The UK government has been accused of creating "appalling delays" to the outlawing of caste discrimination.
Ministers have announced they do not expect to introduce measures to Parliament until the summer of 2015.
The Anti-Caste Discrimination Alliance said it was "shocked" by the length of the timetable for protecting people known as "untouchables".
But the government said the issue was "sensitive" and "comprehensive consultation" was needed.
The caste system, developed in India, divides people into separate groups based on birth, marriage and occupation.
The House of Lords has voted twice for legal protection to be given to the estimated 400,000 Dalits - widely known as "untouchables" - who are regarded as being beneath the caste system, living in the UK.
BBC News - Caste discrimination law faces appalling delays, say campaigners
Created in India so wtf has it got to do with the UK? I wouldn't even know how to tell one from anyone else, so how tf can you discriminate against them?
Sorry this is a waste of effing time and money on something which isn't anything to do with the UK, wasn't created in the UK and I have no idea how to discriminate against them - so why pass a law in this country? When can we expect legislation to protect the downtrodden British worker ffs *shrug*
Ministers have announced they do not expect to introduce measures to Parliament until the summer of 2015.
The Anti-Caste Discrimination Alliance said it was "shocked" by the length of the timetable for protecting people known as "untouchables".
But the government said the issue was "sensitive" and "comprehensive consultation" was needed.
The caste system, developed in India, divides people into separate groups based on birth, marriage and occupation.
The House of Lords has voted twice for legal protection to be given to the estimated 400,000 Dalits - widely known as "untouchables" - who are regarded as being beneath the caste system, living in the UK.
BBC News - Caste discrimination law faces appalling delays, say campaigners
Created in India so wtf has it got to do with the UK? I wouldn't even know how to tell one from anyone else, so how tf can you discriminate against them?
The government opposed peers' call for caste discrimination to be added to the Equality Act, but after the second Lords defeat Business Secretary Vince Cable announced it would be made illegal, being treated in future as an "aspect of race" under equality law.
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