Indian patent office - a cash cow?

With India’s new patent legislation in place, attention is now being paid to patent fees and pendency times.  Apparently the government is promising to reduce both.

Maybe the Indian system is more like the US system than previously thought.  Consider the money quote from this article:

“The government has been treating the patent office almost like its cash-cow.” (an anonymous Indian patent attorney).

Can fee diversion be far behind?