"India’s overall rank of 43 demonstrates remarkably high scores in capacity for innovation and sophistication of firm operations.This is especially true of the quality of scientific search and the number of scientists and engineers, which are increasingly supplying highly skilled professionals to the private sector. Firm use of technology and rates of technology transfer are high, although penetration rates of the latest technologies are still quite low by international standards, reflecting India’s still low levels of per capita income and high incidence of poverty." -
WEF 2006
India recieves a positive but details assessment of it's strengths and weaknesses, whereas the review of
China is more critical in the World Economic Forums (WEF) Global Competivitiveness Index Ranking report for 2006.