Abbreviations starting with the letter “A”:
ADB: Asian Development Bank
ADR: American Depositary Receipt
AGM: Annual General Meeting
AIDWA: All India Democratic Women’s Association
AIT UC: All India Trade Union Congress
AMFI: Association of Mutual Funds in India
APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APL: Above Poverty Line
APM: Administered Pricing Mechanism
ARC: Asset Reconstruction Company
ARDR: Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Automated teller machine
AC Alternating Current
AG: Accountant General
AICC: All India Congress Committee
AIR: All India Radio
AM: Antemeridian
ARP: Air Raid Precaution
ABM: Anti Ballistic Missiles
ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra
ACU: Asian Currency Union
ADC: Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge
ADF: Asian Development Fund
ADIDAS: All Day I Dream about sports
ADS: Air Defence Ship
AG: Accountant General; Adjutant General
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AllMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AIR: All India Radio; Annual Information Report
am: ante meridiem; before noon
AT&T: American telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd.
ATA: Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array
ATC: Air Traffic Controller
ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
ATR: Action Taken Report
ATV: Automatic Transfer Vehicle
AUDI : Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt
AUM: Assets Under Management
AVC: Army Veterinary Corps
AVM: Additional Volatility Margin
AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
ASCI: Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information
Abbreviations starting with the letter “B”:
BA: Bachelor of Arts
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
BC: Before Christ
BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin
BEd: Bachelor of Education
BSF: Border Security Force
BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
BC: Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander
BSF: Border Security Force
BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
BCBS: Basel committee for Banking Supervision
BCSBI: Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
BIFR: Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
BIS: Bank for International Settlements, Bureau of Indian Standards
BOLT: BSE On-Line Trading (System)
BOP: Balance of Payments
BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer
BPL: Below Poverty Line
BPO: Business Process Outsourcing
BSCS: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange
BSR: Basic Statistical Returns
Abbreviations starting with the letter “C”:
C & AG : Comptroller & Auditor General
CA: Chartered Accountant
CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education
CACP: Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price
CAD: Capital Account Deficit
CAG: Controller and Auditor General of India
CAPART: Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology
CAR: Capital adequacy ratio
CARE: Credit Analysis & Research Ltd.
CBS: Core banking solution
CC: Cash Credit
COD: Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery
CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board
CPI: Communist Party of India
CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxists)
CPU: Central Processing Unit
CR: Central Railway
CRAC: Cyber Regulation Advisory Council
CRDi: Common Rail Direct injection
CRISIL: Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
CRM: Customer Relationship Management
CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force
CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio
CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTT: Commodities Transaction Tax
CVRDE: Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
Abbreviations starting with the letter “D”:
DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
DAP: Development Action Plan
DBOD: Department of Banking Operations and Development
DBS Bank Ltd: The Development Bank of Singapore Limited.
DCA: Department of Company Affairs
DCM: Department of Currency Management
DD: Demand Draft
DDS: Data Dissemination Standards
DICGC: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
DMA: Departmentalized Ministries Account
DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
DPEP: District Primary Education Program
DC: Direct Current
DDT: Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-Ethane
DIR: Defence of India Rules Esq: Esquire
DLO: Dead Letter Office
DPI: Director of Public Instruction
DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
DDT: Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant)
DIN: Director Information Number
DM: District Magistrate; Deputy Minister
DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a regional political party of Tamil Nadu)
DNA: Deoxy-ribo Nucleic Acid
DO: Demi-official (letter)
DOD: Department of Ocean Development
DPEP: District Primary Education Programme
DPI: Director of Public Instruction
DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation
Abbreviations starting with the letter “E”:
EDUSAT: Education Satellite
EEE: Exempt Exempt Exempt
EEFC Accounts: Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account
EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation
EFA: Education for All
EFT: Electronic fund transfer
EGOM: Empowered Group of Ministers
EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment
EMS: European Monetary System
EPF: Employees Provident Fund
EPFO: Employees Provident Fund Organisation
ERNET: Educational and Research Network
ESA: European Space Agency
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacify
ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act
EDUSAT: Education Satellite
EEG: Electro-encephalography
EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation
EFA: Education for All
EFF: Extended Fund Facility
EHTP: Electronic Hardware Technology Parks
ELISA: Enzyme-Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS)
Abbreviations starting with the letter “F”:
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
FCCB: Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
FCNR: Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Accounts Scheme
FCNR(B): Foreign Currency Currency Non-Repatriable (Banks)
FCNR(B) : Foreign Currency Non-resident (Banks)
FDI: Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act
FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FII: Foreign Institutional Investors
FIMMDA: Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India
FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (Of India)
FMCG: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.)
