Plans to allow foreign investment in retailing and other key economic sectors have been put on hold. In critical industries – mobile communications and mining are perhaps the two most important examples – privatization has been corrupted by cronyism.
类似地，实施经济自由化的印度政府在最近几年事实上有所倒退。允许外资投资零售业和其他重要经济部门的计划被搁置。在关键产业——最重要的要数移动通信业和矿业——私有化时常受到裙带主义的腐蚀。