In an apparent reference to the death of the EY professional, Sitharaman called for stress management lessons to be imparted by universities that will help increase the students' inner strength.

India is investigating the work environment at Big Four accounting firm EY, the labour minister said on Thursday, after the death of a 26-year-old associate worker was blamed on stress by her mother who demanded accountability.

EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani expressed regret for not attending the 26-year-old employee's funeral, whose death is alleged to be the stress caused by work, reported the news agency PTI on Friday.

Anna Sebastian Perayil died in July and was overworked with a “backbreaking” load as a new employee, which affected her “physically, emotionally, and mentally”, her mother Anita Augustine wrote in a letter to EY’s India chairman which went viral on social media.

Sitharaman "I was discussing an issue that has been in newspapers for the past two days. Our children go to colleges and universities

The Congress attacked Sitharaman for her comments saying “the ruling regime” and the FM “can only see the pain of corporate giants” and “not the pain of the hardworking and toiling young generation”.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for stress management lessons to be imparted by colleges and universities that will help increase the students’ inner strength, comments made in apparent reference to the death of a young CA professional employed with EY that came under sharp criticism from opposition Congress which described her remarks “outright cruel.

In the wake of nationwide outrage about the 26-year-old Pune-based EY employee’s death, Senior Executives from various corporate organizations spoke about workload and stress in Corporate sectors. Talking about their experiences,