Caste Count..

The dream to a caste-less society remains distant....With Govt. bending down to the demands of OBC leaders of including caste in 2011 census,it will be the first time post-independence after 1931 census.Since then, the caste factor was removed in a bid to remove casteism.
This decision of the Govt. does not go well down with me.Actually, the demand of the OBC leaders is not validated.OBC's have already become a dominant part of the Indian society. They have reservations in top institutions like IITs and IIMs. Yadavs have become a critical part of the Indian politics at the state and at the central level both. Thus, OBCs play an important role in the social as well as economical clout.Inspite of all this, they seek more special recognition.
Census of 1.2 billion population is a humongous task itself.It is estimated to be a 6000 crore(Indian currency) project with 25 lakh officials working all over the country to complete the task. It includes counting evry Indian of all age-groups from newly born to old.For the age group above 15 years,the individual will be required to give his or her personal details including name,age and other basic information.They will be required to give in their 10 finger impression and a recent picture.This all is done keeping in light of the Unique ID project which aims to provide a unique ID card and a unique number to every Indian. This project headed by Mr.Nandan Nilekani will help determine how much percentage of the population has access to internet,mobile phone ,drinking water and other basic amenities. It will be a major achievement in curbing terrorism as well. Such huge are the dimensions of this census that it will almost 2 years for completion.
Adding caste based distribution will only lead to more efforts, chaos and time.and I dont find any such major advantage which OBCs ,dalits or any such community can take from this caste based census.