Can 70-hour workweeks be possible in India?
Can 70-hour workweeks be possible in India? Can 70-hour workweeks be possible in India? Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy recently suggested that India’s youth should work 70 hours a week if the country wants to compete with economies that have made tremendous progress in the past two to three decades. Murthy’s suggestion has sparked a debate in India, with some people supporting it and others opposing it. Those who support Murthy’s suggestion argue that India needs to improve its work productivity in order to compete with other countries. They point to the fact that India’s work productivity is one of the lowest in the world. On the one hand, there are some who believe that working 70 hours a week is necessary for India to achieve its economic goals. According to the World Bank, India’s labor productivity was only 18.7% of the United States’ in 2021. This is due to a number of factors, including poor infrastructure, lack of skilled workers, and inefficient work practices. They ...