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The question of 90 hour work week

Is 90 hour work- week sustainable? It will enhance the crony capitalism and damage the democracy. The 90 hour work-week is highly debate able after the L&T Chairman's statement. Many Chairmans and CEOs of the top institutions give their responses. Some employees also give reactions on social media. Maximum top executives favour longer hours week and almost all employees wants five days work week. Both have their own point of view. But let's analyse what is good for the country. First take the top executives view that there must be 90 hour work week. They give logic that India is a developing country and if we want to make it developed by 2047, we have to work more and more. They are citing the national agenda of being a developed country by 2047.  Working 90 hour a week means working 15 hours a day from Monday to Saturday. It raises many questions like - Can one work for 15 hours a day countinue for whole week and so on? Can the employees will be paid for these 15 hours, me...