ABBREVIATIONS
| A - |
| A.C- Alternating Current |
| A.D- Anno Domin |
| A.G- Accountant General |
| A.I.C.C- All India Congress Committee |
| A.I.R- All India Radio |
| A.I.T.U.C- All India Trade Union Congress |
| a.m- Ante meridien |
| A.R.P- Air Raid Precaution |
| ABM - - - - Anti Ballistic Missiles |
| ABVP - - - - Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad |
| AC - - - - Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra |
| ACU - - - - Asian Currency Union |
| AD - - - - anno Domini; in the year of Lord Christ |
| ADB - - - - Asian Development Bank |
| ADC F - - - Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge |
| ADF - - - Asian Development Fund |
| ADIDAS- All Day I Dream AboutSports |
| ADR - - - - American Depositary Receipt |
| ADS - - - - Air Defence Ship |
| AG - - - - Accountant General; Adjutant General |
| AGM - - - Annual General Meeting |
| AI - - - - Air India |
| AIDS - - - - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIDWA - - - - All India Democratic Woman’s Association |
| AIIMS - - - - All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| AIR - - - - All India Radio; Annual Information Report |
| AITUC - - - - All India Trade Union Congress |
| AITUC - - - - All India Trade Union Congress |
| AJT - - - - Advanced Jet Trainer |
| ALH - - - - Advanced Light Helicopter |
| AM - - - - ante meridiem; before noon |
| AMC - - - - Army Medical Corps; Asset Management Companies |
| AME - - - - Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers |
| AMFI - - - - Association of Mutual Funds in India |
| AMW-------- Asian Motor Works |
| APC - - - - Agricultural Prices Commission |
| APEC - - - - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APEC - - - - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APJ ----------Abdul Kalam- Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam |
| APL - - - - Above Poverty Line |
| APM - - - - Administered Pricing Mechanism |
| APPLE - - - - Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment |
| APPU - - - - Asian Pacific Postal Union |
| ARC - - - - Asset Reconstruction Company |
| ARDR - - - - Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief |
| ARDR - - - - Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief |
| ASAT - - - - Anti-Satellite weapon |
| ASBA - - - - Application Supported by Block Amount |
| ASC - - - - Army Service Corps |
| ASCI - - - - Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative |
| ASCII - - - - American Standard Code for Information |
| ASEAN - - - - Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ASEAN - - - - Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ASEM - - - - Asia-Europe Meeting |
| ASIMO - - - - Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility |
| ASLV - - - - Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| ASMA - - - - Antarctica Specially Managed Area |
| ASSOCHAM - - - Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India |
| AT&T- American telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd. |
| ATA - - - - Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array |
| ATC - - - - Air Traffic Controller |
| ATM - - - Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| ATM - - - Automated teller machine |
| 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 |
B |
| B.A- Bachelor of Arts |
| B.B.C- British Broadcasting Corporation |
| B.C- Before Christ |
| B.C.G- Bacillus Calmette Guerin |
| B.Ed.- Bachelor of Education |
| B.S.F- Boarder Security Force |
| BARC - - - - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
| BBC - - - - British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BC - - - - Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander |
| BCBS - - - - Basel committee for Banking Supervision |
| BCG - - - - Bacillus Calmette Guerin—Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine |
| BCSBI - - - - Banking Codes and Standards Board of India |
| BICP - - - - Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices |
| BIFR - - - - Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BIOS - - - - Basic Input Output System |
| BIS - - - Bank for International Settlements |
| BIS - - - - Bureau of Indian Standards |
| BKU - - - - Bharatiya Kisan Union |
| BMD - - - - Ballistic Missile Defence System |
| BMW- -------Baverian Motor Works |
| BOLT - - - - BSE On-Line Trading (System) |
| BOLT - - - - BSE On-Line Trading (System) |
| BOP - - - Balance of Payments |
| BOSS - - - - Bharat Operating System Solutions |
| BOT - - - - Build, Operate and Transfer |
| BPL - - - - Below Poverty Line |
| BPO - - - - Business Process Outsourcing |
| BPR - - - - Bottom Pressure Records |
| BRO - - - - Border Road Organisation |
| BSCS - - - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BSE - - - Bombay Stock Exchange |
| BSF - - - - Border Security Force |
| BSNL - - - - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd |
| BSR - - - Basic Statistical Returns |
| C |
| C & AG - - - - Comptroller & Auditor General |
| C & AG - - - - Comptroller & Auditor General |
| C.B.I- Central Bureau of Investigation |
| C.C.I- Cricket Club of India |
| C.I..D- Criminal Investigation Department |
| C.I.T.U- Centre of Indian Trade Union |
| C/o- Care of |
| CA - - - - Chartered Accountant |
| CA - - - - Chartered Accountant |
| CABE - - - - Central Advisory Board of Education |
| CABE - - - - Central Advisory Board of Education |
| CACP - - - - Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price |
| CAD - - - Capital Account Deficit |
| CAG - - - Controller and Auditor General of India |
| CAIR - - - - Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics |
| CAMELS - - - - C - Capital adequacy, A - Asset quality, M - Management quality, E – Earnings, L – Liquidity, S - Sensitivity to Market Risk |
| CAPART - - - - Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology |
| CAPART - - - - Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology |
| CAPES - - - - Computer-Aided Paperless Examination System |
| CAR - - - - Capital adequacy ratio |
| CARE - - - - Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. |
| CAS - - - - Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff; Conditional Access System |
| CAT- Common Admissiom Test |
| CB - - - - Citizen Band (Radio) |
| CBFC - - - - Central Board of Film Certification |
| CBI - - - - Central Bureau of Investigation |
| CBS - - - - Core banking solution |
| CC - - - Cash Credit |
| CCI - - - - Competition Commission of India |
| CCIL - - - - Clearing Corporation of India limited |
| CCPA - - - - Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs |
| CD - - - Certificate of Deposit |
| CD - - - - Conference on Disarmament |
| C-DAC - - - - The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing |
| CDMA - - - - Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDSL - - - - Central Securities Depository Limited |
| CECA - - - - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement |
| CECA - - - - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement |
| CEPA - - - - Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| CERN - - - - European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Pronounced CERN in French) |
| CFC - - - - Chlorofluro Carbon |
| CFRA - - - Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts |
