LUCKNOW, May 2 -- Union minister of state and Apna Dal (Soneylal) chief Anupriya Patel on Friday said the Centre decided to include caste enumeration in the upcoming census as a major chunk was deprived of the benefits of various schemes due to social and financial discrepancies in the country.

"Caste census will reveal where exactly government's intervention is required. Fresh data will be out and better policy formation will be there. The government's intervention will target areas where they are required the most," said Patel, who was in state capital to chair a meeting of her party.

"India has count for SC and ST but a major share of population is OBC. Thousands of backward castes living in the country had one thing in mind and that...