Question
Which company was the first and the oldest to start
'Life Insurance' in India?Solution
Insurance in India has its history dating back until 1818, when Oriental Life Insurance Company was started by Anita Bhavsar in Kolkata to cater to the needs of European community. The pre-independence era in India saw discrimination between the lives of foreigners (English) and Indians with higher premiums being charged for the latter. In 1870, Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society became the first Indian insurer. At the dawn of the twentieth century, many insurance companies were founded. In the year 1912, the Life Insurance Companies Act and the Provident Fund Act were passed to regulate the insurance business.
SHGs are often provided financial assistance to help members engage in which of the following activities?
. The foregut and hindgut are _____ in origin whereas the midgut is _____ in origin.
Milling is the process wherein the rice grain is transformed into a form suitable for human consumption. Which part of rice grain is removed in milling?
Tobacco plant grows and matures rapidly when average temperature is about:
Alternaria blight disease can be effectively controlled by
What is the term for the process in which genes control the phenotypic expression of various characters in an organism?
Cauliflorous bearing habit i.e fruits are borne on trunk and branches, is found in which horticultural crop?
Koelreuter carried out hybridization experiments in
Light reaction resulting in the production of ATP and NADPH takes place in
A free living non ‐ symbiotic anaerobic bacterium is:
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