| CFS - - - - Container Freight Station |
| Children's Fund') |
| CHOGM - - - - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| CHOGM - - - - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| CIA - - - - Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.) |
| CIBIL - - - - Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd |
| CIBIL - - - - Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd |
| CIC - - - - Chief Information Commissioner |
| CID - - - - Criminal Investigation Department |
| cif - - - - cost, insurance and freight |
| CII - - - - Confederation of Indian Industry |
| C-in-C - - - - Commander-in-Chief |
| CIS - - - - Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CIS - - - - Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CISF - - - - Central Industrial Security Force |
| CITES - - - - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CITES - - - - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CITU - - - - Centre Of Indian Trade Unions |
| CITU - - - - Centre of Indian Trade Unions |
| CLASS - - - - Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools |
| CLAWS - - - - Centre for Land Warfare Studies |
| CM - - - - Command Module; Chief Minister |
| CMP - - - - Common Minimum Program |
| CMP - - - - Common Minimum Programme |
| CMYK- Cyan Magenta Yellow Kinda(Black) |
| CNG - - - - Compressed Natural Gas |
| CNN - - - - Cable News Network |
| CNN-IBN- Cable News Network-Indian Broadcasting Network |
| CNS - - - - Chief of the Naval Staff |
| CO - - - Capital Outlay |
| CO - - - - Commanding Officer |
| COD - - - - Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery |
| CP - - - Commercial Paper |
| CPCB - - - - Central Pollution Control Board |
| CPI - - - Consumer Price Index |
| CPI (AL) - - - - Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labors. |
| CPI (IW) - - - - Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers |
| CPI (RL) - - - - Consumer Price Index for Rural Labourers |
| CPI (UNME) - - - - The Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees. |
| CPI - - - - Communist Party of India |
| CPI(M) - - - - Communist Party of India (Marxists) |
| CPU - - - - Central Processing Unit |
| CR - - - Capital Receipts |
| CR - - - - Central Railway |
| CRAC - - - - Cyber Regulation Advisory Council |
| CRAR - - - Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio |
| CRDi - - - - Common Rail Direct injection |
| CRISIL - - - - Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited |
| CRISIL - - - - Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited |
| CRM - - - - Customer Relationship Management |
| CRPF - - - - Central Reserve Police Force |
| CRR - - - - Cash Reserve Ratio |
| CRR - - - - Cash Reserve Ratio |
| CSIR - - - - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| CSIR - - - - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| CST - - - - Central Sales Tax |
| CTBT - - - - Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| CTT - - - - Commodities Transaction Tax |
| CTT - - - - Commodities Transaction Tax |
| CVRDE - - - - Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment |
| D |
| D.A- Dearness Allowance |
| D.C- Direct Current |
| D.D.T- Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-Ethane |
| D.I.R- Defence of India Rules Esq- Esquire |
| D.L.O- Dead Letter Office |
| D.P.I- Director of public Instruction |
| DA - - - - Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance |
| DA - - - - Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance |
| DAP - - - Development Action Plan |
| DAVP - - - - Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity |
| DBOD - - - Department of Banking Operations and Development |
| DBS Bank Lt - The Development Bank of Singapore Limited. |
| DC - - - - Deputy Commissioner; Direct Current in Electricity |
| DCA - - - Department of Company Affairs- (Now known as Ministry of Companies Affairs- MCA) |
| DCM - - - Department of Currency Management |
| DD - - - Demand Draft |
| DDS - Data Dissemination Standards |
| DDT - - - - Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant) |
| DICGC - - - Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India |
| DIN - - - - Director Information Number |
| DM - - - - District Magistrate; Deputy Minister |
| DMA - - - Departmentalized Ministries Account |
| DMIC - - - - Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor |
| 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) |
| Doctor) |
| DOD - - - - Department of Ocean Development |
| DPEP - - - - District Primary Education Program |
| DPEP - - - - District Primary Education Programme |
| DPI - - - - Director of Public Instruction |
| DRAM - - - - Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| DRDO - - - - Defence Research and Development Organisation |
| DRES - - - - Department of Renewable Energy Sources |
| DST - - - - Daylight Saving Time |
| DTH - - - - Direct to Home (broadcasting) |
E |
| E & O E- Errors And Omissions Excepted |
| E & OE - - - - Errors and Omissions Excepted |
| E.G- Exempli Gratia |
| e.g. - - - - exempli gratia; for example |
| ECA - - - - Essential Commodity Act |
| ECB - - - - External Commercial Borrowings |
| ECG - - - - Electro Cardio-gram |
| ECS - - - Electronic Clearing Service |
| ECS - - - - Electronic Clearing Service |
| ECS - - - - Electronic clearing system |
| ECT - - - - Electro-convulsant Therapy (electric shock treatment) |
| EDUSAT - - - - Education Satellite |
| EDUSAT - - - - Education Satellite |
| EEE - - - - Exempt Exempt Exempt |
| EEFC Accounts - - - - Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account |
| EEG - - - - Electro-encephalography |
| EET - - - - Exempt Exempt Taxation |
| EET - - - - Exempt Exempt Taxation |
| EFA - - - - Education for All |
| EFA - - - - Education for All |
| EFF - - - - Extended Fund Facility |
| EFT - - - - Electronic fund transfer |
| EGOM - - - - Empowered Group of Ministers |
| EHTP - - - - Electronic Hardware Technology Parks |
| ELISA - - - - Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS) |
| Emergency Fund (now, 'United Nations |
| EMI- Equated Monthly Instalments |
| EMI - - - - Equated Monthly Installment |
| EMI - - - - Equated Monthly Instalment |
| EMS - - - - European Monetary System |
| EMS - - - - European Monetary System |
| EMU - - - - Electric-Multiple Unit; Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit; (European) Economic and Monetary Union |
| EPF - - - Employees Provident Fund |
| EPF - - - - Employees Provident Fund |
| EPFO - - - - Employees Provident Fund Organization |
| EPROM - - - - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ER - - - - Eastern Railway |
| ERM - - - - Exchange Rate Mechanism |
| ERNET - - - - Educational and Research Network |
| ERNET - - - - Educational and Research Network |
| ESA - - - - European Space Agency |
| ESA - - - - European Space Agency |
| ESCAP - - - - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacify |
| ESCAP - - - - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESMA - - - - Essential Services Maintenance Act |
| ESMA - - - - Essential Services Maintenance Act |
| ESOP - - - - Employee Stock Option Program |
| ESOP - - - - Employee Stock Option Programme |
| Etc- Et Cetera |
| etc. - - - - et cetera (and other things) |
