What Indian labour laws say about Narayana Murthy’s 70 hours work-week suggestion

Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy has sparked a debate among youngsters as he batted for a 70-hour-work week to make the country compete on the global stage.

In his conversation with former Infosys CEO Mohandas Pai, Murthy said that until and unless the work productivity is increased and corruption in the government is reduced, India won’t be able to compete with other successful countries.

“India’s work productivity is one of the lowest in the world. Unless we improve our work productivity, unless we reduce corruption in the government at some level, because we have been reading, I don’t know the truth of it, unless we reduce the delays in our bureaucracy in taking this decision,