Andy Mukherjee – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: Digital Rupee Needs More Thought, Less Haste

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday February 08, 2022

India has surprised the payments world by announcing that its central bank will issue a digital currency as early as the coming financial year, a crucial decision that most other major economies are refusing to make in a hurry.

Opinion: Why Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Is Risky

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday February 02, 2022

The pandemic has deepened inequality by boosting the profits and incomes of a tiny section of firms and households.

Opinion: What Mukesh Ambani Bought With 100 Million Pounds In UK

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday January 24, 2022

From smartphones to Tesla Inc. cars, lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. But when Asia's richest man went shopping in England with 100 million pounds ($136 million), he came back with humble sodium.

Opinion: Amazon's 200-Crore Fine In India Will Seriously Warn Off Investors

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday January 20, 2022

What should be an ordinary commercial dispute between Amazon.com Inc. and the founders of a near-bankrupt retailer is shining a harsh light on the quality of legal and regulatory protection investors actually receive in India.

Opinion:11 Big Trade Deals For India Under Manmohan Singh. None After.

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday January 17, 2022

India entered 11 trade agreements in the 10 years under previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On Modi's watch, it hasn't signed even one

Opinion: BJP Accused Of Using App Tek Fog To Target, Intimidate Critics

Tim Culpan and Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg | Thursday January 13, 2022

For much of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nearly eight years in power, the relationship between social media platforms, journalists and India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has been nasty and vitriolic, and almost always murky.

Opinion: Mukesh Ambani's Succession Plan And His 3 Superstar Businesses

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday January 05, 2022

Asia's richest man has promised to accelerate what he claims will be a "momentous leadership transition" to the next generation. Just how Mukesh Ambani will carve up his $217 billion empire is still under wraps.

PM Modi's Reform Momentum Has Hit Major Political Road Bumps

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Saturday November 27, 2021

Questions arise on what promise Prime Minister Narendra Modi will break next as the ruling party tries to win upcoming state elections, evident from the sudden U-turn the BJP took with their decision to repeal the three farm laws.

Opinion: We Didn't Know What We Signed With Amazon, Says Future's Board

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday November 16, 2021

Two of the world's richest men, fighting over a near-bankrupt Indian retailer, have made so much noise that its board has woken up super cranky.

Opinion: Paytm's Mega IPO And What World's Top Asset Manager Sees In It

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Friday November 05, 2021

In its most recent quarter, however, Paytm ended up with a 27 rupees surplus on the same 100 rupees revenue

Opinion: The Next Big Clash For Mukesh Ambani And Gautam Adani

Andy Mukherjee and Anjani Trivedi, Bloomberg | Monday November 01, 2021

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in the Scottish city is being billed as our last best chance to keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

Opinion: A Generation Heads Straight For Crypto In Indian Cities, Towns

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday October 18, 2021

In hundreds of India's small cities and towns, a generation that has hardly had any experience with stocks and bonds is heading straight for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano and Solana.

PM Modi's Goodbye To The Indolent Maharajah

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday October 11, 2021

India sought to sell its national carrier but the privatization plan collapsed, and took 20 more years and billions of dollars of wasted capital to be reassembled. Only when the travel industry has been ravaged by a pandemic has PM Modi let it go.

Opinion: For India's <i>Kirana</i> Store Owners, A Game-Changer, Finally

Opinion: For India's Kirana Store Owners, A Game-Changer, Finally

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday October 07, 2021

The erstwhile Lever Brothers - now Unilever Plc - arrived in India in 1888 with crates of Sunlight soap. There was no smartphone, and no fintech.

Opinion: Amazon's India Headache Is Turning Into A Throbbing Migraine

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday September 30, 2021

The world's second-richest man is getting an almost-daily reminder of how tough it will be to win in the second-most-populous nation.

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