FCNR: Foreign Currency (non-resident) Accounts Scheme
FDR: Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt
FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act
FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FII: Foreign Institutional Investors
FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India)
FLAG: Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe
FM: Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated
FPSB: Financial Planning Standards Boards (India)
FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
FSSA: Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India)
Abbreviations starting with the letter “G”:
GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
GEF: Global Environment Fund
GIC: General Insurance Corporation
GNP: Gross National Product
GOI: Government of India
GST: Goods and Service Tax
GK: General Knowledge
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GPF: General Post Office
GAGAN: GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation
GIST: Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology
GPS: Global Mobile Personal Communications System
GMRT: Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNP: Gross National Product
GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System
GOC: General Officer Commanding
GOOGLE: Global Organisation Of Oriented Group Language of Earth
GPO: General Post Office
GPRS: General Packet Radio System
GPS: Global Positioning System
GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GSP: Generalised Special Preferences
GST: Goods and Service Tax
GSTP: Global System of Trade Preferences
Abbreviations starting with the letter “H”:
HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
HDI: Human Development Index
HSBC: Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
HUDCO: Housing & Urban Development Corporation
HMT: Hindustan Machine Tools
HP: Horse Power
HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School
HCF: Highest Common Factor
HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation
HDI: Human Development Index
HDTV: High Definition Television
HMS: Hybrid Mail Service
HP: Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power
HTML: HyperText Markup Language
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation
HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current
Abbreviations starting with the letter “I”:
IAAI: International Airport Authority Of India
IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service
IADF: International Agricultural Development Fund
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IASB: The International Accounting Standards Board
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India
IDR: Indian Depository Receipts
IES: Indian Economic Service
IEX: Indian Energy Exchange
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC: International Finance Corporation
IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard
IFSC: Indian Financial System Code
IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions
ISKCON: International Society for Krishna Consciousness
ISO: International Standardisation Organisation
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation
ISS: International Space Station
IST: Indian Standard Time
Abbreviations starting with the letter “J”:
JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer
JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
JWG: Joint Working Group
Abbreviations starting with the letter “K”:
Kg: Kilogramme
KG: Kindergarten
KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing
KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing
KVIC: Khadi & Village Industries Corporation
KYC: Know your customer
Abbreviations starting with the letter “L”:
LBW: Leg Before Wicket Ltd-Limited
LMG: Light Machine Gun
LMP: Licentiate in the practice of Medicine
LAC: Line of Actual Control
LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCA: Light Combat Aircraft
LDC: Least Developed Countries
LHC: Large Hadron Collider
LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (of India)
LLP: Limited Liability Partnership
LML: Lohia Machines Limited
LOAC: Line of Actual Control
LTA: Light Transport Aircraft
LTTE : Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
LAMPS: Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies
LDC: Least Developed Countries
LIBOR: London Interbank Offer Rate
LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (Of India)
LLP: Limited Liability Partnership
Abbreviations starting with the letter “M”:
MA: Moving Average
MAIT: Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology
MAT: Minimum Alternative Tax
MCA: Ministry of Company Affairs
MCAP: Market capitalization / Midcap
MDG: Millennium development goals
MEP: Minimum Export Price
MFA: Multi-Fiber Agreement
MFI: Microfinance institution
MFIN: Microfinance institution network
MFN: Most Favoured Nation
MGNREGA: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
MIBOR: Mumbai Interbank offer rate
MPEG: Motion Picture Experts Groups
MRF: Madras Rubber Factory
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practises Commission
MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System
MSA: Maritime Safety Agency
MSCF: Maritime Security Cooperation Framework
Mss: Manuscript
MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime
MTO: Multilateral Trade Organisation
MUNO: Maha Vir Chakra
MVC: Maha Vir Chakra
Abbreviations starting with the letter “N”:
NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NAEP: National Adult Education Program
NAFED: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM: Non-Aligned Movement
NAMA: Non-Agriculture Market Access
NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Services Companies
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NAV: Net Asset Value
NBFC: Non-Banking Finance Companies
NCERT: National Council Of Education Research And Training
NCPCR: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
NDC: National Development Council
NEFT: National Electronic Fund Transfer
NEGP: National E-Governance Plan
NEP: National Education Policy
NFO: New Fund Offers
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
NHAI: National Highways Authority of India
NHDP: National Highways Development Project
NHRC: National Human Rights Commission
NIC: National Industrial Classification
NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology
NRI: Non-Resident Indian
NSC: National Statistical Commission
NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited
NSE: National Stock Exchange
NSSO: National Sample Survey Organisation
NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation
NCC: National Cadet Corps
PDF: National Defence Fund
NEFA: North East Frontier Agency
NSS: National Service Scheme
NAA: National Airport Authority
NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency
NSA: National Security Act
NSC: National Service Corps; National Security Council
NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited
NSE: National Stock Exchange
NSR: National Skills Registry
NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation
NWDA: National Water Development Agency
NWRC: National Water Resources Council
Abbreviations starting with the letter “O”:
OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries
OIL: Oil India Limited
OLTAS: On-Line Tax Accounting System
OMCS: Oil Marketing Companies
ONGC: Oil And Natural Gas Commission
OPEC: Organisation Of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE: Organisation For Security And Cooperation In Europe
OBC: Other Backward Classes
OBU: Offshore Banking Unit
ODA: Official Development Assistance
ODF: Open Document Format
ODS: Ozone Depletion Substances
OECD: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development
OGL: Open General Licence
OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries
OIGS: On India Government Service
OIL: Oil India Limited
ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission
OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OSD: Officer on Special Duty
OXML: Open Extended Marking Language
Abbreviations starting with the letter “P”:
PAC: Public Accounts Committee
PACS: Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
PAN: Permanent Account Number (Of Income-Tax)
PATA: Pacific-Asia Travel Association
PCI: Per capita income
PD: Primary Deficit
PDO: Public Debt Office
PDS: Public Distribution System
PIL: Public Interest Litigation
PIO: Persons Of Indian Origin
PN: Participatory Note
PNB: Punjab National Bank.
PO: Principal Office
POW: Prisoner of War
PP: Public Prosecutor; Particular Person
PRO: Public Relations Officer
PS: Post Scriptum; PostScript; written after
PSC: Public Service Commission
PSE: Public Sector Enterprises
PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PTA: Preferential Trade Area
PTI: Press Trust of India
PTO: Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order
PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
PVC: Param Vir Chakra
PVSM: Param Vishisht Seva Medal
PWD: Public Works Department
Abbreviations starting with the letter “Q”:
QIB: Qualified Institutional Buyer
QIP: Qualified Institutional Placement
QR: Quantitative Restriction
QMG: Quarter Master General
QR: Quantitative Restriction
Abbreviations starting with the letter “R”:
RBI: Reserve Bank Of India
RDBMS: Relational Database Management System
RE: Revenue Expenditure
REC: Rural Electrification Corporation
RIDF: Rural infrastructure development fund
RMB: Renminbi (Chinese)
RR: Revenue Receipts
RRB: Regional Rural Bank
RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index
RSETI: Rural Self Employment Training Institute
RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement
R&D: Research and Development
RSS: Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging
RAF: Rapid Action Force
RAM: Random Access Memory
RLO: Returned Letter Office
RLV: Reusable Launch Vehicle
RPM: Revolution Per Minute
RPO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional Passport Officer
RRB: Regional Rural Bank
RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index
RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement System
RTI: Right to Information
Abbreviations starting with the letter “S”:
SBI: State Bank of India.
