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- 1A: First class Air-conditioned
- 2A: Air-conditioned 2-tier sleeper
- 2S: Second-class Sitting
- 3A: Air-conditioned 3-tier sleeper
- 4G: Fourth Generation
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A:
- AEOI: Atomic Energy Organisation Of Iran
- AE: Automatic Emergency
- 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
- ADC: Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge
- ADF: Asian Development Fund
- AG: Accountant General; Adjutant General
- AIR: All India Radio; Annual Information Report
- AFTC: Audio Frequency Track Circuiting
- AF: Afghanistan
- ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations
- ASSOCHAM: Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- ART: Accident Relief Train
- ARTS: Advanced Railway Ticketing System
- AC: Alternating Current
- AAP: Aam Aadmi Party
- AD: Anno Domin
- AU: Australia
- ABCP: Asset Backed Commercial Paper
- AFI: Annual Financial Inspection
- AAFI: Amateur Athletics Federation of India
- ACC: Associated Cement Company
- ACE: Association of Consulting Engineers
- AIMA: All India Management Association
- ALH: Advanced Light Helicopter
- AAA: Asian Athletics Association
- ASCI: Administrative Staff College of India
- AASU: All Assam Students Union
- AE/AEN: Assistant Engineer
- AEC: Accident Enquiry Committee
- ANMI: Association of National Exchanges Members of India
- ACU: Asian Clearing Union
- AML: Anti-Money Laundering
- AM: ante meridiem; before noon
- AMC: Army Medical Corps; Asset Management Companies
- AME: Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers
- APC: Agricultural Prices Commission
- APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- APPLE: Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
- APPU: Asian Pacific Postal Union
- ARC: Asset Reconstruction Company
- ARDR: Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
- ASAT: Anti-Satellite weapon
- ASC: Army Service Corps
- ASCI: Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative
- ASCII: American Standard Code for Information
- ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations
- ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting
- ADEE: Assistant Divisional Electrical Engineer
- ADME: Assistant Divisional Mechanical Engineer
- AIBEA: All India Bank Employees Association
- AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer
- AITMC: All India Trinamool Congress
- ANC: African National Congress
- APEC: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- ADF: Augmented Dicky Fuller
- ASER: Annual status of Education Report
- AMFI: Association of Mutual Funds in India
- AAI: Airport Authority of India
- AGP: Asom Gana Parishad
- ADR: Asset Development Reserve
- ABM: Anti Ballistic Missile
- AD: Ano Domini
- AERB: Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
- AIR: All India Radio
- ASIMO: Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
- ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
- ASMA: Antarctica Specially Managed Area
- ASSOCHAM: Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- ATA: Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array
- ATC: Air Traffic Controller
- ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
- ATR: Action Taken Report
- ATV: Automatic Transfer Vehicle
- AUM: Assets Under Management
- AVC: Army Veterinary Corps
- AVM: Additional Volatility Margin
- AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
- AIR: Annual Information Report
- AITUE: All India Trade Union Congress
- ASWAC: Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control
- ATS: Anti Tetanus Serum
- AICTE: All India Council for Technical Education
- AMU: Asian Monetary Unit
- ADRs: American Depository Receipts
- AITUC: All India Trade Union Congress
- AM: Ante meridiem
- ACP: Alarm Chain Pulling
- ADE/ADEN: Assistant Divisional Engineer
- ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
- AI: Air India
- APEDA: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
- APSC: Army Postal Services Core
- AFI: Athletics Federation of India
- AFMC: Armed Forces Medical College
- AT&T: American Telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd.
- ARC: Administrative Reforms Commission
- AIADMK: All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- AIFI: All India Financial Institution
- ADB: Asian Development Bank
- ARP: Air Raid Precaution
- ADS: Air Defence Ship
- AEC: Atomic Energy Commission
- AERE: Atomic Energy Research Establishment
- AG: Accountant General
- ABS: Automatic Block Signalling
- ACD: Anti-Collision Device
- AIRF: All-India Railwaymen’s Federation
- AS: Accounting Standard
- ASM: Assistant Station Master
- AG: Accountant General
- AGOC: Asian Games Organisation Committee
- AHQ: Air Head Quarters
- AHQ: Army Head Quarters
- ALM: Asset Liability Management
- AVJM: Anusheelan Vaichariki Jan Madhyam
- ATC: Automated Train Control
- AC: Air-Conditioned
- ACC: Air-Conditioned coach or class
- AICC: All India Congress Committee
- AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- AIFE: All India Football Federation
- AeSIJ: Aeronautical Society India Journal
- ACCC: Air-Conditioned Chair Car
- ATP: Automatic Train Protection
- ANBC: Adjusted Net Bank Credit
- AD: Authorised Dealer
- AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- AIL: Aeronautics India Limited
- AIMPLB: All India Muslim Personal Law Board
- AIR: All India Radio
- ATS: Automatic Train Stop
- AVB: Automatic Vacuum Brake
- AP: Andhra Pradesh
- ABCI: Association of Business Communicators of India
- ATS: Automatic Train Stop
- AERA: Airport Economic Regulatory Act
- AMA: Advanced Measurement Approach
- APS: Annual Policy Statement
- AP: Arunachal Pradesh
- ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
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B
- BC: Business Correspondent
- BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange
- BE: Budget Estimates
- BIS: Bank for International Settlements
- BoP: Balance of Payments
- BCP: Business Continuity Planning
- BASI: Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India
- BTC: Bankers’ Training College
- BA: Bachelor of Arts
- BFSI: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance
- BOI: Business Optimism Index
- BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India and China
- BC: Before Christ
- BS: Braking in Series configuration
- BHEL: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- BWEL: Bharat Wagon and Engineering Co., Ltd.
- BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
- BFS: Board for Financial Supervision
- BP: Blood Pressure
- BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
- BC: Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander
- BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin—Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine
- BICP: Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices
- BIFR: Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
- BMRTC: Bangalore Metropolitan Rail Transit Corporation
- BHS: Bharatiya Hindu Sena
- BAFT: Bankers’ Association for Finance & Trade
- BPLR: Benchmark Prime Lending Rate
- BB&CI / BB&CIR (BBCIR): Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway
- BCBS: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- BPT: Bombay Port Trust (MPT)
- B2B: Busines to Business
- B2C: Business to Consumer
- BIOS: Basic Input Output System
- BKU: Bharatiya Kisan Union
- BMD: Ballistic Missile Defence System
- BOLT: BSE On-Line Trading (System)
- BOSS: Bharat Operating System Solutions
- BPO: Business Process Outsourcing
- BPR: Bottom Pressure Records
- BRO: Border Road Organisation
- BBS: Bulletin Board Service
- BIOS: Basic Input Output System
- BIT: Binary Digit
- BMP: Basic Management Programme
- BSA: Bilateral Swap Arrangements
- ASM: Assistant Station Master
- BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party
- BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
- BIO-TOIL: Biological Toilet
- BJD: Biju Janata Dal
- B/L: Branch Line
- BPS: Blue Parcel Service
- BA: Bachelor of Arts
- B.Sc.: Bachelor of Science
- BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin
- BD: Bangladesh
- BBUNL: Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam, Ltd.
- BSL: Block Section Limit
- BCCI: Board of Cricket Control in India
- BG: Broad Gauge (Railway tracks)
- BAMS: Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
- BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
- BTIS: Bio-Technology Information System
- BPC: Brake Power Certificate
- BCom: Bachelors of Commerce
- BVR: Beyond Visual Range
- BT: Bhutan
- BEML: Bharat Earth Movers Limited
- BCR: Bengal Central Railway
- BESA: British Engineering Standards Association
- BC: Before Christ
- BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin
- BEL: Bharat Electronics Limited
- BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party
- BFSI: Banking Financial Services and Insurance
- BSP: Braking in Series-Parallel configuration
- BPT: Bombay Port Trust (MPT)
- BPSS: Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems
- BF: Business Facilitator
- BSR: Basic Statistical Returns
- BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
- BOAC: British Overseas Airways Corporation
- BREAD: Basic Research Education and Development Society
- BENELUX: Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg
- BIFR: Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction
- BIMSTEC: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
- B.Ed: Bachelor of Education
- B Pharma: Bachelor of Pharmacy
- BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange
- BSF: Border Security Force
- BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
- BSF: Boarder Security Force
- BPL: Below Poverty Line
- BPO: Business Process Outsourcing
- BPR: Business Process Re-engineering
- BMR: Burma Mines Railway
- BCSBI: Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
- BRBNMPL: Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
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C
- CGRA: Currency & Gold Revaluation Account
- CD: Certificate of Deposit
- CVPS: Currency Verification and Processing System
- CSAA: Control Self Assessment Audit
- CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- COS: Central Office of Standards
- CAD: Command Area Development
- CA: Chartered Accountant
- CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education
- C & AG: Comptroller & Auditor General
- CAIR: Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
- CAPART: Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology
- CAS: Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff; Conditional Access System
- CAG: Comptroller and Auditor General
- CFO: Chief Financial Officer
- CHD: Consumer Health Division
- CTC: Cost to Company
- CARE: Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
- CR: Central Railway
- CB: Citizen Band (Radio)
- CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation
- CBFC: Central Board of Film Certification
- CCPA: Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
- CD: Conference on Disarmament
- C-DAC: The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
- CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
- CECA: Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
- CRIS: Centre for Railway Information Systems
- CA&FO: Chief Accounting and Finance Officer
- CARS: Central Accounting and Reporting System
- CBO: City Booking Office
- CLW: Chittaranjan Loco Works
- CA: Chartered Accountant
- CCIL: Clearing Corporation of India Limited
- CASE: Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy
- CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes
- CDC: Consultancy Development Centre
- CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- CCMB: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
- CC: Cubic Capacity
- CA: Canada
- CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation
- CC: Chair Car
- CCS: Chief Commercial Superintendent
- CCTV: Closed-Circuit TV
- CERN: European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Pronounced CERN in French)
- CFC: Chlorofluro Carbon
- CFS: Container Freight Station
- CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
- CIA: Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.)
