The Maharashtra government has accepted that slum-dwellers are an essential part of the city and that they deserve to enter the formal housing sector. The land on which they happen to be is to be transferred to them, as something they own, and 'pucca' buildings are to be built for them by builders anxious to make profits out of the free-sale component that is offered as an incentive. A careful examination of the scheme makes it clear however, that implementing it is not a matter of really serious concern for the government. A few free lunches there may be, but nowhere near 40 lakhs.