After years of highlighting discriminatory practices by anti-Caste activists and organizations in the UK, the British government agreed to amend the ‘Equality Act, 2010,’ so that people in the UK are not discriminated on the basis of caste. But the agreement came with a caveat: ‘further consultations.’
The government started a six-month online survey – from March 2017 to September 2017- seeking a response from communities affected by this issue. But, after ‘further consultations,’ in 2018, the UK Government backtracked on its commitment to amend the Equality Act 2010, saying:
The Government’s primary concern is to ensure that legal protection against caste discrimination is sufficient, appropriate and proportionate…[Government wishes to rely] on emerging case laws which, in the view of Government, shows that a statutory remedy against caste discrimination is available through existing provisions in the Equality Act, and to invite Parliament to repeal the [2013] duty on that basis...
This decision was taken on the basis of an online survey that forms the bedrock of ‘further consultations.’ However, there are several flaws in the way the survey was designed.
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