India, April 21 -- A CEO hit out at the "overload of public and optional holidays" in India, arguing that they bring work to a standstill and hurt productivity in India. Ravikumar Tummalacharla, founder and CEO of Cleanrooms Containments, a bio containment company, claimed that "too many holidays" are negatively impacting work in India.

Tummalacharla cited a list of public and optional holidays in April to claim that frequent non-working days are hurting the overall productivity of Indian professionals.

"Too many holidays, no work moving! The overload of public and optional holidays, combined with weekends, often brings work to a standstill. In just April 2025, we've had 10+ holidays, and most offices are seeing no file movement for wee...