"When you provide those services, when you provide those subsidies, there must be something in return that they're willing to do. For example, if you say — I will give you free electricity, then it would have been a very nice thing for the government to have said, but we want to see the percentage attendance in primary schools and middle schools go up by 20 per cent, then only we will give you that," Murthy said.
Narayana Murthy was in conversation with Rohan Murty at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023 while talking about the character from Mahabharata that impressed him the most.
These bigwigs who made a mark in the business world have all attended one of the IITs at some point.
The former Infosys chief said efficient land allocation will benefit society as a whole.