The Indian model leaned towards a shift to services sector and ICT, as its growth was induced by rapid growth in technological advancement in the services sector through the mechanism of free market, education and innovation. The country’s developmental path directly transformed into the services sector from the agricultural sector, with the manufacturing sector remaining light.
Commonly, China and India based their industrialization on short-term autarky policies involving state control on investments and import quotas with rapid swing from agriculture. They ensured that industrial development in the private sector were kept within the national plan to prevent the diversion of foreign exchange and other investment funds to non-socially desirable sectors. Large-scale infrastructural developments were also undertaken.