India, July 29 -- The Karnataka government has withdrawn its proposal to extend daily working hours in the IT and ITeS sector following sustained opposition from employee unions.

The Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU), which has been actively protesting the move for over six weeks, confirmed the development on Tuesday. According to KITU, the decision was communicated by Additional Labour Commissioner G Manjunath during a meeting with union office bearers.

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Labour Minister Santosh Lad's office also confirmed that the government has decided not to go ahead with the proposed change, news agency PTI reported.

The now-dropp...