- CIBIL: Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd
- CIC: Chief Information Commissioner
- CID: Criminal Investigation Department
- C-in-C: Commander-in-Chief
- cif: cost, insurance and freight
- CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
- CDO: Coaching Depot
- CLS: Colour Light Signalling
- CRAR: Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio
- CEE: Chief Electrical Engineer
- CFTS: Chief Freight Traffic Superintendent
- CFS: Container Freight Station
- CoR: Certificate of Registration
- CID: Criminal Investigation Department
- CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Union
- CHA: Custom House Agent
- C2C: Consumer to Consumer
- CAT: Common Admission Test
- CGI: Common Gateway Interface
- CNN: Cable News Network
- CRIS: Centre for Railway Information System
- CISF: Central Industrial Security Force
- CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
- CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Unions
- CLAWS: Centre for Land Warfare Studies
- CM: Command Module; Chief Minister
- CMP: Common Minimum Programme
- CNG: Compressed Natural Gas
- CNN: Cable News Network
- CNS: Chief of the Naval Staff
- CO: Commanding Officer
- CME: Chief Mechanical Engineer
- CCS: Cabinet Committee on Security
- COIS: Coaching Operations Information System
- CERN: European Organisation for Nuclear Research known
- CAD: Current Account Deficit
- Conc.: Concessional fare
- CRS: Chief Reservations Supervisor
- CT: Control Tower
- CFSA: Committee on Financial Sector Assessment
- CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education
- CACCI: Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry
- CADP: Command Area Development Programme
- CCI: Cricket Club of India
- COCR: Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Run
- COFC: Container on flat car
- CCR: Counterfeit Currency Report
- CDOs: Collateralised Debt Obligations
- CTC: Centralised Traffic Control
- CTR: Complete Track Renewal
- CP: Commercial Paper
- CinC: Commander-In-Chief
- CMC: Computer Maintenance Corporation
- CSER: Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway
- CMC: Calcutta Metro Corporation
- CVD: Countervailing Duty
- CTI: Central Training Institute
- CTU: Centralized Training Unit
- CVM: Coupon Validating Machine
- CPDO: Centralised Public Debt Office
- CAS: Conditional Access System
- CASA: Current Account and Savings Account deposits
- CCI: Cricket Club of India
- CBS: Consolidated Banking Statistics
- CAS: Central Account Section
- CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
- CIC: Central Information Commission
- COFMOW: Central Organization for the Modernization of Workshops
- CONCOR: Container Corporation of India
- 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
- CODs: Central Office Departments
- CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation
- CBSE: Central Board of Secondary Education
- CR: Confidential Report
- CDS: Credit Default Swap
- CRCS: Central Register of Co-operative Societies
- CD: Certificate of Deposit
- CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
- CDRI: Central Drug Research Institute
- CPC: Cheque Processing Centre
- COOIS: Central Organization for Operations Information Systems
- CORE: Central Organization for Railway Electrification
- CTS: Complaint Tracking System
- CA: Concurrent Audit
- CRM: Customer Relationship Management
- CTC: Calcutta Tramways Corporation
- CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
- CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
- CID: Criminal Investigation Department
- CACP: Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
- CRM: Customer Relationship Management
- CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio
- CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force
- CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- CTT: Commodities Transaction Tax
- CVRDE: Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
- CBS: Core Banking Solutions
- CFMS: Centralised Funds Management System
- CBLO: Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligation
- CCB: Central Co-operative Bank
- CTS: Cheque Truncation System
- CPIs: Consumer Price Indices
- CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
- CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Unions
- CPFF: Commercial Paper Funding Facility
- CPI-IW: Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
- CII: Confederation for Indian Industry
- CM: Chief Minister
- CCRS: Currency Chest Reporting System
- CLAT: Common Law Admission Test
- CMP: Common Minimum Programme
- CNG: Compressed Natural Gas
- CPPC: Central Pension Payment Cell
- CPADS: Centralised Public Accounts Department System
- CAMELS: Capital Adquacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, Systems and Control
- CPI: Communist Party of India
- CPI (M): Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- CDR: Corporate Debt Restructuring
- CMCPS: Compulsorily and Mandatorily Convertible Preference Shares
- CPI: Consumer Price Index
- CTR: Cash Transaction Receipt
- CNLU: Chanakya National Law University
- CNPC: China National Petroleum Corporation
- COD: Central Ordnance Depot
- CWC: Central Water Commission
- CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio
- CD: Certificate of Deposit
- CFT: Combating Financing of Terrorism
- CVC: Central Vigilance Commission
- COFEPOSA: Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
- CPO: Central Passport Organisation
- CPRI: Central Power Research Institute
- CCC: Central Complaints Committee
- CC: Air-conditioned chair car
- CPMG: Corporate Performance Monitoring Group
- CPI-AL: Consumer Price Index- Agricultural Labourers
- CAB: College of Agricultural Banking
- CICs: Credit Information Companies
- CENVAT: Central Value Added Tax
- CSD: Customer Services Department
- CMIS: Currency Management Information System
- CPI-RL: Consumer Price Index-Rural Labourers
- CPIO: Central Public Information Officer
- CPI (ML): Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- CPWD: Central Public Works Department
- CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force
- CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio
- CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- CGFTMSE: Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises
- CPSEs: Central Public Sector Enterprises
- CSGL: Constituant Subsidiary General Ledger
- CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes
- CoBoSAC: Corporate Bonds and Securitisation Advisory Committee
- C-D: Currency-Deposit
- CSO: Central Statistical Organisation
- CSTO: Collective Security Treaty Organisation
- CTS: Computerised Tomography Scanner
- CSF: Consolidated Sinking Fund
- CR: Contingency Reserve
- CSO: Central Statistical Organisation
D
- DEPB: Duty Entitlement Pass Book
- DAPM: Department of Administration and Personnel Management
- DCCB: District Central Cooperative Bank
- DGCI & S: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics
- DBS: Department of Banking Supervision
- DAE: Department of Atomic Energy
- DDT: Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane
- DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
- DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
- DC: Deputy Commissioner; Direct Current in Electricity
- DDT: Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant)
- DIN: Director Information Number
- DM: District Magistrate; Deputy Minister
- DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
- DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Political Party)
- DFDR: Digital Flight Data Recorder (also called Black box)
- DAC: Digital Axle Counter
- DEIO: Department of External Investments and Operations
- DIG: Deputy Inspector General (of Police)
- D.Phil.: Doctor of Philosophy
- DTP: Desktop Publishing
- DSP: Deputy Superintendent of Police
- DNA: de-oxyribonucleic 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
- DST: Daylight Saving Time
- DRES: Department of Renewable Energy Sources
- DTH: Direct to Home (broadcasting)
- DAD: Deposit Accounts Department
- DRI: Differential Rate of Interest
- DEAP: Department of Economic Analysis and Policy
- DAP: District Agricultural Plan
- DA: Dearness Allowance
- DC: Direct Current
- DIP: Disclosure and Investor Protection
- DIAS: Direct Internet Access System
- DIG: Deputy Inspector General
- DBT: Department of Bio-Technology
- DCPC: Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals
- DoE: Department of Electronics
- DoT: Department of Telecommunication
- DM: District Magistrate
- D. Litt: Doctor of Literature
- DOC: Department of Communication
- DD: Doordarshan
- DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- DDT: Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-Ethane
- DLO: Dead Letter Office
- DLW: Diesel Loco Works
- DSIM: Department of Statistics and Information Management
- DS: Disconnecting Switch
- DM: District Magistrate
- DMK: Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
- DNA: Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid
- DRG: Development Research Group
- DMU: Diesel Multiple Unit
- DAL: Delhi Avoiding Line
- DEE: Divisional Electrical Engineer
- D.Sc.: Doctor of Science
- DF: Development Fund
- DOART: Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting Technology
- DPAP: Drought Prone Area Programme
- DTH: Direct to Home
- DD: Demand Draft
- DSP: Deputy Superintendent of Police
- DPC: Driving Power Car
- DPI: Director of public Instruction
- DVD: Digital Versatile Disk
- DIR: Defence of India Rules Esq- Esquire
- DBOD: Department of Banking Operations and Development
- DCC: District Consultative Committee
- DCW: Diesel Component Works
- DF: Defence Quota
- DME: Divisional Mechanical Engineer
- DP: Duty Pass
- DMRC: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
- DIC: District Industries Centre
- DBFO: Design-Build-Finance-Operate
- DLBI: Double Line Block Instrument
- DCA: Drug and Cosmetic Act
- DDT: Dichloro Diphenyle Trichloroethane
- DGCA: Director General of Civil Aviation
- DLO: Dead Letter Office
- DPCS: Defence Satellite Communication System
- DRFL: Depreciation Reserve Fund
- DRM: Divisional Railway Manager
- DvP: Delivery versus Payment
- DCM: Department of Currency Management
- DSB: Designated Settlement Banks
- DoT: Department of Telecommunications
- DHMU: Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit
- DMH: Dead Man’s Handle
- DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation
- DRT: Debt Recovery Tribunal
- DEBC: Department of Expenditure and Budgetary Control
