Amitabh Kant, the former CEO of NITI Aayog, is now stuck with the advice to work 90 hours after 70 hours of advice! "They are talking about robots," quipped Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Those who have been in contact with such people know that they work as many hours as they need. Now, even though things have changed a bit, the farmer has often been waiting for electricity to irrigate until the last hour of the night. Farmers, labourers and small shopkeepers have no choice, while big businessmen, traders and industrialists are well-off. Anyway, that's not what this discussion is about.
After Infosys' Narayana Murthy's 70 hours, LNT's SN Subrahmanyam has done his bit by advising 90 hours of work. Now the former CEO of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, has advised the youth to work 80-90 hours. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, without taking the name of Amitabh Kant, has said that he is not talking about robots instead of humans.
Well, political rhetoric aside, the question of how many hours should be worked becomes very important. The country's government and corporates have fixed working hours. Those who work five days a week work 45 hours, 9 hours each day. Those who take only one day's weekly off work 48 hours on a daily basis for 8 hours. To balance this, in a 9 hour shift, most places take a break of one hour or half an hour, while those with 48 hours get only one break of half an hour daily. In this way, at least four and a half to forty-five hours of work is done by most employed people. Farmers and labourers should stay away from it. Those who have been in contact with such people know that they work as many hours as they need. Now, even though things have changed a bit, the farmer has often been waiting for electricity to irrigate until the last hour of the night. Farmers, labourers and small shopkeepers have no choice, while big businessmen, traders and industrialists are well-off. Anyway, that's not what this discussion is about.
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