Apprentices Act - Definition
Section 2D:
Appropriate Government

(1) in relation to -

(a) the Central Apprenticeship Council, or

(aa) the Regional Boards, or

(aaa) the practical training of graduate or technician apprentices or of technician (vocational) apprentices, or;

(b) any establishment of any railway, major port, mine or oilfield, or

(c) any establishment owned, controlled or managed by -

(i) the Central Government or a department of the Central Government,

(ii) a company in which not less than fifty-one percent of the share capital is held by the Central Government or partly by that Government and partly by one or more State governments,

(iii) a corporation (including a co-operative society) established by or under a Central Act which is owned, controlled or managed by the Central Government.

The Central Government;

(2) in relation to -

(a) a State Apprenticeship Council, or

(b) any establishment other than an establishment specified in sub-clause (1) of this clause.
the State Government;