| ethylin Trinitrate) |
| EU - - - - European Union |
| EU - - - - European Union |
| EVM - - - - Electronic Voting Machine |
| EXIM - - - Export Import Bank of India |
| F |
| F.A.O- Food and Agriculture Organization |
| F.B.I- Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| F.O.R- Free On Rail |
| F.R.C.S-Fellow Of Royal Collage of Surgeons |
| FAO - - - - Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FAO - - - - Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FBI - - - - Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.) |
| FCCB - - - - Foreign Currency Convertible Bond |
| FCNR - - - - Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Accounts Scheme |
| 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 |
| FDR - - - - Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt |
| FEMA - - - - Foreign Exchange Management Act |
| FEMA - - - - Foreign Exchange Management Act |
| FERA - - - - Foreign Exchange Regulations Act |
| FERA - - - - Foreign Exchange Regulations Act |
| FICCI - - - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
| FICCI - - - - Federation of Indian Chambers Of Commerce and Industry |
| FICCI - - - - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
| FII - - - - Foreign Institutional Investors |
| FII - - - - Foreign Institutional Investors |
| FIMMDA - - - Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India |
| FIPB - - - - Foreign Investment Promotion Board (Of India) |
| FIPB - - - - Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India) |
| FLAG - - - - Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe |
| FM - - - - Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated |
| FMCG - - - - Fast Moving Consumer Goods |
| FPO - - - - Follow on Public Offer |
| FPSB - - - - Financial Planning Standards Boards (India) |
| FRBM - - - - Fiscal Responsibility And Budget Management |
| FRBM - - - - Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management |
| FSSA - - - - Food Safety And Standards Authority (Of India) |
| FSSA - - - - Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India) |
| FTA - - - - Free Trade Area |
| FTA - - - - Free Trade Area |
| FTP - - - - File Transfer Protocol |
| G |
| G.K-General Knowledge |
| G.M.T-Greenwich Mean Time |
| G.P.F-General Post Office |
| GAGAN - - - - GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation |
| GAIL - - - - Gas Authority of India Limited |
| GAIN - - - - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition |
| GATS - - - - General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT - - - - General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade |
| GATT - - - - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GCA - - - - General Currency Area |
| GCC - - - - Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GCC - - - - Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GCM - - - - Greatest Common Measure |
| GDP - - - Gross Domestic Product |
| GDR - - - - Global Depositary Receipt |
| GEF - - - - Global Environment Fund |
| GEF - - - - Global Environment Fund |
| GHQ - - - - General Headquarters |
| GIC - - - - General Insurance Corporation |
| GIC - - - - General Insurance Corporation |
| GIST - - - - Graphics and Intelligence-based Script Technology |
| GMPS - - - - Global Mobile Personal Communications System |
| GMRT - - - - Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope |
| GMT - - - - Greenwich Mean Time |
| GNP - - - - Gross National Product |
| GNP - - - - Gross National Product |
| GNSS - - - - Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GOC - - - - General Officer Commanding |
| GOI - - - Government of India |
| GOOGLE- Global Organization 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 |
| GST - - - - Goods and Service Tax |
| GSTP - - - - Global System of Trade Preferences |
| H |
| H.H-His Or Highness |
| H.M.T-Hindustan Machine Tools |
| H.P-Horse Power |
| HAWS - - - - High Altitude Warfare School |
| HCF - - - - Highest Common Factor |
| HDFC - - - - Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited |
| HDFC- Housing Development Finance Corporation |
| HDI - - - - Human Development Index |
| HDI - - - - Human Development Index |
| HDTV - - - - High Definition Television |
| HE - - - - His (or Her) Excellency; His (or Her) Eminence; High Explosive; Horizontal Equivalent |
| HITS - - - - Headend In The Sky |
| HMMWV - - - - High Mobility Multipurpose-Wheeled Vehicle |
| HMS - - - - Hybrid Mail Service |
| HP - - - - Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power |
| HSBC - - - - Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited |
| HTML - - - - Hyper Text Markup Language |
| HTTP - - - - Hypetext Transfer Protocol |
| HUDCO - - - Housing & Urban Development Corporation |
| HUDCO - - - - Housing And Urban Development Corporation |
| HUDCO - - - - Housing and Urban Development Corporation |
| HVDC - - - - High Voltage Direct Current |
| I |
| I.A.F-Indian Air Force |
| I.A.S-Indian Administrative Association |
| I.A-Intermediate In Arts |
| i.e- id est (that is) |
| I.F.A-Indian Football Association |
| I.N.A-Indian National Army |
| I.N.T.U.C-Indian National Trade Union Congress |
| I.O.U-I Owe You I.e-Id est,That is |
| I.P.S-Indian Police Service |
| I.S.T-Indian Standard Time |
| IAAI - - - - International Airport Authority Of India |
| IAAI - - - - International Airport Authority of India |
| IAAS - - - - Indian Audit and Accounts Service |
| IAAS - - - - Indian Audit and Accounts Service |
| IADF - - - - International Agricultural Development Fund |
| IADF - - - - International Agricultural Development Fund |
| IAEA - - - - International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAEA - - - - International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAF - - - - Indian Air Force |
| IAMC - - - - Indian Army Medical Corps |
| IAS - - - - Indian Administrative Service |
| IASB - - - - The International Accounting Standards Board |
| IATA - - - - International Air Transport Association |
| IATT - - - - Inland Air Travel Tax |
| IBEX - - - - Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission |
| Ibid-----------Ibidem |
| IBRD - - - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IBRD - - - - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICAI - - - - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
| ICANN - - - - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
| ICAO - - - - International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| ICAR - - - - Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
| ICAR - - - - Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
| ICCR - - - - Indian Council of Cultural Relations |
| ICCW - - - - Indian Council for Child Welfare |
| ICCW - - - - Indian Council for Child Welfare |
| ICDS - - - - Integrated Child Development Service |
| ICDS - - - - Integrated Child Development Service |
| ICICI - - - - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India |
| ICICI- Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India |
| ICJ - - - - International Court of Justice (with Headquarters at the Hague) |
| ICL - - - - Indian Cricket League |
| ICMR - - - - Indian Council of Medical Research |
| ICMR - - - - Indian Council of Medical Research |
| ICOR - - - - Incremental capital output ratio |
