Andy Mukherjee – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: How Digital Cash Can Lift Gross National Happiness

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday September 28, 2021

Bhutan shot to global fame in the 1970s with gross national happiness: a broad measure of overall welfare it prefers over the more traditional metric of gross domestic product, which only includes production of goods and services

Opinion: How Subhash Chandra Managed To Hold On To Zee

Andy Mukherjee | Thursday September 23, 2021

A 70-year-old Indian media magnate was about to lose his crown jewel to a campaign by a U.S. fund manager. But within a week, a Japanese conglomerate came to Subhash Chandra's rescue.

Opinion: Mukesh Ambani's $50 Phone Built By Google Can Start A Revolution

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday September 03, 2021

If Mukesh Ambani's JioPhone Next, an Android device custom-built for India by Alphabet Inc.'s Google, is a hit in the price-conscious market, it will solve one problem for banks while posing another.

Opinion: Google's Retail Banking Push Threatens Traditional Lenders

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday August 30, 2021

Will banking meet the sorry fate of newspapers? With the tech industry creeping up on licensed deposit-taking institutions in India, it's time to take the question seriously.

Opinion: For Asset Recycling, The Adani, Ambani Factor For India

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday August 26, 2021

The asset recycling craze that got under way in Australia with the 2013 leasing of Port Kembla and Port Botany near Sydney is reaching India.

Opinion: India Quietly Readies an Amazon Slayer - Open E-Commerce

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday August 19, 2021

The investing world is enthralled by a determined Beijing as it cuts China's private sector down to size by relentless regulatory action.

Opinion: Vodafone's $30 Billion Debt In India Leaves It Close To Cutting Out

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday July 30, 2021

The world's cheapest data costs have done wonders for India by helping spread the benefits of the internet beyond a tiny, urban, affluent class. But there's a problem: Successive governments have hounded telecom operators with outlandish financial de

Opinion: What Investors May Soon Expect From IPO-Bound Paytm

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Tuesday July 27, 2021

India's biggest-ever initial public offering can't be chalked up solely to the zeitgeist. Like most markets, irrational exuberance and easy money will no doubt play a part in Paytm's upcoming $2.2 billion share sale.

Opinion: Sorry, No Mastercard? Here's The Problem

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Friday July 16, 2021

Mastercard Inc. has been told not to issue new cards in India. It's a move that underscores the urgent need of a U.S.-led digital trade pact to set global standards for what sovereign states can and cannot do to firms that obtain and process data int

Opinion: Zomato's Pricey IPO Has Arrived Hot, Beating Other Unicorns

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Tuesday July 13, 2021

At the top of the indicated price range, the app will have a market value of almost $8 billion, or 45% more than Jubilant Foodworks.

Opinion: Modi Drops His Health Minister. Can India Get Its Shots Now?

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Thursday July 08, 2021

Narendra Modi has rearranged his cabinet, but the changes give no indication of a meaningful sharing of power.

Opinion: For A 90% Haircut, Try India's Bankruptcy Salon

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday July 05, 2021

Five years ago, India came up with a legal answer to its perennial economic challenge of rescuing the money stuck in zombie firms.

Opinion: Walmart, Amazon Join Twitter In This India Problem

Andy Mukherjee | Wednesday June 30, 2021

The list of what e-commerce platforms aren't allowed to do in India has been growing for some time, but the latest prohibition on flash sales has simply gone too far.

Opinion: Ambani And Adani - 2 Billionaires, One Green Ambition

Andy Mukherjee | Monday June 28, 2021

Mukesh Ambani's rivals should be relieved, though perhaps not too much.

How Did A Startup Win A Rare Banking License In India?

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday June 21, 2021

BharatPe, a barely three-year-old payments startup, is going to be the half-owner of a bank in India - a prize that has eluded many of the country's pedigreed tycoons.

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