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Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy Asks Indians To Work 60 Hours/Week: This Is How Twitter Users Reacted

By Sheetal Bhalerao
Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy Asks Indians To Work 60 Hours/Week: This Is How Twitter Users Reacted
Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy Asks Indians To Work 60 Hours/Week: This Is How Twitter Users Reacted

Currently, everyone worried about the economic impact of the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Recently, the Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy shared his thoughts on the same in an interview with ET Now.

While talking on the subject, he said that Indians would have to learn to live with coronavirus for the next 12-18 months.

Further, the companies will need to take precautions, and overall, Indians would have to put in more work and more hours to put the economy on a track again.

Which Precautions Companies Can Take?

While talking about the companies, Mr. Murthy said that the factors he would consider to open up factories would be based on data on who is most vulnerable to the virus.

According to him, the companies should find out how they can best protect their employees – by providing personal protection gear like gowns, gloves, masks and goggles – and what will be the cost of this.

Further, he suggested “We could operate three shifts in one or two shift companies to improve social distancing. 

Also, we could use gowns, masks, gloves, goggles for low-risk employees to attend factories. 

Mr. Murthy said, “I would have made an analysis and said, let the less vulnerable work with protective gear and let elderly people work from home or from their own offices,”. 

He added, “Let data lead us to the decisions, we should not rely on opinions,”.

What Did He Suggest To Improve The Indian Economy?

While talking about the economy, Murthy said that to pull the Indian economy out of the slump that has resulted from the COVID-19 lockdown, Indians should vow to work longer and harder.

Mr. Murthy said, “We should take a pledge that we will work ten hours a day, six days a week – as against 40 hours a week – for the next 2-3 years so that we can fast-track and grow the economy much faster. On the side of the government, they should appoint a committee of well-respected and accomplished people to advise them on how to remove hassles for these businesses, like during the economic reforms of 1991. If we did these two, by and large, we will come out of this much stronger,”.

Angry Twitter Reactions

The suggestions by Mr. Narayana Murthy didn’t go that well with most of the Twitter users.

Here are some interesting reactions:

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