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Opinion: By A 99.3 Per Cent Verdict, Demonetisation Was a Farce

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday August 31, 2018

In the chaotic final months of 2016, angry citizens were slamming the Reserve Bank of India by calling it the "Reverse Bank." It's taken Governor Urjit Patel, who had only recently stepped into the top job, almost two years to reassert his authority and reestablish the institution's credibility with a couple of notable successes just this week.

Opinion: These Four Deaths Will Transform The Middle East

Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg | Thursday August 23, 2018

There is now a consensus that any political transformation of the Middle East - a long-cherished goal of both U.S. policymakers and millions who live there - will not be achieved by revolution, foreign intervention or civil war.

Opinion: Kerala Floods Show PM Modi Has His Budget Priorities Wrong

Anjani Trivedi, Bloomberg | Wednesday August 22, 2018

The worst flooding in more than a century has left hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands homeless, billions of dollars of losses and the lingering risk of disease in Kerala, southern India. Blame the monsoon, or rickety infrastructure?

Opinion: Amazon's Real Rival In India Isn't Walmart, It's Mukesh Ambani

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Thursday August 16, 2018

India is pegged to be a $1 trillion digital economy by 2025, and Bezos, Ambani, and Walmart-Flipkart all want a piece of the action.

Opinion: Indra Nooyi's Exit Has Far-Reaching Implications For Pepsi

Andrea Felsted. Bloomberg | Tuesday August 07, 2018

Indra Nooyi will step down as Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Inc., Bloomberg News reported Monday. Two big problems trail in her wake.

Opinion: RIP Nano. World's Cheapest Car Goes Up in Smoke

Anjani Trivedi, Bloomberg | Wednesday July 11, 2018

The Nano's failure to sell stands in stark contrast to the rest of the Indian car market. From motorbikes to cars and trucks, growth in every segment is picking up.

Opinion: GST Starts Paying Off But Poll Season Tweaks May Hurt Revenue

Anirban Nag and Vrishti Beniwal, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 03, 2018

The government has already widened its deficit goal for the current fiscal year to 3.3 percent of gross domestic product from 3 percent, putting pressure on bond yields.

Opinion: IDBI Deal Is Money Down The Drain For Life Insurance Corporation

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday June 26, 2018

If LIC cares about its fiduciary responsibility to policyholders, it will pass this one up. But then, it can never say no to New Delhi. LIC already owns about 11 percent of IDBI, thanks to its previous participation in rescue missions.

Opinion: Chanda Kocchar's Gone; Unlike Elvis, She Won't Be Missed

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday June 19, 2018

Chanda Kochhar, the chief executive officer of India's second-biggest lender, has left the building, and her new deputy should waste no time in letting stakeholders know who the real boss is: It's him.

Opinion: Bad Bank Politically Expedient Before 2019 Polls, But A Bad Idea

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday June 12, 2018

The proposal to set up a bad bank looked senseless even when it was first mooted in early 2016. It looked downright silly when the finance ministry floated the idea of raiding the central bank's reserves to run the rehab clinic for toxic debt.

Opinion: PM Modi Navigating Carefully Between Mighty China, Unreliable US

Marc Champion, Iain Marlow, Bloomberg | Monday June 04, 2018

US Defense Secretary James Mattis described India as the "fulcrum'' of security in the Indo-Pacific region as he traveled this week to an annual security conference in Singapore, attended for the first time by an Indian leader.

Opinion: In 4 Years, PM Modi Has Made Real Progress In Three Goals

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Tuesday May 29, 2018

Four years ago this week, Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister amid the kind of excitement and expectation not seen in decades. Not for 30 years had a single party won an electoral majority.

Opinion: Yawning Deficits to World-Beating Growth In PM Modi's 4 Years

Vrishti Beniwal, Bloomberg | Friday May 25, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes four years in office on May 26. He's used the time to give India its biggest tax reform, overhauled a century-old bankruptcy law, revived stalled projects and got the World Bank to say Asia's No. 3 economy is a much better place to do business.

Opinion: China Is Pakistan's "Iron Friend," But This Isn't What Friends Do

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Wednesday May 23, 2018

We're about two months away from elections in Pakistan -- elections that are almost certain to be shrouded in controversy, one way or another. And, worryingly for Pakistan, it appears that the economy is weakening, just in time for the instability that might follow from the country's turbulent politics.

Opinion: Modi's Future Seemed Secure. Then Karnataka Happened

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Monday May 21, 2018

As a politician, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is distinguished by his relentlessness. Every vote, every constituency, every election matters.

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