Caste based census - Regressive Step

Recent action by government to go ahead for Caste based Census is not a healthy sign for Indian democracy. This is another attempt to divide our country men on the name of caste. We all understand that there has been a group of people who are not getting the benefit they deserve in current system. But that certainly do not mean we should start dividing people on the name of caste. People suffering is not related to their caste but primarily related to their economical status. There may be cases in rural areas of social differentiation based on caste but that certainly does not warrant the need of caste based census. Government need to look for mechanism to strengthen the executive rather than taking a regressive path in the 21st century. It is an irony, that when ISRO is planning its second mission to moon , there are few politicians who are still thinking on taking the caste based politics to a new high.