Unless we increase the productivity of our work, curb corruption, and reduce the time taken by our bureaucracy to make decisions, we will not be able to compete with those countries that have developed rapidly. Has developed. Narayan Murthy said, 'I appeal to the youth to say for the country that they want to work 70 hours a week. As Germany and Japan did after World War II.

Narayana Murthy's statement about working 70 hours a week drew sharp comments on social media. Users raised questions on the salary given to the youth in Infosys. Besides, discussion has also started regarding the work culture of India. Dr. Krishnamurthy, a cardiologist from Bangalore, criticized Narayana Murthy's statement and said that after working 70 hours a week, people will not have time for socializing, family, and exercise. Then we will ask why youth are having heart attacks.

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