Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act - Definition
Section 2A:
Appropriate Government
(i) in relation to an establishment belonging to, or under the control of, the Central Government or in relation to an establishment connected with a railway company, a major port, a mine or an oilfield or a controlled industry, or in relation to an establishment having departments or branches in more than one State, the Central Government; and
(ii) in relation to any other establishment, the State Government;