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Business News > Mint Authors > Somnath Mukherjee

Somnath Mukherjee

ARTICLES BY SOMNATH MUKHERJEE

Indian listed equities trade at price-earning multiples that are among the highest in the world, at par with US equities.

Wobbly market: Foreign investors are pulling out; India must refresh its appeal

4 min read . 08 Oct 2025

Sebi’s order has acted as the proverbial canary in the coal mine to reveal potentially poisonous fumes in our capital markets.

Somnath Mukherjee: Sebi’s Jane Street order was the canary our market needed

4 min read . 28 Jul 2025

In India, the trading volumes of options are more than 50 times those of futures. (Photo by Executium on Unsplash )

Derivative curbs: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

4 min read . 07 Nov 2024

Sebi’s new liquidity stress test guidelines for mutual funds needs significant work for systemic-risk objectives to be met. (PTI)

Financial regulation in India is far better than it gets credit for

4 min read . 27 Mar 2024

At least in major cereals, the long-term impact of such tight control seems to insulate the Indian farmer from global price volatility, rather than result in structurally lower prices for Indian consumers.

We must not let Indian agriculture turn into an unending tragi-comedy

4 min read . 05 Mar 2024

Anaemic demand is evident in a range of consumer proxies, like slow growth in car sales over the decade and slower 2-wheeler sales.

Reality check: Pragmatic policy could outperform check-list reforms

4 min read . 06 Feb 2024

Given that India’s own smartphone consumption has grown 70-80% from 2017 to 2023 (20-25% in volumes, 50-55% in value), a flat net import trajectory in the period would represent a great validation of PLI, especially since these are still early days. (Mint)

Gauge PLI success by evidence of data and not slant of ideology

3 min read . 15 Jun 2023

The reversal of a hefty tax nudge could deepen our bond market

3 min read . 29 Mar 2023