A fascinating article was in the New Yorker about this here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/03/111003fa_fact_parker http://www.newyorker.com/reporti

A fascinating article was in the New Yorker about this here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/03/111003fa_fact_parker http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/03/111003fa_fact_... (sorry it's behind a paywall). To the naysayers, it's a very bold move to empower impoverished and give them the ability to claim benefits...and not some anti freedom push. In any case I'm not living in India so I can't really comment, but again the situation is very interesting.