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Abbreviation | Stands For |
AAFI | Amateur Athletics Federation of India |
AAPSO | Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation |
AASU | All Assam Students Union |
ABM | Anti Ballistic Missile |
AC | Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner |
ACC | Ancillary Cadet Core |
AD | Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus) |
ADB | Asian Development Bank |
ADS | Air Defence Ship |
AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
AERE | Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
AGOC | Asian Games Organisation Committee |
AHQ | Air Head Quarters |
AHQ | Army Head Quarters |
AICC | All India Congress Committee |
AICTE | All India Council of Technical Education |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
AIFE | All India Football Federation |
AIIMS | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
AIL | Aeronautics India Limited |
AIMPLB | All India Muslim Personal Law Board |
AIR | All India Radio (Broadcasting) |
AIR | Annual Information Report |
AITUE | All India Trade Union Congress |
AJT | Advanced Jet Trainer |
AM | Anti Meridian (Before Noon) |
ANC | African National Congress |
APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APEDA | Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority |
APSC | Army Postal Services Core |
ARC | Administrative Reforms Commission; Asset Reconstruction Corporation (of India) |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
ASLV | Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle |
ASI | Archaeological Survey of India |
ASSOCHAM | Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India) |
ASWAC | Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control |
ATS | Anti Tetanus Serum |
AU | African Union |
AVES | Acute Viral Encephalitic Syndrome |
BAMS | Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery |
BARC | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BC | Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus) |
BCG | Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine) |
BCCI | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
BEL | Bharat Electronics Limited |
BENELUX | Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg |
BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited |
BIFR | Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board) |
BIMSTEC | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation |
BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
B Pharma | Bachelor of Pharmacy |
BSF | Border Security Force |
CAD | Command Area Development |
CAG | Comptroller and Auditor General |
CARE | Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere |
CASE | Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy |
CBI | Central Bureau of Investigation |
CBSE | Central. Board of Secondary Education |
CCEA | Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs |
CCS | Cabinet Committee on Security |
C-DAC | Centre For Development of Advance Computing |
BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. |
BOAC | British Overseas Airways Corporation |
BREAD | Basic Research Education and Development Society |
BVR | Beyond Visual Range |
CABE | Central Advisory Board of Education |
CACCI | Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry |
CADP | Command Area Development Programme |
CAS | Conditional Access System |
CASA | Current Account and Savings Account deposits |
CCI | Cricket Club of India |
CD | Certificate of Deposit |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
CDRI | Central Drug Research Institute |
CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.A.) |
CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
CISF | Central Industrial Security Force |
CITU | Centre of Indian Trade Unions |
CLAT | Common Law Admission Test (Started May 2008) |
CMP | Common Minimum Programme |
CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
CNLU | Chanakya National Law University |
CNPC | China National Petroleum Corporation |
COD | Central Ordnance Depot |
COFEPOSA | Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act |
CPO | Central Passport Organisation |
CPRI | Central Power Research Institute |
CRPF | Central Reserve Police Force |
CRR | Cash Reserve Ratio |
CSIR | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
CSO | Central Statistical Organisation |
CSTO | Collective Security Treaty Organisation |
CTS | Computerised Tomography Scanner |
CVC | Central Vigilance Commission |
DAE | Department of Atomic Energy |
DDT | Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane |
DFDR | ‘Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)’ |
DIAS | Direct Internet Access System |
DIG | Deputy Inspector General |
D. Litt | Doctor of Literature |
DM | District Magistrate |
DMK | Dravida Munetra Kazhagam |
DMRC | Delhi Metro Rail Corporation |
DNA | Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid |
DOART | Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting Technology |
DPAP | ‘Drought Prone Area Programme |
DPC | Dabhol Power Company |
DPP | Dabhol Power Project |
DRDO | Defence Research and Development Organisation |
DTH | Direct to Home |
DVC | Damodar Valley Corporation |
DVD | Digital Versatile Disk |
EAS | East Asia Summit |
EAS | Employment Assurance Scheme |
ECD | European Central Bank |
ECIL | Electronics Corporation of India Limited |
ECG | Electro Cardiogram |
EDCIL | Educational Consultants India Ltd. |
EDI | Educational Development Index |
EDUSAT | Education Satellite |
EEC | Eurasian Economic Community |
EEC | European Economic Community |
EEG | Electro Encephalogram |
EET | Exempt, Exempt, Taxable |
ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay |
EMF | Electromotive Force |
EPABX | Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