- DGBA: Department of Government and Bank Accounts
- DICGC: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
- DS: Difference Stationary
- DNBS: Department of Non-Banking Supervision
- DEMU: Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit
- DETC: Diesel-Electric Tower Car
E
- ECR: Export Credit Refinance
- EME: Emerging Market Economies
- EBT: Electronic Benefit Transfer
- EMF: Electromotive Force
- EPABX: Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
- EPIC: Elector’s Photo Identity Card
- ESOS: Employees Stock Option Scheme
- EEA: Exchange Equalisation Account
- E-MAIL: Electronic Mailing
- ECG: Electro Cardio-gram
- ECS: Electronic Clearing Service
- ECT: Electro-convulsant Therapy (electric shock treatment)
- EDUSAT: Education Satellite
- EEG: Electro-encephalography
- EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation
- EFA: Education for All
- EFF: Extended Fund Facility
- e.g.: exempli gratia; for example
- EMI: Equated Monthly Installments
- ENT: Ear, Nose and Throat
- EOF: End of File
- ERNET: Educational and Research Network
- Exp.: Express
- ECR: East Coast Railway
- EMU: Electric Multiple Unit
- EAS: East Asia Summit
- ECG: Electro Cardiogram Graph
- EEG: Electro Encephalogram Graph
- EAS: Employment Assurance Scheme
- ECGC: Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
- EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer
- EOU: Export Oriented Unit
- EHTP: Electronic Hardware Technology Parks
- ELISA: Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS)
- EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment
- EMS: European Monetary System
- EMU: Electric-Multiple Unit; Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit; (European) Economic and Monetary Union
- EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- EC or ECC: Executive Chair Car
- EEFC: Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency
- EIR: East Indian Railway
- ETCS: European Train Control System
- EPZ: Export Processing Zone
- ERDA: Energy Research and Development Administration
- ESCAP: Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- ECB: European Central Bank
- ECS: Electronic Clearing Services
- ELRTS: Elevated Light Rail Transit System
- EU: European Union
- EOD: End of day
- ECIL: Electronics Corporation of India Limited
- ECG: Electro Cardiogram
- EDCIL: Educational Consultants India Ltd.
- EPR: Eastern Punjab Railway
- ER: Eastern Railway
- ERM: Exchange Rate Mechanism
- ERNET: Educational and Research Network
- ESA: European Space Agency
- ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act
- ESOP: Employee Stock Option Programme
- etc.: et cetera (and other things)
- EU: European Union
- EVM: Electronic Voting Machine
- ECR: Empty Coaching Rake
- ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act
- EVM: Electronic Voting Machine
- EXIM Bank: Export-Import Bank of India
- EQ: Emergency Quota
- EPCG: Export Promotion Capital Goods
- ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
- EDI: Educational Development Index
- EDM: Electronic Data Management
- ENVIS: Environmental Information System
- EDUSAT: Education Satellite
- EEC: Eurasian Economic Community
- EACB: European Association of Co-operative Banks
- ECBs: External Commercial Borrowings
- EEG: Electro Encephalogram
- EET: Exempt, Exempt, Taxable
- ELISA: Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
- EXIM Bank: Export Import Bank
F
- FCI: Food Corporation of India
- FVCIs: Foreign Venture Capital Investors
- FBT: Fringe Benefit Tax
- FIU-IND: Financial Intelligence Unit-India
- FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board
- FPS: Focus Product Scheme
- FRL: Full Reservoir Level
- FMD: Financial Markets Department
- FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions
- FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
- 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
- FEDAI: Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India
- FDI: Foreign Direct Investment
- FCCB: Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
- FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
- FEDL: Fully Electrified Double Line
- FFMVFT: Frequency-modulated Voice-frequency Telegraph
- FC: Financial Commissioner
- FC: Foreign Collaborations
- FT: Foreign Tourist
- 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)
- FSA: Financial Services Authority
- FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
- FBTR: Fast Breeder Test Reactor
- FCI: Fertilizer Corporation of India
- FII: Foreign Institutional Investor
- FSF: Financial Stability Forum
- FTA: Free Trade Area
- FTP: File Transfer Protocol
- FC: Forward Caste
- FM: Finance Minister
- FOR: Free On Rail
- FOR: Forward motion
- FRLs: Fiscal Responsibility Legislations
- FAO: Food & Agriculture Organisation
- FC: Financial Conglomerate
- FOF: Flow of Funds
- FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act
- FICA: Federation of International Cricketer’s Association
- FICCI: Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- FED: Foreign Exchange Department
- FLCC: Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling Centre
- FCNR(B): Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Banks)
- FATF: Financial Action Task Force
- FC: First Class
- FDI: Foreign Direct Investment
- FIR: First Information Report
- FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board
- FRS: Fellow of the Royal Society
- FTA: Free Trade Agreement
- FCI: Food Corporation of India
- FDI: Foreign Direct Investment
- FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
- FRRO: Foreigner’s Regional Registration Office
- FNRM: Friends of the National Rail Museum
- FROA: Federation of Officer’s Associations
- FITL: Funded Interest Term Loan
- FTII: Films and Television Institute of India
- FTZ: Free Trade Zone
- FST: Financial Sector Technology
- FIFA: Federation Internationale de Football Association
- FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
- FI: Financial Institutions
- FCAs: Foreign Currency Assets
- FSB: Financial Stability Board
- FM: Frequency modulation
- FIEO: Federation of Indian Export Organisation
- FMCG: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
- FRB: Floating Rate Bond
G
- GFCE: Government Financial Consumption Expenditure
- GIPSA: General Insurer’s (Public Sector) Association of India
- GCC: General-purpose Credit Card
- GPS: Global Positioning System
- GSI: Geological Survey of India
- GUAM: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova
- GIPR: Great Indian Peninsular Railway
- 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
- GCA: General Currency Area
- GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
- GSDP: Gross State Domestic Product
- GDP: Gross Domestic Product
- GPF: General Post Office
- GK: General Knowledge
- GAIL: Gas Authority of India Limited
- GATT: General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
- GIC: General Insurance Corporation
- GM: General Manager
- GRP: Government Railway Police
- GSLV: Geostationary Launch Vehicle
- GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
- GFD: Gross Fiscal Deficit
- GCM: Greatest Common Measure
- GEF: Global Environment Fund
- GHQ: General Headquarters
- GIC: General Insurance Corporation
- GIST: Graphics and Intelligence-based Script Technology
- GMPS: Global Mobile Personal Communications System
- GSIR: Great Southern of India Railway
- GSA: General Sales Agent
- GoI: Government of India
- G7: Group of Seven (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, japan and Canada) G8 includes G7 plus Russia
- GATE: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
- GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test
- GSP: Generalised System Preference
- GUI: Graphical User Interface
- GST: Goods and Services Tax
- GIST: Global Institute of Science and Technology
- GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
- GNLF: Gorkha National Liberation Front
- GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
- GDR: Global Depository Receipt
- GFSR: Global Financial Stability Report
- GNP: Gross National Product
- GPF: General Provident Fund
- GMRT: Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope
- GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
- GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System
- GNP: Gross National Product
- GOC: General Officer Commanding
- GPO: General Post Office
- GPRS: General Packet Radio System
- GPO: General Post Office
- GRF: Guarantee Redemption Fund
- GPS: Global Positioning System
- GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
- GSP: Generalised Special Preferences
- GST: Goods and Service Tax
- GSTP: Global System of Trade Preferences
H
- HTM: Held-to-Maturity
- HLCCFM: High Level Coordination Committee on Financial Markets
- HR: Human Resources
- HMT: Hindustan Machine Tools
- HHPDMU: High-Horsepower Diesel Electric Multiple Unit
- HAC: Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
- HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School
- HCF: Highest Common Factor
- HDI: Human Development Index
- HDTV: High Definition Television
- HE: His (or Her) Excellency; His (or Her) Eminence; High Explosive; Horizontal Equivalent
- HAL: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- HCF: Highest Common Factor
- HPDMU: High-powered Diesel Multiple Unit
- HSCB: High-speed Circuit Breaker
- HT: High Tension
- HO: Head Office
- HRD: Human Resource Development
- HP: Handicapped Persons quota
- HITS: Headend In The Sky
- HMMWV: High Mobility Multipurpose-Wheeled Vehicle
- HMS: Hybrid Mail Service
- HP: Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power
- HTS: High Tensile-strength Steel
- HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation
- HLL: Hindustan Levers Limited
- HUL: Hindustan Unilever Limited
- HURC: Hindustan Unilever Research Centre
- HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation
- HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current
- HFCs: Housing Finance Companies
- HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language
- HSUI: Housing Start Up Index
- HLAC: High Level Advisory Committee
- HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation
- HMT: Hindustan Machine Tools
- HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation
- HQ: Head Quarters
- HRDD: Human Resources Development Department
- HYVS: High Yield Variety Seeds
- HLG: High Level Group
- HSRL: High Speed Rail Line (Link)
- HC: High Court
- HNI: High Net-worth Individual
