Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
EOBI operates on the partially funded basis. The insured person as well as the employer of the insured person are supposed to make contribution to EOBI during the period of insurable employment. Employers are supposed to pay 5% of the minimum wages prescribed by the government while employees are supposed to pay 1% of the minimum wages.
India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area ; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
WikiConference India is a Wikipedia conference first hosted in India in 2011. [9] In 2004 Wikimedia editors in India began planning a regional organization, Wikimedia India. [10] Organizers drafted by-laws in 2007, and in 2008 convened meetings with the assistance of the Centre for Internet and Society. [10]
The new bank, India International Bank , commenced operations in 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, which has a large population of Indians. Andhra Bank holds a 25% stake in the joint-venture, Bank of Baroda owns 40%, and IOB the remaining 35%.
State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational public sector bank and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai. It is the largest bank in India [10] with a 23% market share by assets and a 25% share of the total loan and deposits market. [11] It is also the tenth largest employer in India with nearly 250,000 employees.
The Bureau of Investigation traces its origins to the Special Police Establishment (SPE), a Central Government Police force, which was set up in 1941 by the Government of India to investigate bribery and corruption in transactions with the War and Supply Department of India. [6] It had its headquarters in Lahore.
India remained the world's only source of diamonds until the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in the 18th century. [228] [229] [230] Golconda served as an important centre for diamonds in central India. [231] Diamonds then were exported to other parts of the world, including Europe. [231] Early references to diamonds in India come from Sanskrit ...