EPIC | Elector’s Photo Identity Card |
EPZ | Export Processing Zone |
ERDA | Energy Research and Development Administration |
ESCAP | Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (This is the new name of ECAFE) |
ESMA | Essential Services Maintenance Act |
EVM | Electronic Voting Machine |
EXIM Bank | Export-Import Bank of India |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) |
FBTR | Fast Breeder Test Reactor |
FCI | Fertilizer Corporation of India |
FCI | Food Corporation of India |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
FDR | Flight Data Recorder (Black Box) |
FERA | Foreign Exchange Regulation Act |
FEMA | Foreign Exchange Management Act |
FICA | Federation of International Cricketer’s Association |
FICCI | Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
FIPB | Foreign Investment Promotion Board |
FIR | First Information Report |
FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
FTII | Films and Television Institute of India |
FTZ | Free Trade Zone |
GAIL | Gas Authority of India Limited |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariff and Trade |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GIC | General Insurance Corporation |
GIST | Global Institute of Science and Technology |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GNLF | Gorkha National Liberation Front |
GNP | Gross National Product |
GPF | General Provident Fund |
GPO | General Post Office |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GSI | Geological Survey of India |
GUAM | Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova |
HAC | Hindustan Aluminium Corporation |
HAL | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
HCF | Highest Common Factor |
HDFC | Housing Development Finance Corporation |
HIV | Human Immuno-deficiency Virus |
HMT | Hindustan Machine Tools |
HUDCO | Housing and Urban Development Corporation |
HYVS | High Yield Variety Seeds |
IAAI | International Airport Authority of India |
lAC | Indian Airlines Corporation |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
IARI | Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
IBA | Indian Bank Association |
IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
IBSA | India, Brazil, South Africa |
ICAR | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
ICBM | Inter Continental Ballistic Missile |
ICC | International Cricket Council |
ICFTU | International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
ICICI | Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
ICMR | Indian Council of Medical Research |
ICRIER | Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations |
ICSI | Indian Company Secretaries Institute |
ICSID | International Centre for Settlement of Industrial Disputes |
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
ICSSR | Indian Council of Scientific and Social Research |
IDA | International Development Agency |
IDBI | Industrial Development Bank of India |
IDO | International Defence Organisation |
IDPL | Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited |
IFA | Indian Football Association |
IFCI | Industrial Finance Corporation of India |
IFFI | International Film Festival of India |
IFFCO | Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative |
IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute (Located in Washington) |
IFTU | International Federation of Trade Unions |
IFWJ | Indian Federation of Working Journalists |
IGCAR | Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research |
IGMDP | Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme |
IGNCA | Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts |
IIFA | International Indian Film Academy |
IIPA | Indian Institute of Public Administration |
IIS | Indian Institute of Sciences |
IISCO | Indian Iron and Steel Company |
IIT | Indian Institute of Technology |
ILO | International Labour Organisation |
IMA | Indian Military Academy |
IMDT | Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983 |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMO | Instant Money Order |
INGCA | Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art |
INS | Indian Naval Ship |
INS | Indian News Paper Society |
INSAT | Indian National Satellite |
INSDOC | Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre |
INTELSAT | International Telecommunication Satellite |
INTERPOL | International Police Organisation |
INTUC | Indian National Trade Union Congress |
INTACH | Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage |
INXFAC | Indian Naval Extra-Fast Attact Craft |
IOC | Indian Oil Corporation |
IOC | International Olympic Committee |
IPC | Indian Penal Code |
IPKF | Indian Peace Keeping Force |
IQ | Intelligence Quotient |
IRBM | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
IRC | International Red Cross |
IRDA | Insurance Regulatory Development Authority |
IRDP | Integrated Rural Development Programme |
ISB | Indian Standard Bureau |
ISI | Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan) |
ISM | Indian School of Mines |
ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
ISP | Internet Services Provider |
ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
ISSP | Indian Scientific Satellite Project |
IST | Indian Standard Time |
ITBP | Indo-Tibet Border Police |
ITDC | Indian Tourism Development Corporation |
ITER | International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor |
ITES | Information Technology Enabled Services |
ITPO | Indian Trade Promotion Organisation |
ITO | International Trade Organisation |
ITUC | Indian Trade Union Congress |
IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource |
IUPEP | Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme |
JMM | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