| ICPA - - - - Indian Cricket Players’ Association |
| ICRA - - - - Investment information and Credit Rating Agency |
| ICRC - - - - International Committee of Red Cross |
| ICRC - - - - International Committee of the Red Cross |
| IDA - - - - International Development Association |
| IDA - - - - International Development Association |
| IDBI - - - - Industrial Development Bank of India |
| IDBI - - - - Industrial Development Bank of India |
| IDR - - - - Indian Depository Receipts |
| IDSA - - - - Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis |
| IEA - - - - International Energy Agency |
| IES - - - - Indian Economic Service |
| IES - - - - Indian Economic Service |
| IEX - - - - Indian Energy Exchange |
| IEX - - - - Indian Energy Exchange |
| IFAD - - - International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC - - - International Finance Corporation |
| IFRS - - - - International Financial Reporting Standard |
| IFRS - - - - International Financial Reporting Standard |
| IFS - - - - Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service |
| IFSC - - - Indian Financial System Code |
| IFSC - - - - Indian financial system code |
| IFTU - - - - International Federation of Trade Unions |
| IFTU - - - - International Federation of Trade Unions |
| IFWJ - - - - Indian Federation of Working Journalists |
| IFWJ - - - - Indian Federation of Working Journalists |
| IGNOU - - - - Indira Gandhi National Open University |
| IIP - - - - The Index of Industrial Production |
| IIPA - - - - Indian Institute of Public Administration |
| IIPA - - - - Indian Institute of Public Administration |
| IISS - - - - International Institute of Strategic Studies |
| IISS - - - - International Institute of Strategic Studies |
| IIT - - - - Indian Institutes of Technology |
| ILO - - - - International Labor Organization |
| ILO - - - - International Labour Organisation |
| IMA - - - - Indian Military Academy |
| IMET - - - - International Military Education Training Programme |
| IMF - - - - International Monetary Fund |
| IMF - - - - International Monetary Fund |
| IMO - - - - International Maritime Organisation |
| IMO - - - - International Maritime Organization |
| IMRB - - - - Indian Market Research Bureau |
| IN - - - - Indian Navy; Intelligent Network |
| INA - - - - Indian National Army |
| INK - - - - International Newspaper Kiosks |
| INMARSAT - - - - International Maritime Satellite Organisation |
| INMARSAT - - - - International Maritime Satellite Organization |
| INMAS - - - - Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences |
| INR - - - Indian Rupee |
| INS - - - - Indian Naval Ship; Indian Newspaper Society |
| INSAS - - - - Indian Small Arms System |
| INSAT - - - - Indian National Satellite |
| INTEL- Integrated Electronics |
| INTERPOL - - - - International Police Organisation |
| INTERPOL - - - - International Police Organization |
| INTUC - - - - Indian National Trade Union Congress |
| INTUC - - - - Indian National Trade Union Congress |
| IOC - - - - International Olympic Committee |
| IOC - - - - International Olympic Committee |
| IP - - - Interest Payment |
| IP - - - - Indian Police |
| IPC - - - - Indian Penal Code |
| IPCC - - - - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPCC - - - - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPEC - - - - International Program on Elimination Of Child Labor |
| IPEC - - - - International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour |
| IPI- International Press Institute |
| IPO - - - - Initial public offer |
| IPR - - - - Intellectual Property Right |
| IPR - - - - Intellectual Property Right |
| IPS - - - - Indian Police Service; Indian Postal Service |
| IPTV - - - - Internet Protocol Television |
| IPU - - - - Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| IQ - - - - Intelligence Quotient |
| IR - - - - Infra-red |
| IRA - - - - Insurance Regulatory Authority |
| IRBM - - - - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
| IRDA - - - Insurance Regulatory Developement Authority |
| IRDA - - - - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority |
| IREP - - - - Integrated Rural Energy Planning |
| IREP - - - - Integrated Rural Energy Planning |
| IRS - - - - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite; Indian Revenue Service |
| ISAF - - - - International Stabilization and Assistance Force (in Afghanistan) |
| ISC - - - - Inter-State Council |
| ISCON- International Society for Krishna Consciousness |
| ISCS - - - - Integrated Smart Card System |
| ISD - - - - International Subscriber Dialled (telephone) |
| ISH - - - - Information Super Highway |
| ISI- Indian Standard Institute |
| ISI- Indian Statistical Institute |
| ISKCON - - - - International Society for Krishna Consciousness |
| ISO - - - - International Standardisation Organisation |
| ISO - - - - International Standardization Organization |
| ISP - - - - Internet Service Provider |
| ISRO - - - - Indian Space Research Organisation |
| ISS - - - - International Space Station |
| ISS - - - - International Space Station |
| IST - - - - Indian Standard Time |
| ISTRAC - - - - ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network |
| ITDC - - - - Indian Tourism Development Corporation |
| ITDC - - - - Indian Tourism Development Corporation |
| ITO - - - - International Trade Organisation; Income-tax Officer |
| ITO - - - - International Trade Organization; Income-Tax Officer |
| ITU - - - - International Tele-Communication Union |
| ITU - - - - International Tele-communication Union |
| IUC - - - - Interconnect User Charge |
| J, K, L |
| JCO - - - - Junior Commissioned Officer |
| JNNURM - - - - Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission |
| JNNURM - - - - Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission |
| JPC - - - - Joint Parliamentary Committee |
| JPEG - - - - Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| JWG - - - - Joint Working Group |
| Kg - - - - Kilogramme |
| KG - - - - Kindergarten |
| KPO - - - - Knowledge Process Outsourcing |
| KPO - - - - Knowledge Process Outsourcing |
| KVIC - - - Khadi & Village Industries Corporation |
| KYC - - - - Know your customer |
| L.B.W-Leg Before Wicket Ltd-Limited |
| L.M.G-Light Machine Gun |
| L.M.P-Licentiate in the practice of Medicine |
| LAC - - - - Line of Actual Control |
| LAMPS - - - Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies |
| LASER- Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| LCA - - - - Light Combat Aircraft |
| LDC - - - - Least Developed Countries |
| LDC - - - - Least Developed Countries |
| LHC - - - - Large Hadron Collider |
| LIBOR - - - - London Inter Bank Offer Rate |
| LIC - - - - Life Insurance Corporation (Of India) |
| LIC - - - - Life Insurance Corporation (of India) |
| LL.B-Bachelor Of law |
| LLP - - - - Limited Liability Partnership |
| LLP - - - - Limited Liability Partnership |
| LML- Lohia Machines Limited |
| LOAC - - - - Line of Actual Control |
| Lt,Lient-Lieutenant |
| LTA - - - - Light Transport Aircraft |
| LTTE - - - - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| M |
| M.A-Master of Arts |
| M.B.B.S-Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery |
| M.C.C- Marylebone Cricket Club |
| M.E.D-Master of Education |
| M.I.S.A-Maintenance of Internal Security Act |
