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Opinion: Delhi's Deadly Air Pollution Is A Water Crisis In Disguise

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday November 09, 2018

India is home to nine of the world's 10 most-polluted cities. Beyond the health risks, the smog crisis threatens to erode competitiveness just when the country is starting to boast of rapid improvements in its ease-of-doing-business rankings.

Opinion: The Growing Brawl Between RBI's Urjit Patel And Team Modi

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday October 29, 2018

If the standoff with the government gets any worse, a test of the central bank's dire warning could come soon.

Opinion: India's Mutual Fund Carnage Shows Peril Of Ignoring Liquidity

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Friday October 12, 2018

Individual investors started returning to collective investment vehicles after the 2014 general elections, hoping for a reset to an economy held back by corruption scandals and policy paralysis. They doubled down after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock November 2016 currency ban pulled 86 percent of people's cash into bank accounts.

Opinion: With IL&FS Move, India Ducks Lehman Moment. Now The Test

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Wednesday October 03, 2018

Now that the government is backing its liabilities, IL&FS presumably can survive on a thinner layer of equity than it would have otherwise needed.

Opinion: Now Only Government Can Use Aadhaar Database, And That's A Problem

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday October 02, 2018

The world's biggest repository of citizen information, India's Aadhaar database, is now beyond the private sector's reach. That was the verdict last week by the country's top court, which refused to strike down the entire biometric-based system as unconstitutional. Now only the government can use it, and that's a problem.

Opinion: Crisis-Hit IL&FS Needs To Go Under The Knife, Very Soon

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday September 28, 2018

Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) Ltd. had 30 years to spawn an Indian clone of Macquarie Group: a powerhouse of finance, investments, asset ownership and risk management. Instead, Ravi Parthasarathy, the founder who stepped down recently as chairman, went on to build an unwieldy, debt-fueled empire that has now crumbled.

Opinion: India Needs to Stop the IL&FS Rot From Spreading

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday September 25, 2018

It's important for the Reserve Bank of India to join forces with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to deal with the fallout. Their urgent first step must be an emergency bailout of IL&FS, before it does more harm.

Opinion: In IL&FS, Story Of India's Own Belt-and-Road Debt Fiasco

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday September 18, 2018

IL&FS and its associates have $12.5 billion in debt, of which $500 million is due over the next six months.

Opinion: This Debt-Hit Group Is Behind India's Own Mini-Lehman Moment

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday September 13, 2018

Repugnant as the idea may be to taxpayers, socializing losses is often the only way to avoid panic from spreading.

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

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Opinion: Delhi's Deadly Air Pollution Is A Water Crisis In Disguise

Opinion: The Growing Brawl Between RBI's Urjit Patel And Team Modi

Opinion: India's Mutual Fund Carnage Shows Peril Of Ignoring Liquidity

Opinion: With IL&FS Move, India Ducks Lehman Moment. Now The Test

Opinion: Now Only Government Can Use Aadhaar Database, And That's A Problem

Opinion: Crisis-Hit IL&FS Needs To Go Under The Knife, Very Soon

Opinion: India Needs to Stop the IL&FS Rot From Spreading

Opinion: In IL&FS, Story Of India's Own Belt-and-Road Debt Fiasco

Opinion: This Debt-Hit Group Is Behind India's Own Mini-Lehman Moment

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

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

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

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

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

Opinion: Fraud-Hit Fortis Must Hand 4 Directors A Pink Slip