JVP | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna |
KG | Kinder Garten |
KYC | Know Your Customer |
LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
LIBOR | London Inter Bank Offered Rate |
LIC | Life Insurance Corporation of India |
LLB | Bachelor of Law |
LLM | Master of Law |
LMG | Light Machine Gum |
LoC | Line of Control (Pakistan) |
LoAC | Line of Actual Control (China) |
LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
LSD | Lysergic acid diethylamide |
LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam |
MA | Master of Arts |
MAI | Multilateral Agreement on Investment |
MASER | Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
MBA | Master of Business Administration |
MBBS | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
MBT | Main Battle Tank |
MCA | Master of Computer Application |
MCA | Monetary Compensatory Allowance |
MCC | Melbourne Cricket Club |
MD | Doctor of Medicine |
MDMA | Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency |
MFALA | Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Agency |
MFN | Most Favoured Nation |
MI | Military Intelligence |
MISA | Maintenance of Internal Security Act |
MIT | Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA) |
MLA | Member of Legislative Assembly |
MLC | Member of Legislative Council |
MNC | Multi National Corporation |
MNNA | Major Non-NATO Alley |
MRCP | Member of Royal College of Physicians |
MRCS | Member of Royal College of Surgeons |
MRTPC | Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission |
MODVAT | Modified Value Added Tax |
NABARD | National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development |
NACO | National AIDS Control Organisation |
NADT | National Authority on Drugs and Therapeutics |
NAEP | National Adult Education Programme |
NAFED | National Agricultural and Marketing Federation |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAPP | Narora Atomic Power Plant |
NARI | National AIDS Research Institute |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) |
NASDAQ | National Association of Security Dealer’s Active Quotation |
NASSCOM | National Association of Software & Service Companies |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
NBRA | National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority |
NBFC | Non-Banking Financial Companies |
NCA | National Cricket Academy |
NCW | National Commission for Women |
NCCR | National Council for Civil Right |
NCERT | National Council of Educational Research & Training |
NCHRH | National Council for Human Resource in Health |
NDA | National Defence Academy |
NDDB | National Dairy Development Board |
NDF | National Defence Fund. |
NDTL | Net Demand and Time Liabilities |
NEA | National Environment Authority |
NEDFI | North-Eastern Development Financial Institution Ltd. |
NEERI | National Environment Engineering Research Institute |
NEFA | North-East Frontier Agency |
NEGP | National E-governance Plan |
NEPA | National Environment Protection Authority |
NFDC | National Film Development Corporation |
NFL | National Fertilizer Limited |
NHRC | National Human Rights Commission |
NICO | New Information and Communication Order |
NIDC | National Industrial Development Corporation |
NIF | National Innovative Foundation |
NIIT | National Institute of Information Technology |
NIMHANS | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences |
NISM | National Institute of Securities Market |
NITIE | National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering |
NLLM | National Legal Literacy Mission |
NMCC | National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council |
NMDS | National Missile Defence System (US) |
NMEP | National Malaria Eradication Programme |
NMITLI | New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative |
NOIDA | New Okhla Industrial Development Authority |
NPC | National Productivity Council |
NPP | National Population Policy |
NPT | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRDC | National Research and Development Corporation |
NREGA | National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. |
NREP | National Rural Employment Programme |
NRHM | National Rural Health Mission |
NRI | Non Resident Indian |
NRSA | National Remote Sensing Agency |
NSC | National Security Council |
NSCN | National Social Council of Nagaland |
NSSO | National Sample Survey Organisation |
NTC | National Textile Corporation |
NTPC | National Thermal Power Corporation |
NUEPA | National University of Educational Planning and Administration |
OGL | Open General Licence |
OIL | Oil India Limited |
OIC | Overseas Indian Citizenship |
OIGS | On Indian Government Service |
OIL | Oil India Limited |
OK | All Correct |
ONGC | Oil and Natural Gas Commission |
OPEC | Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
PAC | Public Accounts Committee |
PAC | Professional Aptitude Council |
PAN | Permanent Account Number |
PCI | Press Council of India |
PCS | Provincial Civil Services |
PESO | Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO is the changed name of Department of Explosives) |
PETA | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
PFCL | Power Finance Corporation Limited |
PFRDA | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority |
Ph. D | Doctor of ‘Philosophy |
PHDCCI | Progress, Harmony and Development Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
PIL | Public Interest Litigation |
PIN | Postal lndex Number |
PLO | Palestine Liberation Organisation |
PM | Post Meridian |
PM | Prime Minister |
PNR | Passenger Numerical Record |
POSCO | Pohang Steel Company |
POTA | Prevention of Terrorism Act |
PSLV | Polar. Satellite Launch Vehicle |
PTC | Power Trading Corporation |
PTI | Press Trust of India |
PRO | Public Relations Officer |
PTO | Please Turn Over |
PVC | Paramvir Chakra |