- HP: Horse Power
- HP: Himachal Pradesh
- HRMS: Human Resources Management System
I
- IRDA: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
- IGR: Indian Government Railways
- IMR: Indian Midland Railway
- IAF: Indian Air Force
- IA: Intermediate In Arts
- IWMP: Integrated Watershed Management Programme
- IUSSTF: Indo-US Science and Technology Forum
- ISSP: Indian Scientific Satellite Project
- IST: Indian Standard Time
- IAAI: International Airport Authority of India
- IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service
- IADF: International Agricultural Development Fund
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
- IAF: Indian Air Force
- IAMC: Indian Army Medical Corps
- IAS: Indian Administrative Service
- ITBP: Indo-Tibet Border Police
- ITDC: Indian Tourism Development Corporation
- ICICI: Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
- IIP: Index of Industrial Production
- IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management
- INR: Indian Rupees
- ISEC: Institute for Social and Economic Change
- IT: Information Technology
- ITC: Indian Tobacco Company
- IR: Indian Railways
- ISR: Indian State Railway
- IATA: International Air Transport Association
- IATT: Inland Air Travel Tax
- IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- IBEX: Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission
- ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organisation
- ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- ICCR: Indian Council of Cultural Relations
- ICCW: Indian Council for Child Welfare
- ICSE: Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
- ICU: Intensive Care Unit
- IEEE: Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers
- IELTS: International English Language Testing System
- IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IAAI: International Airport Authority of India
- lAC: Indian Airlines Corporation
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
- IMF: International Monetary Fund
- IRF: Interest Rate Futures
- ISW: Indian Standard Wagon Works
- ICDS: Integrated Child Development Service
- ICJ: International Court of Justice (with Headquarters at the Hague)
- ICL: Indian Cricket League
- ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research
- ICPA: Indian Cricket Players’ Association
- ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
- IDA: International Development Association
- IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India
- IGBT: Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
- IMD: India Meteorological Department
- ITER: International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
- ITES: Information Technology Enabled Services
- ITPO: Indian Trade Promotion Organisation
- ITO: International Trade Organisation
- IPWE: Institution of Permanent Way Engineers
- IARI: Indian Agricultural Research Institute
- IBA: Indian Bank Association
- IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- IRAS: Indian Railway Accounts Services
- ITUC: Indian Trade Union Congress
- IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
- IUPEP: Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
- IDSA: Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis
- IEA: International Energy Agency
- IES: Indian Economic Service
- IEX: Indian Energy Exchange
- IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard
- IFS: Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service
- IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions
- IFWJ: Indian Federation of Working Journalists
- IVSR: Indus Valley State Railway
- ISRO: Indian Space Research Organization
- IPO: Initial Public Offering
- IBSA: India, Brazil, South Africa
- ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- ICBM: Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
- IPA: Issuing and Paying Agent
- IRPS: Indian Railway Personnel Services
- IHTT: Institute of Hand-loom and Textile Technology
- IUMJ: Indiana University Mathematics Journal
- IRRA: Indian Railways Regulatory Authority
- ICC: International Cricket Council
- IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies
- IMAP: Internet Mail Access Protocol
- IGNOU: Indira Gandhi National Open University
- IIPA: Indian Institute of Public Administration
- IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies
- IIT: Indian Institutes of Technology
- ILO: International Labour Organisation
- IMA: Indian Military Academy
- IMET: International Military Education Training Programme
- IQ: Intelligence Quotient
- ISBN: International Standard Book Number
- ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
- ICFTU: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- ICICI: Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
- IDR: Indian Depository Receipt
- IFA: Indian Football Association
- ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- ISI: Indian Standards Institute (BIS: Bureau of Indian Standards)
- ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation
- ITE: Intra-Group Transactions and Exposure
- IMO: International Maritime Organisation
- IN: Indian Navy; Intelligent Network
- INA: Indian National Army
- INK: International Newspaper Kiosks
- INMARSAT: International Maritime Satellite Organisation
- INMAS: Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences
- INS: Indian Naval Ship; Indian Newspaper Society
- ICJ: International Court of Justice
- ICRIER: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
- IAS: Indian Administrative Association
- InISJ: Indian Institute of Science Journal
- ICSI: Indian Company Secretaries Institute
- ICSID: International Centre for Settlement of Industrial Disputes
- ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
- InJME: Indian Journal of Mechanical Engineering
- INA: Indian National Army
- IMA: Internal Models Approach
- IRVS: Interactive Voice Response System
- ICSSR: Indian Council of Scientific and Social Research
- IDA: International Development Agency
- INSAS: Indian Small Arms System
- INSAT: Indian National Satellite
- INTERPOL: International Police Organisation
- INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress
- IOC: International Olympic Committee
- IP: Indian Police
- IPC: Indian Penal Code
- IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IPEC: International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour
- IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India
- IRC: Indian Railways Corporation
- IRCA: Indian Railway Conference Association
- ISKCON: International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- ISO: International Standards Organisation
- ITBP: Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- ITES: Information Technology enabled services
- INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress
- IDO: International Defence Organisation
- IPR: Intellectual Property Right
- IPS: Indian Police Service; Indian Postal Service
- IPTV: Internet Protocol Television
- IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union
- IR: Infra-red
- IRA: Insurance Regulatory Authority
- IRBM: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
- IREP: Integrated Rural Energy Planning
- IDPL: Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
- IFA: Indian Football Association
- IPS: Indian Police Service
- IAS: Integrated Accounting Systems
- IGIDR: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
- IFCI: Industrial Finance Corporation of India
- IFFI: International Film Festival of India
- ITI: Industrial Training Institute
- ITU: International Telecommunication Union
- IVF: In-Vitro Fertilisation
- IVM: In-vitro Maturation
- IRS: Indian Remote Sensing Satellite; Indian Revenue Service
- ISAF: International Stabilization and Assistance Force (in Afghanistan)
- ISC: Inter-State Council
- ISCS: Integrated Smart Card System
- ISD: International Subscriber Dialled (telephone)
- ISH: Information Super Highway
- ISKCON: International Society for Krishna Consciousness
-
ITI: Industrial Training Institute
- ITU: International Telecommunication Union
- IFFCO: Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative
- ISA: Information Systems Audit
- IIBM: Indian Institute of Bank Management
- IRCON: Indian Railways Construction Company
- InJTP: Indian Journal of Theoretical Physics
- IFPRI: International Food Policy Research Institute
- IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions
- IFWJ: Indian Federation of Working Journalists
- IAS: Indian Administrative Service
- IIT: Indian Institute of Technology
- IMPCOPS: Indian Medical Practitioners Co-operative Pharmacy and Stores
- IPL: Indian Premier League
- ISD: International Subscriber Dialing
- INSAP: Indian National Science Academy
- IRCOT: Indian Railways Central Organization for Telecom
- IEM: Industrial Entrepreneurs Memoranda
- IRSE: Indian Railway Service of Engineers
- IRSEE: Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
- IGCAR: Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- IGMDP: Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
- IGNCA: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
- ISO: International Standardisation Organisation
- ISP: Internet Service Provider
- ISS: International Space Station
- ISTRAC: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
- ITDC: Indian Tourism Development Corporation
- IIM: Indian Institute of Management
- IBA: Indian Banks’ Association
- IIFT: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
- IDMD: Internal Debt Management Department
- IIFA: International Indian Film Academy
- IIPA: Indian Institute of Public Administration
- IIS: Indian Institute of Sciences
- IT-BPO: Information Technology – Business Process Outsourcing
- IRSME: Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
- IRSS: Indian Railway Stores Services
- IIT: Indian Institute of Technology
- ITO: International Trade Organisation; Income-tax Officer
- ITU: International Tele-communication Union
- IUC: Interconnect User Charge
- IRCTC: Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation
- IREB: Indian Railways Executive Board
- IISCO: Indian Iron and Steel Company
- ILO: International Labour Organisation
- IMA: Indian Military Academy
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy of India
- IVR: Interactive Voice Response
- IPDIs: Innovative Perpetual Debt Instruments
- ICAR: Indian Council for Agricultural Research
- IRSSE: Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
- IRSTE: Indian Railway Signal and Telecom Engineering
- IASC: Inspection and Audit Sub-Committee
