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Narayan Murthy had attended the Kilachand Memorial Lecture organized by the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) on January 20.
Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy clarified his statement about working 70 hours a week. He said- There is no one who can say that you should do this, you should not do this.
Murthy said, ‘Nobody can demand long hours of work. These are issues on which introspection should be done and not debate. There is a need to understand its necessity.
He said- I used to reach office at 6.30 in the morning and leave at 8:30 in the night. I’ve been doing this for 40 years. It is a fact that I did this. Therefore no one can say that this is wrong.
Narayan Murthy had attended the Kilachand Memorial Lecture organized by the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) on January 20. He said this in response to a question asked on work-life balance.

Two occasions when Murthy advised to work 70 hours a week
October 2023: Murthy had advised the youth of the country to work 70 hours a week. After this the social media was divided into many different factions. After this statement, Murthy received as much support as he received criticism.
December 2024: Murthy had said that the youth have to understand that we have to work hard and work towards making India number one. We have to keep our aspirations high, because 800 million (80 crore) Indians get free ration. This means that 800 million Indians are in poverty. If we are not in a position to work hard then who will work hard?
L&T Chairman Subramanian in support of 90 hours work a week

The video of L&T’s internal meeting was shared on Reddit.
On January 11, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman SN Subramanian had advised his employees to work 90 hours a week during an online conversation at L&T’s internal meeting.
He had said that if possible, the company will make you work even on Sunday. Subramanian also answered and raised questions from the employees during the conversation.
When he was asked why this billion dollar company calls its employees even on Saturdays. In response to this he said that I am sorry that I am not able to get you to work on Sunday. If I can get you to work even on Sunday, I will be more than happy, because I work on Sunday. Read the full news…

Adani had said – Even if you stay at home for 8 hours, your wife will run away.

Adani had talked about work-life balance in an interview with ANI news agency.
Earlier recently, on work-life balance, Gautam Adani had said that ‘Your work-life balance should not be imposed on me and mine on you. Suppose, a person spends four hours with his family and finds joy in it, or another person spends eight hours and finds joy in it, then this is his balance. Despite this, if you spend eight hours, the wife will run away.
Adani had said that balance is felt when a person does the work he likes. When a person accepts that he has to go someday, his life becomes easier. Read the full news…

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The debate continues on Infosys founder Narayana Murthy’s advice of working 70 hours a week. At the same time, from the World Health Organization to the doctors, they say that working more than 35-40 hours a week not only spoils the health, but can even cost the lives of the employees, it also has a negative impact on their performance and productivity. . Read the full news…