PVC | Poly Vinyl Chloride |
PVSM | Param Vishisht Seva Medal |
PWD | Public Work’s Department |
PWG | People’s War Group |
QED | Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved) |
QEF | Quod Erat Faciendum (Which was to be done) |
QEI | Quod Erat Inveniendum (Which was to be found) |
QIP | Qualified Institutional Placement |
QMG | Quarter Master General |
RADAR | Radio Angle Direction and Range |
RAF | Rapid Action Force |
RAW | Research and Analysis Wing |
R & D | Research and Development |
RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
RCC | Reinforced Cement Concrete |
RDX | Research Developed Explosive |
RIMC | Rashtriya Indian Military College |
RLEGP | Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme |
RMS | Railway Mail Service |
RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
RRB | Regional Rural Banks |
RSS | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
RSVP | Repondez sil vous Plait (Fr.) reply, if you please |
RTO | Regional Transport Officer |
RTRA | Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority |
SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SAC | Space Application Centre |
SAFTA | South Asian Free Trade Agreement |
SAI | Sports Authority of India |
SAIL | Steel Authority of India Limited |
SAPTA | South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement |
SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SC | Security Council/Supreme Court |
SCI | Shipping Corporation of India |
SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
SCOPE | Standing Conference of Public Enterprises |
SCRA | Special Class Railway Apprentice |
SCRAMJET | Supersonic Combustion Ramjet |
SDR | Special Drawing Rights |
SEBI | Security Exchange Board of India |
SEWA | Self-Employed Women’s Association |
SFC | State Financial Corporation |
SGPC | Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee |
SGRY | Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana |
SGSY | Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana |
SHAR | Shri Harikota Range |
SIDBI | Small Industries Development Bank of India |
SIDC | State Industrial Development Corporation |
SIS | Secret Intelligence Service (U.K) |
SITA | Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act |
SLV | Satellite Launch Vehicle |
SMS | Short Message Service |
SMS | Subscriber Management System |
SNIPES | Society for the National Institutes of Physical Education and Sports |
SPCA | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals |
SPICMC | Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture |
STARS | Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station |
STD | Subscribers Trunk Dialing |
STPI | Software Technology Parks of India |
SWAPO | South West African People’s Organisation |
TA | Territorial Anmy |
TA | Travelling Aliowance |
TELCO | Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company |
TELEX | Teleprinter Exchange |
TERC | Trade and Economic Relations Committee |
TERLS | Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station |
TFCI | Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited |
TISCO | Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited |
TNT | Tri-nitro-toluene |
TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language |
TRA | Tea Research Association |
TRAI | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
TRIPS | Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights |
TTE | Travelling Ticket Examiner |
TTFI | Table Tennis Federation of India |
TWA | Trans World Airlines (USA) |
TWAS | Third World Academy of Sciences |
UDC | University Development Commission |
UDC | Upper Division Clerk |
UFO | Unidentified Flying Object |
UGC | University Grants Commission |
UHT | Ultra High Temperature |
ULFA | United Liberation Front of Assam |
UNASUR | Union of South American Nations (Spanish: Unión de Naciones Suramericanas) |
UNCLOS | UN Convention on the Law of the Sea |
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 Economic Social and Cultural Organisation |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNFPA | United Nations for Population Activities |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commission for Refugees |
UNI | United News of India |
UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
UNO | United Nations Organisation |
UPA | United Progressive Alliance |
UPS | Uninterrupted Power Supply |
UPSC | Union Public Service Commission |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republic |
UTI | Unit Trust of India |
VAT | Value Added Tax |
VBAL | Value Based Advanced Licencing |
VDIS | Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme |
VC | Vice-Chancellor |
VC | Victoria Cross |
VIP | Very Important Person |
VPP | Value Payable Post |
VRS | Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
VSNL | Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited |
VSSC | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre |
WCCB | Wildlife Crime Control Bureau |
WCAR | World Conference Against Racism |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
WFC | World Food Council |
WGIG | Working Group on Internet Governance |
WHO | World Health Organisation |
WILL | Wireless in Local Loop |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
WLL–M | Mobile Wireless in Local Loop |
WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
WWF | World Wild Life Fund |
WPI | Wholesale Price Index |
WSIS | World Summit on Information Society |
WTO | World Trade Organisation |
WWF | War Wounded Foundation |
WWF | World Wild Life Fund for Nature |
WWW | World Wide Web |
YMCA | Young Men’s Christians Association |
YWCA | Young Women’s Christians Association |
ZBB | Zero Based Budgeting |
ZSI | Zoological Survey of India |
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