- IMDT: Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act
- INGCA: Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art
- IDRBT: Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology
- IRFC: Indian Railways Finance Corporation
- IRIATT: Indian Railways Institute of Advanced Track Technology
- ISAS: Institute of Space and Astronomical Science
- ISB: Indian Standard Bureau
- ISE: International Stock Exchange
- ISS: Institute of Social Sciences
- ISACA: Information Systems Audit and Control Assessment
- IPCC: Inter-Govermental Panel on Climate Change
- IMD: India Millennium Deposits
- IIA: Institute of Internal Auditors
- IT: Information Technology
- IRTS: Indian Railway Traffic Services
- INS: Indian Naval Ship
- INS: Indian News Paper Society
- INSDOC: Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre
- ISRS: Indian Steam Railway Society
- IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standards
- IES: Integrated Establishment System
- ITO: International Trade Organization
- ITR: Integrated Test Range
- ICCOMS: Integrated Computerised Currency Operations and Management System
- IPCs: Irrevocable Payment Commitments
- IIP: Index of Industrial Production
- IMFC: International Monetary and Financial Committee
- INTELSAT: International Telecommunication Satellite
- INTERPOL: International Police Organisation
- INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress
- INTACH: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
- ICAS: Indian Council of Ayurveda & Siddha
- ICSSR: Indian Council of Social Sciences Research
- INC: Indian National Congress
- IPR: Intellectual Property Rights
- IISc: Indian Institute of Science
- ILD: Institute for Labour Development
- ITB: International Tourist Bureau
- ICAC: International Cotton Advisory Committee
- IMD: India Meteorological Department
- IRBM: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
- IRICEN: Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering
- IRIEEN: Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering
- ISMS: Information Security Management System
- IIFCL: India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited
- LCA: Light Combat Aircraft
- LIS: Library and Information Science
- INXFAC: Indian Naval Extra-Fast Attact Craft
- IOC: Indian Oil Corporation
- IOC: International Olympic Committee
- ICT: Information and Communication Technology
- IN: India
- IJRSP: Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics
- IIApN: Indian Institute of Astrophysics Newsletter
- IQ: Iraq
- IP-RR: Interest Payment – Revenue Receipt
- IPKF: Indian Peace Keeping Force
- IRBM: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
- IRC: International Red Cross
- ILO: International Labour Organisation
- IRIMEE: Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur
- IRISET: Indian Railways Insitute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad
- IODP: Integrated Officers Development Programmes
- IPKF: Indian Peace Keeping Force
- IRS: Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
- IRDA: Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
- IRDP: Integrated Rural Development Programme
- ISI: Inter Services Intelligence
- IRB: Internal Ratings Based
- IRMS: Indian Railway Medical Services
- IRPHA: Indian Railway Public Health Association
- ISO: International Organisation for Standardisation
- ISM: Indian School of Mines
- IFS: Indian Foreign Service or Indian Forest Service
- IRS: Indian Revenue Service
- IMD: India Meteorological Department
- IAF: Indian Air Force
- ITO: Income Tax Officer
- IG: Inspector General (of Police)
J
- JTTF: Joint Terrorism Task Force
- JP: Japan
- JK: Jammu & Kashmir
- JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer
- JNNURM: Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
- JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee
- JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JWG: Joint Working Group
- J&J: Johnson & Johnson
- JMM: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
- JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer
- JEE: Joint Entrance Examination
- JD(U): Janata Dal (United)
- JVP: Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
- JMM: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
- JLG: Joint Liability Group
- JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
- Jn.: Junction
K
- KCC: Kisan Credit Cards
- KRCL: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.
- KVR: Kangra Valley Railway
- KW: Kuwait
- KG: Kinder Garten
- Kg.: Kilogram
- Kw.: Kilowatts
- KG: Kindergarten
- Kg: Kilogramme
- KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing
- KMRT: Kolkata Mass Rapid Transit
- KRDC: Konkan Railway Development Corporation
- KYC: Know Your Customer
- KP: Korea, Dem. Peoples Rep Of (North Korea)
- Km.: Kilometer
- KMPH: Kilometre Per Hour
- KR: Korea, Republic Of (South Korea)
- KVIC: Khadi and Village Industries Commission
L
- LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
- LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- Lt: Lieutenant
- LPA: Long Period Average
- LRDSS: Long Range Decision Support System
- LIC: Life Insurance Corporation of India
- LLB: Bachelor of Law
- LAC: Line of Actual Control
- LCA: Light Combat Aircraft
- LDC: Least Developed Countries
- LHC: Large Hadron Collider
- LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (of India)
- LLP: Limited Liability Partnership
- LOAC: Line of Actual Control
- LTA: Light Transport Aircraft
- LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- LLM: Master of Law
- LMG: Light Machine Gum
- LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
- LLC: Limited Liability Company
- LSE: London Stock Exchange
- LK: Sri Lanka
- TPDS: Live Train Position Display System
- Ltd.: Limited
- LVC: Last Vehicle Check
- LAF: Liquidity Adjustment Facility
- LQ: Ladies Quota
- LoC: Line of Control
- LLB: Bachelor Of law
- LMP: Licentiate in the practice of Medicine
- LRTS: Light Rail Transit System
- LoC: Line of Control (Pakistan)
- LoAC: Line of Actual Control (China)
- LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- LSD: Lysergic acid diethylamide
- LI: Loco Inspector
- LCM: Lowest Common Multiple
- LDC: Lower Division Clerk
- LMG: Light Machine Gun
- LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Lt.Gov.: Lieutenant Governor
- LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate
- LB: Lowest daily outstanding Balance
- LOI: Letter of Intent
- LIC: Life Insurance Corporation
- LBW: Leg Before Wicket Ltd-Limited
- LS: Lok Sabha
- LMG: Light Machine Gun
Related: Animal vocabulary
M
- MSE-CDP: Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme
- MoU: Memorandum of Understanding
- MFDEF: Micro Finance Development and Equity Fund
- MMS: Multi Modal Settlements
- MAT: Minimum Alternative Tax
- MER: Mars Exploration Rover
- MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- MCF: Master Control Facility
- MEP: Minimum Export Price
- MES: Military Engineering Service
- METSAT: Meteorological Satellite
- MFA: Multi-Fibre Agreement
- MFN: Most Favoured Nation
- MIP: Moon Impact Probe
- MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service
- MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India
- MNC: Multi-national Corporation
- MNIC: Multi-purpose National Identity Card
- MRSP: Model Railway Society of Pune
- 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
- MP: Madhya Pradesh
- MCO: Military Control Office
- M/E: Mail/Express
- MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System
- MMMF: Money Market Mutual Fund
- MD: Managing Director
- MT: Movable Type
- MPD: Monetary Policy Department
- MAT: Minimum Alternate Tax
- MODEM: Modulator-Demodulator
- MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices 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
- MVC: Maha Vir Chakra
- M-Cap: Market Capitalisation
- MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
- MCA: Monetary Compensatory Allowance
- MCC: Melbourne Cricket Club
- MA: Master of Arts
- M.Sc.: Master of Science
- MD: Doctor of Medicine
- MSOE: Minimum Standards of Operational Efficiency
- MMBCS: Magnetic Media Based Clearing System
- MRVC: Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation
- MTP: Metropolitan Transport Project
- MBS: Mortgage Backed Securities
- M/L: Main Line
- MOW: Maintenance of Way
- MASI: Management Audit Systems Inspection
- MDMA: Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency
- MFALA: Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Agency
- MFN: Most Favoured Nation
- MI: Military Intelligence
- Mr.: Mister
- Mrs.: Mistress
- MDMK: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- MRT: Medical Relief Train
- MSL: Mean Sea Level
- MNC: Multinational Company
- MISA: Maintenance of Internal Security Act
- MIT: Mechachusates Institute of Technology
- MLA: Member of Legislative Assembly
- MLC: Member of Legislative Council
- MPI: Macro-Prudential Indicators
- MSP: Minimum Support Price
- MA: Master of Arts
- MNC: Multi National Corporation
- MNA: Major Non-NATO Alley
- MRTPC: Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
- MODVAT: Modified Value Added Tax
- MEMU: Main-line Electric Multiple Unit
- MOT: Motoring
- Mxd.: Mixed
- MP: Member of Parliament
- MSEs: Micro and Small Enterprises
- MCA: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- MUTP: Mumbai Urban Transport Project
- MFDF: Micro Finance Development Fund
- MLA: Member of Legislative Assembly
- MPH: Mile Per Hour
- MF: Mutual Funds
- MY: Malaysia
- MES: Military Engineering Service
- MM: Myanmar
- MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine &Bachelor of Surgery
- MED: Master of Education
- MSS: Market Stabilisation Scheme
- MEA: Ministry of External Affairs
- MISA: Maintenance of Internal Security Act
- MLC: Member of Legislative
- MMA: Macro Management of Agriculture
- MODVAT: Modified Value Added Tax
- MTM: Mark-to-Market
- MTCT: Mother to Child Transmission
- MFI: Micro Finance Institution
- MP: Madhya Pradesh
- MPLS: Multi Protocol Label Switching
- MSMEs: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Related: Constitution of India (Important for Competitive Exams)
N
- NOC: No Objection Certificate
- NMEP: National Malaria Eradication Programme
- NMITLI: New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative
- NOIDA: New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
- NAB: New Arrangement to Borrow
- NAA: National Airport Authority
- NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development..
