The Centre will ask public and private sector companies to do a religion-based headcount of their employees as part of an effort to end discrimination...The companies will be requested to prepare a database that will have all details of their staff, including religion and caste, minority affairs ministry sources said...The current move is part of the build-up towards the constitution of an Equal Opportunity Commission to stop discrimination...a ministry official said...the ministry had already got in touch with select corporate houses, but “unfortunately, the response has not been very encouraging’’, since the companies were concerned about potential controversies.