| M.L.A-Member of Legislative Assembly |
| M.L.C-Member of Legislative |
| M.P.H-Mile Per Hour |
| M.P-Member of Parliament |
| MA - - - Moving Average |
| MAIT - - - - Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology |
| MAT - - - - Minimum Alternative Tax |
| MAT - - - - Minimum Alternative Tax |
| MBBS - - - - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
| MCA - - - Ministry of Company Affairs |
| MCAP - - - - Market capitalization / Mid cap |
| MCF - - - - Master Control Facility |
| MDG - - - - Millennium development goals |
| MDH(Massala)- Mahashian Di Hatti |
| MEP - - - - Minimum Export Pric |
| MEP - - - - Minimum Export Price |
| MER - - - - Mars Exploration Rover |
| MES - - - - Military Engineering Service |
| Messrs-Messieurs |
| METSAT - - - - Meteorological Satellite |
| MFA - - - - Multi-Fiber Agreement |
| MFA - - - - Multi-Fibre Agreement |
| MFI - - - - Micro finance institution |
| MFIN - - - - Micro finance institution network |
| MFN - - - - Most Favored Nation |
| MFN - - - - Most Favoured Nation |
| MGNREGA - - - - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act |
| MIBOR - - - - Mumbai Interbank offer rate |
| MICR - - - Magnetic ink character recognition |
| MIN - - - - Mutual fund identification no. |
| ministration |
| MIP - - - - Moon Impact Probe |
| MIS - - - Marketing Intelligence System |
| MMS - - - - Multimedia Messaging Service |
| MMTC - - - - Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India |
| MNC - - - - Multi-National Corporation |
| MNC - - - - Multi-national Corporation |
| MNIC - - - - Multi-purpose National Identity Card |
| MODEM - - - - Modulator-Demodulator |
| MPEG- Motion Picture Experts Groups |
| MRF- Madras Rubber Factory |
| MRI - - - - Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MRP - - - Maximum Retail Price |
| MRTPC - - - - Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission |
| MRTPC - - - - Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission |
| MRTS - - - - Mass Rapid Transit System |
| MRTS - - - - Mass Rapid Transit System |
| MSA - - - - Maritime Safety Agency |
| MSCF - - - - Maritime Security Cooperation Framework |
| MSME - - - - Micro Small and Medium Enterprises |
| MSP - - - - Minimum support price |
| Mss - - - - Manuscript |
| MT - - - Mail Transfer |
| MTCR - - - - Missile Technology Control Regime |
| MTO - - - - Multilateral Trade Organisation |
| MTO - - - - Multilateral Trade Organization |
| MUNO - - - - Maha Vir Chakra |
| MVC - - - - Maha Vir Chakra |
| N |
| N.B-Note Bene ,Note Well |
| N.C.C-National Cadet Corps |
| N.D.F-National Defence Fund |
| N.E.F.A-North East Frontier Agency |
| N.S.S-National Service Scheme |
| NAA - - - - National Airport Authority |
| NAAC- National Assessment and Accreditation Council |
| NABARD - - - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| NABARD - - - - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. (It helps rural development by providing re-finance facility). |
| NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and |
| NACIL - - - - National Aviation Company of India Ltd |
| NADA - - - - National Anti-Doping Agency |
| NAEP - - - - National Adult Education Program |
| NAEP - - - - National Adult Education Programme |
| NAFED - - - - National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd |
| NAFTA - - - - North America Free Trade Agreement |
| NAFTA - - - - North America Free Trade Agreement |
| NAG - - - - National Air Guard |
| NALCO National Aluminium Company Ltd. |
| NAM - - - - Non-Aligned Movement |
| NAM - - - - Non-aligned Movement |
| NAMA - - - - Non-Agriculture Market Access |
| NAMA - - - - Non-Agriculture Market Access |
| NASA - - - - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (of the U.S.A.) |
| NASDAQ - - - - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation |
| NASDAQ - - - - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation |
| NASSCOM - - - National Association of Software and Services Companies |
| NASSCOM National Association of Software |
| NATA - - - - Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture |
| NATO - - - - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NATO - - - - North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAV - - - - Net Asset Value |
| NAV - - - - Net Asset Value |
| NB - - - - Nota bene; note well, or take notice |
| NBFC - - - - Non Banking Finance Companies |
| NCA - - - - Nuclear Command Authority |
| NCAER - - - - National Council Of Applied Economic Research |
| NCC - - - - National Cadet Corps |
| NCEP - - - - National Committee on Environmental Planning |
| NCERT - - - - National Council Of Education Research And Training |
| NCERT - - - - National Council of Education Research and Training |
| NCPCR - - - - National Commission for Protection of Child Rights |
| NCR - - - - National Capital Region |
| NDA - - - - National Defence Academy; National Democratic Alliance |
| NDA National Defence Academy |
| NDC - - - - National Development Council |
| NDNC - - - - National Do Not Call (Registry) |
| NDPS - - - - Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances |
| NDRF - - - - National Disaster Response Force |
| NDTL - - - - National Dope Testing Laboratory |
| NEDB - - - - North-Eastern Development Bank |
| NEFT - - - - National Electronic Fund Transfer |
| NEGP - - - - National E-Governance Plan |
| NeGP - - - - National e-governance Plan |
| NEP - - - - National Education Policy |
| NEP - - - - National Education Policy |
| NEPA - - - - National Environment Protection Authority |
| NFO - - - - New Fund Offers |
| NFO - - - - New Fund Offers |
| NGO - - - Non-Governmental Organization |
| NHAI - - - - National Highways Authority of India |
| NHDP - - - - National Highways Development Project |
| NHDP - - - - National Highways Development Project |
| NHRC - - - - National Human Rights Commission |
| NHRC - - - - National Human Rights Commission |
| NIC - - - National Industrial Classification |
| NIC - - - - National Integration Council |
| NIFT - - - - National Institute of Fashion Technology |
| NIFT - - - - National Institute of Fashion Technology |
| NIO - - - - National Institute of Oceanography |
| NIO - - - - National Institute of Oceanography |
| NIS - - - - National Institute of Sports |
| NIT - - - - National Institute of Technology |
| NLMA - - - - National Literacy Mission Authority |
| NLMA - - - - National Literacy Mission Authority |
| NMD - - - - Nuclear Missile Defence |
| NMDC - - - - National Mineral Development Corporation |
| NMDC - - - - National Mineral Development Corporation |
| NNP - - - - Net National Production |
| NOHFC - - - non-operative financial holding company |
| NPA - - - - Non Performing Asset |
| NPL - - - - National Physical Laboratory |
| NPR - - - - National Population Register |
| NPR - - - - National Population Register |
| NPT - - - - (Nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NRBI - - - - National Rural Bank of India |
| NREGA - - - - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act |
| NREP - - - - National Rural Employment Programme |
| NRF - - - - National Renewal Fund |
| NRI - - - Non-Resident Indian |
| NRI - - - - Non-Resident Indian |
| NRR - - - - National Reproduction Rate |
| NRSA - - - - National Remote Sensing Agency |