- NACIL: National Aviation Company of India Ltd
- NADA: National Anti-Doping Agency
- NAEP: National Adult Education Programme
- NAFTA: North America Free Trade Agreement
- NAG: National Air Guard
- NAM: Non-aligned Movement
- NAMA: Non-Agriculture Market Access
- NPC: National Productivity Council
- NDS – OM: Negotiated Dealing System – Order Matching
- NCDRC: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
- NRAA: National Rain Fed Area Authority
- NBFC-ND: Non-deposit taking NBFC
- NFIR: National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
- NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
- NOF: Net Owned Funds
- NDDB: National Dairy Development Board
- NSE: National Stock Exchange
- NTES: National Train Enquiry System
- NAAC: National Assessment and Accreditation Council
- NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NAV: Net Asset Value
- NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
- NATA: Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture
- NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NAV: Net Asset Value
- NCA: Nuclear Command Authority
- NCC: National Cadet Corps
- NCERT: National Council of Educational Research and Training
- NDS: Negotiated Dealing Systems
- NER: North Eastern Railway
- NABARD: National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
- NACO: National AIDS Control Organisation
- NPP: National Population Policy
- NPT: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NRC: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- NREP: National Rural Employment Programme
- NRHM: National Rural Health Mission
- NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency
- NSC: National Security Council
- NRDC: National Research and Development Corporation
- NCEP: National Committee on Environmental Planning
- NCERT: National Council of Education Research and Training
- NCR: National Capital Region
- NDA: National Defence Academy; National Democratic Alliance
- NDNC: National Do Not Call (Registry)
- NDPS: Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances
- NDRF: National Disaster Response Force
- NDTL: National Dope Testing Laboratory
- NeGP: National e-governance Plan
- NADT: National Authority on Drugs and Therapeutics
- NAEP: National Adult Education Programme
- NDA: National Democratic Alliance
- NSM: Note Sorting Machine
- NGO: Non-Government Organisation
- NHRDF: National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation
- NADAP: National Anti Doping Appeal Panel
- NDTL: Net Demand and Time Liability
- NEA: National Environment Authority
- NEDFI: North-Eastern Development Financial Institution Ltd.
- NEERI: National Environment Engineering Research Institute
- NEFA: North-East Frontier Agency
- NSCN: National Social Council of Nagaland
- NSSO: National Sample Survey Organisation
- NTC: National Textile Corporation
- NEDB: North-Eastern Development Bank
- NEP: National Education Policy
- NEPA: National Environment Protection Authority
- NFO: New Fund Offers
- NHDP: National Highways Development Project
- NHRC: National Human Rights Commission
- NIC: National Integration Council
- NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology
- NIO: National Institute of Oceanography
- NIS: National Institute of Sports
- NIT: National Institute of Technology
- NLMA: National Literacy Mission Authority
- NMD: Nuclear Missile Defence
- NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation
- NRM: National Rail Museum
- NREGS: National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
- NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Services Companies
- NPCIL: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
- NRMU: National Railway Mazdoor Union
- NPA: Non-Performing Asset
- NI: Non-Interlocked
- NTES: National Train Enquiry System
- NIC: National Informatics Centre
- NRI: Non-Resident Indian
- NBFC-ND-SI: Systemically Important Non-deposit taking NBFC
- NCPNR: National Commitee for Protection of Natural Resources
- NHB: National Housing Bank
- NSE: National Stock Exchange
- NUEPA: National University of Educational Planning and Administration
- NAFED: National Agricultural and Marketing Federation
- NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
- NAPP: Narora Atomic Power Plant
- NCB: Narcotics Control Bureau
- NCW: National Commission for Women
- NCCR: National Council for Civil Right
- NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation
- NPL: National Physical Laboratory
- 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
- NRR: National Reproduction Rate
- NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency
- NSA: National Security Act
- NSC: National Service Corps; National Security Council
- NIIT: National Institute of Information Technology
- NARI: National AIDS Research Institute
- NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NGO: Non-government organization
- NSSF: National Small Saving Fund
- NPS: New Pension Scheme
- NEFR/NFR: North-East Frontier Railway
- NBFC-D: Deposit taking NBFC
- NECS: National Electronic Clearing System
- NR(E)RA: Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account
- NDA: Net Domestic Asset
- NMDS: National Missile Defense System
- NMEP: National Malaria Eradication Programme
- NMHC: National Material Handling Council
- NRAI: National Rifle Association of India
- 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
- NASDAQ: National Association of Security Dealer’s Active Quotation
- NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NBRA: National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority
- NBFC: Non-Banking Financial Companies
- NSC: National Savings Certificate
- NCCF: National Consumer Co operatives Federation
- NAV: Net Asset Value
- NSA: National Security Act
- NSC: National Security Council
- NPCI: National Payments Corporation of India
- NFA: Net Foreign Asset
- NR: Northern Railway
- NIBM: National Institute of Bank Management
- NEGP: National E-governance Plan
- NEPA: National Environment Protection Authority
- NFDC: National Film Development Corporation
- NAWADCO: National Waqf Development Corporation limited
- 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
- NCC: National Cadet Corps
- NDF: National Defence Fund
- NRI: Non-Resident Indian
- NDA: National Defence Academy
- NDDB: National Dairy Development Board
- NDF: National Defence Fund
- NDTL: Net Demand and Time Liabilities
- NCR: National Capital Region
- NCDRC: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
- NFL: National Fertilizer Limited
- NHRC: National Human Rights Commission
- NICO: New Information and Communication Order
- NIDC: National Industrial Development Corporation
- NP: Nepal
- NIC: National Informatics Centre
- NIMSME: National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- NSSO: National Sample Survey Organisation
- NEFT: National Electronic Funds Transfer
- NEFA: North East Frontier Agency
- NSS: National Service Scheme
- NFSM: National Food Security Mission
- NRRDA: National Rural Road Development Agency
- NIF: National Innovative Foundation
- MIT: Ministry of Information Technology
- NEITCO: North Eastern Industrial Technical Consultants Organisation Limited
- NRFC: National Register of Foreign Collaborations
- NSTMIS: National Science and Technology Management Information System
- NIIT: National Institute of Information Technology
- NIMHANS: National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences
- NISM: National Institute of Securities Market
- NYSE: New York Stock Exchange
- NBO: National Building Organisation
- NIF: National Investment Fund
- NFS: National Financial Switch
- NITIE: National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering
- NLLM: National Legal Literacy Mission
- NMCC: National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
- NMDS: National Missile Defence System
- NIPFP: National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
O
- OTS: Office of Thrift Supervision
- OBC: Other Backward Class
- OBE: Off- Balance Sheet Exposures
- OSD: Officer on Special Duty
- OD: Overdraft
- OGL: Open General Licence
- OAS: Organisation of American States
- OAU: Organisation of African Unity