SC: Schedule Caste
SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
SCOPE: Standing Conference On Public Enterprises
SDF: shipping declaration form
SDR: Special Drawing Rights
SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEBI: Securities And Exchange Board Of India
SEWA: Self-employed women’s association
SEZ: Special Economic Zone
SFC: State Financial Corporation
SGL: Subsidiary General Ledger
SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India
SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SSI: Small-Scale Industries
ST: Schedule Tribe
SEATO: South East Asia treaty Organisation
ST: Scheduled Tribe
SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAFTA: South Asian Free Trade Area
SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited
SAPTA: SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement
SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SATNAV: Satellite Navigation (Initiative)
SAVE: SAARC Audio Visual Exchange
SC: Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste
SOS: Save Our Souls distress signal
SPG: Special Protection Group
SPIN: Software Process Improvement Networks
SPV : Solar Photo Voltaic
SQUID: Superconducting Quantum Interference Device
SRE: Space Capsule Recovery Experiment
SRV: Submarine Rescue Vessel
SSN: Social Security Number
STARS: Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
START: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
STD: Subscriber Trunk Dialling; Sexually Transmitted Diseases
STEP: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park
STT: Securities Transaction Tax
Abbreviations starting with the letter “T”:
TC: Temporary Change
TDS: Tax Deduction at Source
TIFR: Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research
TIN: Tax Information Network
TINXSYS: Tax Information Exchange System
TISCO: Tata Iron and Steel Company
TPDS: Targeted Public Distribution System
TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India
TRIMS: Trade-Related Investment Measures
TRIPS: Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRYSEM: Training Of Rural Youth For Self Employment
TT: Telegraphic Transfer
TA: Travelling Allowance
TB: Tuberculosis
TELEX: Teleprinter Exchange
TMO: Telegraphic Money
TA: Travelling Allowance; Territorial Army
TAAI: Travel Agents Association of India
TACDE: Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment
TADA: Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
TAPS: Tarapur Atomic Power Station
TB: Tuberculosis
TCP: Transfer Call Protocol
TDC: Transport Development Council
TDS: Tax Deduction at Source
TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal
TELCO: Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
TERLS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
TFT: Thin-Film Transistor
TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TNT: Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive)
TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
TPP: 20-Point Programme
TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TRIMs: Trade-Related Investment Measures
TRIPS: Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRP: Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer
TRYSEM: Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment
TTE: Travelling Ticket Examiner
TTF: Tourism Task Force
TVS : T.V Sundaram(Co-Founder)
Abbreviations starting with the letter “U”:
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference On Trade And Development
UNFCCC: United nation framework convention on climate change
UNFPA : United Nations Fund For Population Activities
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Commission
UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund
UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
UNRRA: United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration
UNDP: United nations Development Programme
UNO: United Nations Organisation
UAE: United Arab Emirates
UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UF: United Front
UFO : Unidentified Flying Object
UGC: University Grants Commission
UK: United Kingdom
ULFA: United Liberation Front of Assam
UN: United Nations
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Abbreviations starting with the letter “V”:
VAT: Value-Added Tax
VC: Venture Capital
VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme
VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme
VIP: Very Important Person
VPP: Value Payable Post
VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra
VCR: Video Cassette Recorder
VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
VHRR: Very High-Resolution Radiometer
VIP: Very Important Person
VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under Siege
VISI: Very Large Scale Integration
VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPN: Virtual Private Network
Abbreviations starting with the letter “W”:
WMO: World Meteorological Organisation
WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
WAVE: Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise
WDF: Wasteland Development Force
WEF: World Economic Forum
WFP: World Food Programme
WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
WIPRO: Western Indian Products
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
WMO: World Meteorological Organisation
WTO: World Trade Organisation
Abbreviations starting with the letter “X”:
XML: Extensible Mark-up Language
Abbreviations starting with the letter “Y”:
YWCA: young women’s Christian Association
YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association
Abbreviations starting with the letter “Z”:
ZAPU: Zimbabwe Africa Peoples Union
ZPZ: Zero Population Growth
ZS: Zoological Society
ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan
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