| NSA - - - - National Security Act |
| NSC - - - National Statistical Commission |
| NSC - - - - National Service Corps; National Security Council |
| NSDL - - - - National Securities Depository Limited |
| NSDL - - - - National Securities Depository Limited |
| NSE - - - National Stock Exchange |
| NSE - - - - National Stock Exchange |
| NSR - - - - National Skills Registry |
| NSSO - - - - National Sample Survey Organization |
| NTPC - - - - National Thermal Power Corporation |
| NTPC - - - - National Thermal Power Corporation |
| NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation |
| NWDA - - - - National Water Development Agency |
| NWRC - - - - National Water Resources Council |
| O |
| O.K-All Correct |
| OAS - - - - Organisation of American States |
| OAU - - - - Organisation of African Unity |
| OBC - Other Backward Classes |
| OBU - - - - Offshore Banking Unit |
| OD - - - Over Draft |
| ODA - - - - Official Development Assistance |
| ODA - - - - Official Development Assistance |
| ODF - - - - Open Document Format |
| ODS - - - - Ozone Depletion Substances |
| OECD - - - - Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD - - - - Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| OGL - - - - Open General Licence |
| OGL - - - - Open General License |
| OIC - - - - Organisation of Islamic Countries |
| OIC - - - - Organization of Islamic Countries |
| OIGS - - - - On India Government Service |
| OIL - - - - Oil India Limited |
| OIL - - - - Oil India Limited |
| OLTAS - - - OnLine Tax Accounting System |
| OM - - - - Order of Merit |
| OMCS - - - - Oil Marketing Companies |
| ONGC - - - - Oil And Natural Gas Commission |
| ONGC - - - - Oil and Natural Gas Commission |
| OPEC - - - - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OPEC - - - - Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSCE - - - - Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| OSCE - - - - Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe |
| OSD - - - - Officer on Special Duty |
| OXML - - - - Open Extended Marking Language |
| P |
| P.M.G-Post Master General |
| P.M-Prime Minister |
| P.O.W-Prisoner of war |
| P.T.I-Physical Training |
| P.T.O-Please Turn Over |
| P.W.D-Public Works Deparment |
| PAC - - - - Political Affairs Committee; Public Accounts Committee |
| PAC - - - - Public Accounts Committee |
| PACER - - - - Programme for Acceleration of Commercial Energy Research |
| PACS - - - Primary Agriculture Credit Societies |
| PAN - - - - Permanent Account Number (Of Income-Tax) |
| PAN - - - - Permanent Account Number (of Income-Tax) |
| PAN Permanent Account Number |
| PATA - - - - Pacific-Asia Travel Association |
| PATA - - - - Pacific-Asia Travel Association |
| PCI - - - - Per capita income |
| PCS - - - - Public Civil Service; Punjab Civil Service |
| PD - - - Primary Deficit |
| PDO - - - Public Debt Office |
| PDS - - - - Public Distribution System |
| Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy |
| PIB - - - - Press Information Bureau |
| PIL - - - - Public Interest Litigation |
| Pin Code - - - - Postal Index Number Code |
| PIN Postal Index Number |
| PIN Postal Index Number |
| PIO - - - - Persons Of Indian Origin |
| PIO - - - - Persons of Indian Origin |
| PLF - - - - Plant Load Factor |
| PM - - - - Post Meridiem; after-noon; also Postmaster; Prime Minister; post-mortem (after death) |
| PMG - - - - Postmaster General |
| PN - - - - Participatory Note |
| PN - - - - Participatory Note |
| PNB - Punjab National Bank. |
| PO - - - Principal Office |
| PO - - - - Post Office; Postal Order: Probationary Officer |
| POP - - - - Point Of Purchase |
| POPs - - - - Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point of Purchase |
| POTA - - - - Prevention of Terrorism Act |
| POW - - - - Prisoner of War |
| PP - - - - Public Prosecutor; Particular Person |
| PPF - - - - Public Provident Fund |
| PPP - - - - Public private partnership / Purchasing power parity |
| PRO - - - - Public Relations Officer |
| PS - - - - Post Scriptum; Post Script; written after |
| PSC - - - - Public Service Commission |
| PSE - - - Public Sector Enterprises |
| PSE - - - - Public Sector Enterprises |
| PSLV - - - - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| PTA - - - - Preferential Trade Area |
| PTA - - - - Preferential Trade Area |
| PTI - - - - Press Trust of India |
| PTO - - - - Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order |
| PUFA - - - - Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
| PURA - - - - Providing urban amenities in rural areas |
| PVC - - - - Param Vir Chakra |
| PVSM - - - - Param Vishisht Sewa Medal |
| PWD - - - - Public Works Department |
| Q |
| QIB - - - - Qualified Institutional Buyer |
| QIP - - - - Qualified Institutional Placement |
| QMG - - - - Quarter Master General |
| QR - - - - Quantitative Restriction |
| QR - - - - Quantitative Restriction |
| R |
| R&D -----------Research and Development |
| R.S.S- --------Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh |
| R.S.V.P--------Repondez S,ll Vous Plait |
| RADAR------- Radio Detecting and Ranging |
| RAF - - - - ---Rapid Action Force |
| RAM - - - - Random Access Memory |
| RAW Research & Analysis Wing |
| RBI - - - - Reserve Bank Of India |
| RBI - - - - Reserve Bank of India |
| RBI ---------Reserve Bank of India |
| RCC - - - - Reinforced Concrete Cement |
| RDBMS - - - Relational Database Management System |
| RDF - - - - Rapid Development Force |
| RDS - - - - Radio Data Servicing |
| RDSS - - - - Radio Determination Satellite Service |
| RDX Research Department Explosive (Cyclotrim-ethylin Trinitrate) |
| RE - - - Revenue Expenditure |
| REACH - - - - Rehabilitate, Educate and Support Street Children |
| REC - - - Rural Electrification Corporation |
| Research and Training |
| RIDF - - - - Rural infrastructure development fund |
| RISC - Reduced instruction-set computing |
| RLO - - - - Returned Letter Office |
| RLV - - - - Reusable Launch Vehicle |
| RMB - - - Renminbi (Chinese) |
| RNA----- Ribonucleic acid |
| RNA------ Ribonucleic acid |
| ROM -----Read Only Memory |
| ROM ------Read Only Memory |
| RPM - - - - Revolution Per Minute |
| RPO - - - - Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional Passport Officer |
| RR - - - Revenue Receipts |
| RRB - - - Regional Rural Bank |
| RRB - - - - Regional Rural Bank |
| RRPI - - - - Rural Retail Price Index |
| RRPI - - - - Rural Retail Price Index |
| RSETI - - - Rural Self Employment Training Institute |
| RSS - - - - Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh |
| RSVP - - - - Repondez s’il vous plait (Fr.) reply, if you please |
| RTGS - - - Real Time Gross Settlement |
| RTGS - - - - Real Time Gross Settlement System |
| RTI -Right to Information |
| S |
| S.B.I-State Bank of India |
| S.C-Supreme Court ,Schedule Caste |
| S.D.I- Strategic Defence Initiative |
| S.E.A.T.O-South East Asia treaty Organization |
| S.T-Scheduled Tribe |
| SAARC - - - - South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation |
| SAARC - - - - South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation |
| SAFTA - - - - South Asian Free Trade Area |
| SAFTA - - - - South Asian Free Trade Area |
| SAIL - - - - Steel Authority of India Limited |
| SAIL - - - - Steel Authority of India Limited |
