India, April 7 -- After a huge uproar over 70-hour and 90-hour work week suggestions by entrepreneurs such as Narayana Murthy and SN Subrahmanyan earlier this year, chairman of RPG group Harsh Goenka sought to back them through a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Harsh Goenka said they were not being "literal" but "directional".

He also supported Union minister Piyush Goyal's remarks on the Indian startup ecosystem, questioning young Indian billionaires for opening "ice cream and cookie" businesses, and said in order to compete with China and the US, India needs to "build with ambition".

Earlier this year, Infosys chairperson Narayana Murthy suggested that a 70-hour work week should be adopted in order to ensure India's growth and compete ...