| SAM - - - Social Accounting Matrix |
| SAPTA - - - - SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement |
| SAPTA - - - - SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement |
| SARFAESI ACT - - - - The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 |
| SARS - - - - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SARS- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SATNAV - - - - Satellite Navigation (Initiative) |
| SAVE - - - - SAARC Audio Visual Exchange |
| SBI - State Bank of India. |
| SC - - - Schedule Caste |
| SC - - - - Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste |
| SCI - - - - Shipping Corporation of India |
| SCO - - - - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
| SCO - - - - Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
| SCOPE - - - - Standing Conference On Public Enterprises |
| SCOPE - - - - Standing Conference on Public Enterprises |
| SCSI -Small Computer Systems Interface |
| SDF - - - shipping declaration form |
| SDO - - - - Sub-Divisional Officer |
| SDR - - - - Special Drawing Rights |
| SDR - - - - Special Drawing Rights (created by the World Bank) |
| SEBI - - - Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEBI - - - - Securities And Exchange Board Of India |
| SEBI - - - - Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SENSEX- Sensitivity Index (of Share Price) |
| SEWA - - - - Self employed woman’s association |
| SEZ - - - - Special Economic Zone |
| SEZ Special Economic Zone |
| SEZ -Special Economic Zone |
| SFC - - - State Financial Corporation |
| SFC - - - - Strategic Forces Command |
| SGL - - - Subsidiary General Ledger |
| SGPC - - - - Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee |
| SIDBI - - - - Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| SIDBI - - - - Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| SIM -Subscriber Information Module |
| SIT - - - - Special Investigation Team |
| SITE - - - - Satellite Instructional Television Experiment |
| SLR - - - - Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| SLR - - - - Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| SLV -Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| SMS - - - - Short Messaging Service; Subscriber Management System |
| SMTP- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SOS - - - - Save Our Souls—distress signal |
| SPG - - - - Special Protection Group |
| SPIN - - - - Software Process Improvement Networks |
| SPV - - - - Solar Photo Voltaic |
| SQUID - - - - Super-conducting Quantum Interference Device |
| SRE - - - - Space Capsule Recovery Experiment |
| SRV - - - - Submarine Rescue Vessel |
| SSI - - - Small-Scale Industries |
| SSN - - - - Social Security Number |
| ST - - - Schedule Tribe |
| STARS - - - - Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station |
| START - - - - Strategic Arms Reduction Talks |
| STD Subscriber Trunk Dialling; Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| STDR - - - Special Term Deposit Receipt |
| STEP - - - - Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park |
| STT - - - - Securities Transaction Tax |
| STT - - - - Securities Transaction Tax |
| SWAN - - - - State-wide Area Network |
| SWIFT - - - - Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunications |
| SWIFT - - - - Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunications, |
| T |
| T.A-Traveling Allowance |
| T.B-Tuberculosis |
| T.E.L.E.X-Tele Printer Exchange |
| T.M.O-Telegraphic Money |
| T.T.E-Traveling Ticket Examiner |
| T.V-Television |
| 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 |
| TC - - - Temporary Change |
| TCP Transfer Call Protocol |
| TCP -Transfer Call Protocol<br> Transmission |
| TDC - - - - Transport Development Council |
| TDS - - - - Tax Deduction at Source |
| 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 |
| TFT -Thin-Film Transistor |
| TIFR - - - - Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research |
| TIFR - - - - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| TIN - - - - Tax Information Network |
| TIN - - - - Tax Information Network |
| TINXSYS - - - - Tax Information Exchange System |
| TINXSYS - - - - Tax Information Exchange System |
| TISCO - - - - Tata Iron and Steel Company |
| TISCO - - - - Tata Iron and Steel Company |
| TMC - - - - Terrain Mapping Camera |
| TMO - - - - Telegraphic Money Order |
| TNT - - - - Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive) |
| TOEFL- Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| TPDS - - - - Targeted Public Distribution System |
| TPP - - - - 20-Point Programme |
| TRAI - - - - Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India |
| TRAI - - - - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
| Transmission Control Protocol |
| Transmitted Diseases |
| TRIMS - - - - Trade Related Investment Measures |
| TRIMs - - - - Trade Related Investment Measures |
| TRIPS - - - - Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights |
| TRIPS - - - - Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights |
| TRP - - - - Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer |
| TRYSEM - - - - Training Of Rural Youth For Self Employment |
| TRYSEM - - - - Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment |
| TT - - - Telegraphic Transfer |
| TTE - - - - Travelling Ticket Examiner |
| TTF - - - - Tourism Task Force |
| TVS- T.V Sundaram(Co-Founder) |
| U |
| U.G.C-University Grants Commission |
| U.N.D.P- United nations Development Programme |
| U.N.O-United Nations Organization |
| UAE - - - - United Arab Emirates |
| UAV - - - - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UCO - United Commercial Bank. |
| UF - - - - United Front |
| UFO - - - - Unidentified Flying Object |
| UGC - - - - University Grants Commission |
| UK-United Kingdom |
| ULFA - - - - United Liberation Front of Assam |
| UN - - - - United Nations |
| UN - - - - United Nations |
| UNCTAD - - - - United Nations Conference On Trade And Development |
| UNCTAD - - - - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP - - - - United Nations Development Program |
| UNDP - - - - United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEF - - - - United Nations Emergency Force |
| UNEF - - - - United Nations Emergency Force |
| UNEP - - - - United Nations Environment Program |
| UNEP - - - - United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO - - - - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNESCO - - - - United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization |
| UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organi-sation |
| UNFCCC - - - - United nation framework convention on climate change |
| UNFPO - - - - United Nations Fund For Population Activities |
| UNFPO - - - - United Nations Fund for Population Activities |
| UNHCR - - - - United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees |
| UNHCR - - - - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNHRC - - - - United Nations Human Rights Commission |
| UNHRC - - - - United Nations Human Rights Commission |
| UNI - - - - United News of India |
| UNICEF - - - - United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund |
| UNICEF-United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UNIDO - - - - United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| UNIDO - - - - United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNRRA - - - - United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration |
| UNRRA - - - - United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| UNTAC - - - - United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia |
| UNU -United Nations University |
| UPA - - - - United Progressive Alliance |
| UPSC - - - - Union Public Service Commission |
| UPTN - - - - Universal Personal Telephone Number |
| URL -Uniform Resource Locator |
| US - - - United States |
| USA - - - - United States of America |
| USD - - - US Dollars |
| USE - - - United Stock Exchange |
| USIS - - - - United States Information Service |
| USSR-Union of Soviet Socialist Republic |
| V |
| V.I.P-Very Important Person |
| V.P.P-Value Payable Post |
| VAT - - - - Value-Added Tax |
| VAT - - - - Value-added Tax |
| VAT- Value Added Tax |
| VC - - - Venture Capital |
| VC - - - - Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra |
| VCR- Video Cassette Recorder |
| VDIS - - - - Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme |
| VDIS - - - - Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme |
| VHRR - - - - Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| VIP - - - - Very Important Person |
| VIP Very Important Person |
| VIP- Very Important Person |
| VIRUS- Vital Information Resources Under Siege |
| VLSI - - - - Very Large Scale Integration |
| VOIP - - - - Voice Over Internet Protocol |
| Vol-Volume |
| VPN - - - - Virtual Private Network |
| VPP - - - - Value Payable Post |
| VRML Virtual Reality Modelling Language |
| VRML -Virtual Reality Modelling Language |
| VRS - - - - Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
| VRS - - - - Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
| VSAT - - - - Very Small Aperture Terminals |
| VSSC -Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre |
| VVS Laxman- Vengipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman |
W |
| W.H.O-World Health Organization |
| W.M.O-World Meteorological Organization |
| WADA - - - - World Anti-Doping Agency |
| WAP - - - - Wireless Application Protocol |
| WAVE - - - - Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise |
| WDF - - - - Wasteland Development Force |
| WEF - - - - World Economic Forum |
| WEF - - - - World Economic Forum |
| WFP - - - - World Food Program |
| WFP - - - - World Food Programme |
| WFTU - - - - World Federation of Trade Unions |
| WGIG - - - - Working Group on Internet Governance |
| WHO - - - - World Health Organization |
| WHO- World Health Organisation |
| WIPO - - - - World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| WIPO - - - - World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WIPRO- Western Indian Products |
| WLL - - - - Wireless in Local Loop |
| WMD - - - - Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| WMO -World Meteorological Organisation |
| WR - - - - Western Railway |
| WTO - - - - World Trade Organisation (previously called GATT); also World Tourism Organisation |
| WTO -World Trade Organisation |
| WWF -World Wildlife Fund |
| WWW -World Wide Web |
| WYSIWYG -What you see is what you get |
| X, Y, Z |
| XML -Extensible Mark-up Language |
| Y.W.C.A-young women,s Christian Association |
| YMCA - - - - Young Men’s Christian Association |
| YWCA - - - - Young Women’s Christian Association |
| Z.A.P.U-Zimbabwe Africa Peoples Union |
| Z.P.Z-Zero Population Growth |
| Z.S-Zoological Society |
| ZIP Zone Improvement Plan |
Very Important & Useful full forms : After reading share it please.¤ AUDI-Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt.¤ BMW- Baverian Motor Works. ¤ AMW- Asian Motor Works. ¤ GOOGLE- Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language of Earth. ¤ CNN-IBN- Cable News Network- Indian Broadcasting Network. ¤ APJ Abdul Kalam- Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. ¤ MDH (Massala)- Mahashian Di Hatti. ¤ ISCON- International Society for Krishna Consciousness. ¤ LASER- Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. i.e- id est (that is). ¤ INTEL- Integrated Electronics. ¤ CMYK- Cyan Magenta Yellow Kinda(Black). ¤ JPEG- Joint Photography Expert Group. ¤ EMI- Equated Monthly Instalments. ¤ WIPRO- Western Indian Products. ¤ DNA- Deoxy-ribo Nucleic Acid . ¤ CBI- Central Bureau of Investigation. ¤ CAT- Common Admissiom Test. ¤ ATM- Automated Teller Machine. ¤ ISI- Indian Standard Institute. ¤ IPI- International Press Institute. ¤ AT&T- American telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd. ¤ ICICI- Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India . ¤ IDBI- Industrial Development Bank of India. ¤ FBI- Federal Bureau of Investigation. ¤ HDFC- Housing Development Finance Corporation . ¤ VIRUS- Vital Information Resources Under Siege. ¤ OBC- Other Backward Classes. ¤ MPEG- Motion Picture Experts Groups. ¤ NAAC- National Assesment and Accreditation. ¤ PSLV- Polar Satelite Launch Vehicle. ¤ RADAR- Radio Detecting and Ranging. ¤ RDX- Research Department Explosive. ¤ MRF- Madras Rubber Factory. ¤ LML- Lohia Machines Limited. ¤ STD- Subscriber Trunk Dialling. ¤ TOEFL- Test of English as a Foreign Language. ¤ SENSEX- Sensitivity Index(of share price). ¤ URL- Uniform Resource Locator. ¤ TVS- T.V Sundaram(Co-Founder) ¤ BBC-British Broadcasting Corporation. Some Important Companies Full Form3M — Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company AT&T — American Telephone and Telegraph Company Adidas — Adolf (Adi) Dassler Adidas Amoco — AMerican Oil COmpany AOL —America Online Amul— Anand Milk Union Limited BMW— Bayerische Motoren Werke BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation BenQ — Bringing Enjoyment and Quality BHP — Broken Hill Proprietary BSNL — Bharat Sanchar Nigam LimitedBP BP — British Petroleum BPL — British Physical Laboratories BASF— Baden Aniline and Soda Factory BEML— Bharat Earth Movers Limited BHEL— Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited CEAT — Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino Capcom— Capsule Computers CDAC — Centre for Development of Advanced Computing COLT — City Of London Telecom ESPN— Entertainment and Sports Programming Network HDFC— Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited HCL— Hindustan Computer Limited HTC— High Tech Computer CorporationHP HP — Hewlett-Packard HMV — His Master's Voice HSBC— Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation H&M— Hennes & Mauritz ICICI Bank— Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank IBM— International Business Machines Infosys— Information Systems Intel— INTegrated ELectronics IKEA— Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd ING— International Netherlands GroupLarsen & Toubro JVC— Japan Victor Company JBL— James Bullough Lansing KFC— Kentucky Fried Chicken L&T— Larsen & Toubro LG— Lucky and Goldstar LEGO— leg godt MRF — Madras Rubber Factory NEC— Nippon Electric Company Nikon — Nippon KogakuProcter Gamble Nissan— Nippon Sangyo P&G — Procter & Gamble Company SAP— System Analyse und Programmentwicklung TCL— Today China Lion UPS— United Parcel Service of America Wipro— Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd |
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