- OBC: Other Backward Communities
- OBU: Offshore Banking Unit
- ODA: Official Development Assistance
- ODF: Open Document Format
- ODS: Ozone Depletion Substances
- OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries
- OIGS: On India Government Service
- OIL: Oil India Limited
- OM: Order of Merit
- 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
- OIL: Oil India Limited
- OEC: Orgenisation for Economic Cooperation Development
- OTC: Over-the-Counter
- OIC: Overseas Indian Citizenship
- OIGS: On Indian Government Service
- OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- ODI: Offshore Derivative Instruments
- OBC: Other Backward Classes
- OLTAS: Online Tax Accounting System
- OK: All Correct
- OBC: Other Backward Classes
- OMO: Open Market Operation
- OMS: Open Market Sales
- OPEC: Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries
- ORFS: Online Returns Filing System
- OSMOS: Off-Site Monitoring and Surveillance
- OIL: Oil India Limited
- ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission
- OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OTC: Over-the-Counter
- OCI: Overseas Citizen of India
- OFC: Optical Fibre Cable
- ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission
- OTS: One-Time Settlement
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P
- PIN: Personal Identification Number
- PACS: Primary Agricultural Credit Socity
- PAC: Public Accounts Committee
- PAC: Professional Aptitude Council
- PAN: Permanent Account Number
- PCS: Provincial Civil Services
- PAD: Public Accounts Department
- Ph.D: Doctor of Philosophy
- PMG: Post Master General
- PCA: Prompt Corrective Action
- POL: Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants
- PAC: Political Affairs Committee; Public Accounts Committee
- PACER: Programme for Acceleration of Commercial Energy Research
- PAN: Permanent Account Number (of Income-Tax)
- PATA: Pacific-Asia Travel Association
- PCS: Public Civil Service; Punjab Civil Service
- PIB: Press Information Bureau
- Pin Code: Postal Index Number Code
- 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
- PO: Post Office; Postal Order
- POPs: Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point of Purchase
- POTA: Prevention of Terrorism Act
- POW: Prisoner of War
- PP: Public Prosecutor; Particular Person
- PRO: Public Relations Officer
- PS: Post Scriptum; Post Script; written after
- PSC: Public Service Commission
- PATSER: Programme Aimed at Technological Self Reliance
- PSCS: Promotion and Support to Consultancy Services
- PMEGP: Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme
- PCPS: Perpetual Cumulative Preference Shares
- PESO: Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation
- PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- PFCL: Power Finance Corporation Limited
- PFRDA: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
- PDI: Perpetual Debt Instruments
- PSB: Public Sector Bank
- PWD: Public Works Department
- PR: Pakistan Railways
- PD: Primary Dealer
- PSS Act: Payment & Settlement Systems Act
- PAN: Permanent Account Number
- Ph. D: Doctor of ‘Philosophy
- PHDCCI: Progress, Harmony and Development Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- PIL: Public Interest Litigation
- PLO: Palestine Liberation Organisation
- P&G: Procter and Gamble
- PLC: Programmable Logic Controller
- 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: Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids
- PVC: Param Vir Chakra
- PVSM: Param Vishisht Sewa Medal
- PWD: Public Works Department
- POP: Point-of-Purchase
- PPP: Purchasing Power Parity
- PSU: Public Sector Undertakings
- PTI: Press Trust of India
- POW: Prisoner of war
- PDO: Public Debt Office
- POTA: Prevention of Terrorism Act
- PTC: Power Trading Corporation
- PRO: Public Relations Officer
- PTO: Please Turn Over
- PDO-NDS: Public Debt Office – Negotiated Dealing System
- PFRDA: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
- PK: Pakistan
- PMRY: Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojana
- PNCP: Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Share
- PDS: Public Distribution System
- Pax: The number of people
- PVC: Paramvir Chakra
- PVC: Poly Vinyl Chloride
- PVSM: Param Vishisht Seva Medal
- PIO: Person of Indian Origin
- PCV: Passenger Carrying Vehicle
- POET: Passenger Operated Enquiry Terminal
- PH: Parliamentary Quota
- PNR: Passenger Name Record
- POL: Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants
- POW: Palace on Wheels
- PIL: Public Interest Litigation
- PQWL: Pooled Quota Wait List
- PMLA: Prevention of Money Laundering Act
- PF: Provident Fund
- PTO: Please Turn Over
- PTI: Physical Training
- PE: Private Equity
- PM: Prime Minister
- PFCE: Private Final Consumption Expenditure
- PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
- PMK: Pattali Munnetra Kazhagam
- PCS: Provincial Civil Service
- PIGS: Poor Indian Graduate Student
- PRS: Passenger Reservation System
- PWI: Permanent Way Inspector
- PPP: Public Private Partnership
- PGPBF: Post Graduate Programme in Banking & Finance
- PIT: Personal Income Tax
- PSU: Public Sector Undertaking
Q
- QCBS: Quality and Cost Based Selection
- QIB: Qualified Institutional Buyer
- QIP: Qualified Institutional Placement
- QMG: Quarter Master General
- QR: Quantitative Restriction
- QMS: Quality Management System
R
- RAW: Research and Analysis Wing
- R&D: Research & Development
- REER: Real Effective Exchange Rate
- RAF: Rapid Action Force
- RAM: Random Access Memory
- RBI: Reserve Bank of India
- RCC: Reinforced Concrete Cement
- RDF: Rapid Development Force
- RDS: Radio Data Servicing
- RDSS: Radio Determination Satellite Service
- REACH: Rehabilitate, Educate and Support Street Children
- 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
- RSS: Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh
- RSS: Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
- RAF: Rapid Action Force
- RIMC: Rashtriya Indian Military College
- RLEGP: Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
- RBI: Reserve Bank of India
- RCC: Remote Control Centre
- REV: Reverse motion
- RCS: Registar of Co-operative Societies
- REGP: Rural Employment Generation Program
- RSVP: Repondez s’il vous plait (Fr.) reply, if you please
- RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement System
- RCF: Railway Coach Factory
- RU Russian Federation
- RAC: Reservation Against Cancellation
- RLWL: Running Line Waiting List
- RE: Revised Estimates
- RDX: Research Department Explosive
- ROM: Read Only Memory
- RPM: Revolutions Per Minute
- REGRET/WL1: No More Booking Permitted
- RLWL: Remote Location Wait List
- REGP: Rural Employment Generation Programme
- RJD: Rashtriya Janata Dal
- RSVP: Repondez S,ll Vous Plait (reply, if you please)
- RIDF: Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
- RDSO: Research, Design and Standards Organization
- ROMA: Railway Officers’ Medical Association
- RoA: Return on Assets
- RAC: Reservation Against Cancellation
- RAW: Research & Analysis Wing
- RNCPS: Redeemable Non-Cumulative Preference Shares
- RPF: Railway Protection Force
- RBIA: Risk Based Internal Audit
- RMS: Railway Mail Service
- RPF: Railway Pension Fund
- RCC: Regional Complaints Committee
- RSC: Railway Staff College
- RNRI: Returned Non Resident Indian
- RS: Rajya Sabha
- RP: Residence Permit
- RTO: Regional Transport Office
- RVNL: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
- RR: Refreshment Room
- RRC: Reactor Research Centre
- RRF: Railway Reserve Fund
- RBSC: Reserve Bank Staff College
- RB: Railway Board
- RBSS: Railway Board Secretariat Services
- RDI: Research & Development by Industry
- REC: Regional Engineering Colleges
- RTR: Ready to Run
- RTI: Right to Information
- RITES: Rail India Technical and Economic Services
- RTP: Reserve Tranche Position
- RC: Reconstruction Company
- ROE: Return on Equity
- ROSC: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes
- RTRC: Railway Testing and Res
- RPCD: Rural Planning and Credit Department
- RRB: Regional Rural Bank
- RPNNL: Rashtriya Pariyojana Nirman Nigam Limited
- RCIL: Railtel Corporation of India, Ltd.
- RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement
- RWWCO: Railway Women’s Welfare Central Organization
- RLD: Rashtriya Lok Dal
S
- SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India
- SECI: Solar Energy Corporation of India
- SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
- SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
- SAIL: Steel Authority of India
- SCR: South Central Railway
- SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
- 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
- SCI: Shipping Corporation of India
- SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- SCOPE: Standing Conference on Public Enterprises
- SDO: Sub-Divisional Officer
- SDR: Special Drawing Rights (created by the World Bank)
- SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India
- SFC: Strategic Forces Command
- SGPC: Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
- SGRY: Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana
- SGSY: Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
- SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India
- SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- S/L: Shunting Limit
- SPTM: Self-Printing Ticket Machine
- SER: South Eastern Railway
- Sensex: Sensitive Index
- SAD: Shiromani Akali Dal
- SG: Singapore
- SDDS: Special Data Dissemination Standards
- SAMIS: Service Area Monitoring and Information System
- SEZ: Special Economic Zone
- SFC: State Finance Corporations
- SAP: State Agricultural Plan
- SARFAESI: Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest
- SLR: Sri Lanka Railways
- SIR: South Indian Railway
- SBI: State Bank of India
- SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India
- SIT: Special Investigation Team
- SITE: Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
- SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- SMS: Short Messaging Service; Subscriber Management System
- 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
- SSN: Social Security Number
- STARS: Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
- START: Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
- STEP: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park
- SCRA: Special Class Railway Apprentice
- SEB: State Electricity Board
- S&T: Signaling & Telecommunications
- SC: Scheduled Caste
- STD: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- SCB: Scheduled Commercial Bank
- SIDC: State Industrial Development Corporation
- STT: Securities Transaction Tax
- SWAN: State-wide Area Network
- SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunications
- SIS: Secret Intelligence Service
- SITA: Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act
- SMS: Subscriber Management System
- SNIPES: Society for the National Institutes of Physical Education and Sports
- SDL: State Development Loan
- SHS: Shivsena
- SR: Southern Railway
- SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India
- SLBM: Submarine Launch Balistic Missile
- SACP: Special Agricultural Credit Plans
- SAD: Single Administrative Document
- SFMS: Structured Financial Messaging System
- SC: Securitisation Companies
- SGL: Subsidiary General Ledger
- SHG: Self-Help Groups
- SP: Samajwadi Party
- SPCA: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
- SPICMC: Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture
- STPI: Software Technology Parks of India
- SSD: Satellite System Division
- SSN: Social Security Number
- STD: Subscribers Trunk Dialing
- SP: Samata Party
- SIPS: Systemically Important Payment System
- SFURTI: Scheme for Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries
- SDR: Special Drawing Rights
- SITP: Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks
- SMO: Special Market Operations
- SLAF: Second Liquidity Adjustment Facility
- SEO: Search Engine Optimization
- SEO: Satellite for Earth Observation
- SLA(IC): Sundry Liabilities Account (Interest Capitalisation)
- ST: Scheduled Tribe
- SL: Sleeper class
- SEATO: South East Asia treaty Organization
- SIV: Structured Investment Vehicle
- SP: Superintendent of Police
- SME: Small and Medium Enterprises
- SLB: Securities Lending and Borrowing
- StCB: State Co-operative Bank
- STCRC: Short-Term Co-operative Rural Credit
- SPMCIL: Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd.
- SPV: Special Purpose Vehicle
- SC: Supreme Court
- SC: Schedule Caste
- SATO: South Atlantic Treaty Organization
- SATTE: South Asian Travel and Tourism Exchange
- SCHIL: Stock Holding Corporation of India
- SCI: Shipping Corporation of India
- SCL: Space Corporation Limited
- SDR: Special Drawing Rights
- SEARCH: Society for Environmental Awareness and Rehabilitation of Child and Handicapped
- SEATO: South East Asia Treaty Organization
- SEEPZ: Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone
- SREP: Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process
- SSP: Senior Superintendent of Police
- SIRO: Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- SDM: Sub-Divisional Magistrate
- SAP : System Analysis and Program Development
- SM: Station Master
- SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- SLBC: State Level Bankers’ Committee
- SIFI: Systemically Important Financial Intermediaries
- SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Tax
- SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India
- STR: Suspicious Transaction Report
- STRIPS: Separate Trading for Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
- ST: Scheduled Tribe
- SBI: State Bank of India
- SAFMA: South Asian Free Media Association
- SAHR: South Asians for Human Rights
- SAI: Sports Authority of India
- SDI: Strategic Defence Initiative
- STO: State Treasury Office
- SFURTI: Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavangers
- SSS: Securities Settlement System
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T
- TADA: Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act
- TFCI: Tourism Finance Corporation of India
- TAC: Technical Advisory Committee
- TA: Traveling Allowance
- TB: Tuberculosis
- TAG: Technical Advisory Group
- TAFCUB: Task Force for Urban Co-operative Bank
- TBO: Town Booking Office
- TMS: Train Management System
- TS: Train Superintendent
- 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
- TDC: Transport Development Council
- TDS: Tax Deduction at Source
- TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal
- TERLS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
- TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- TIN: Tax Information Network
- TINXSYS: Tax Information Exchange System
- TISCO: Tata Iron and Steel Company
- TMC: Terrain Mapping Camera
- TMO: Telegraphic Money Order
- TFP: Total Factor Productivity
- TCP: Transfer Call Protocol
- TFT: Thin-Film Transistor
- TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- TMO: Telegraphic Money Order
- TTFI: Table Tennis Federation of India
- TWHS: Traditional Water Harvesting Systems
- TWMF: Third World Monetary Fund
- TWSI: Tourism and Wild Life Sozciety of India
- TMO: Telegraphic Money
- TV: Television
- TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
- TNT: Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive)
- 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
- TTFI: Table Tennis Federation of India
- TDP: Telugu Desam
- TMC: Trina Mool Congress
- TN: Tamil Nadu
- TAB: Train Air Brake
- TAWD: Train Actuated Warning Device
- TMS: Train Management System
- T/out: Turnout
- TT: Timetable
- TFM: Total Fatty Matter
- TPA: Third Party Administrator
- TSS: Toxic shock syndrome
- TTE: Travelling Ticket Examiner
- TQ: Tatkal Quota
- TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
- TELEX: Teleprinter Exchange
- TRELS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
- TGIT: Telecom Group on Information Technology
- TIFAC: Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council
- TRT: Traffic Recovery Time
- TMSM: Training Methods and Skills for Managers
- TFTS: Trade for Trade Settlement
- TXR: Train Examiner
- TIN: Tax Information Network
- TALF: Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
- TFC: Twelfth Finance Commission
- TACDE: Tactics & Aircrafts Development Establishment
- TAPS: Tarapur Atomic Power Station
- TB: Tuberculosis
- TCI: Trading Corporation of India
- TS: Trend Stationary
- TTE: Traveling Ticket Examiner
- TELEX: Tele Printer Exchange
- TQM: Total Quality Management
- TUFS: Technology Upgraded Fund Scheme
- TELCO: Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co.
- TMT: Thermo Mechanically Treated
- ToRs: Terms of References
U
- USFDA: United States Food and Drug Administration
- NSCOM: United Nations Special Commission
- UNTAG: United Nations Transition Assistance Group
- UGC: University Grants Commission
- UNMISS: United Nations Mission in South Sudan
- UDC: University Development Commission
- UFO: Unidentified Flying Object
- UHT: Ultra High Temperature
- UPS: Uninterrupted Power Supply
- UAE: United Arab Emirates
- UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- UF: United Front
- UFO: Unidentified Flying Object
- UGC: University Grants Commission
- 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
- UNFPO: United Nations Fund for Population Activities
- UNCRC: United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child
- UK: United Kingdom
- US: United States
- UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission in International Trade Law
- UPTN: Universal Personal Tele Number
- UPU: Universal Postal Union
- UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India
- UANC: United African National Council
- UBLF: United Bengali Liberation Front
- UDC: Upper Division Clerk
- ULFA: United Liberation Front of Asom
- USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
- UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
- UNCHS: United Nations Commission on Human Settlements
- UDI: Unilateral Declaration of Independence
- UEEM: Universalization of Elementary Education Mission
- ULFA: United Liberation Front of Assam
- UNAEC: United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
- UNCLOS: United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea
- UNCSTD: United Nations Conference on Sciences and Technology for Development
- UNCTC: United Nations Counter Terrorism Committee
- UEC: Universal Emergency Communication
- UPF: Unity Power Factor
- UPA: United Progressive Alliance
- UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Commission
- UNI: United News of India
- UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund
- UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
- UNRRA: United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- UNTAC: United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia
- UPA: United Progressive Alliance
- UPSC: Union Public Service Commission
- URL: Uniform Resource Locator
- UTIL: Unit Trust of India
- USA: United States of America
- USAID: United States Agency for International Development
- UNI: United News of India
- UNISPACE: United Nations Conference on Exploration and Peaceful Usage of Outer Space
- USIS: United States Information Service
- UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
- UBD: Urban Banks Department
- UT: Union Territory
- USD: United States Dollar
- UPTN: Universal Personal Telephone Number
- USA: United States of America
- USIS: United States Information Service
- UNICEF: United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund
- UNESCO United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNECAFE: United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East
- UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force
- UNFCC: United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
- UNFPA: United Nations Framework for Population Activities
- UNHCR: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
- UCB: Urban Cooperative Bank
- UNO: United Nations Organization
- UAR: United Arab Republic
- USITC: United States International Trade Corporation
- UNRRA: United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- UTS: Unreserved Ticketing System
- UPROV: Union for Protection of New Varieties of Plants
- UPSC: Union Public Service Commission
- UNMIL: United Nations Mission in Libra
- UNMOVIC: United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission
- UNICO: Umbrella Organisation for Large Cooperative Banks in Europe
- UP: Uttar Pradesh
- UNME: Urban Non-Manual Employees
- UCN: Uniform Code Number
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V
- VKGUY: Vishesh Krishi Gram Udyog Yojana
- VPP: Value Payable Post
- VRDE: Vehicle Research and Development Establishment
- VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme
- Vol: Volume
- VAT: Value Added Tax
- VCO: Viceroy Commissioned Officer
- VAT: Value-added Tax
- VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra
- VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
- VHRR: Very High Resolution Radiometer
- VIP: Very Important Person
- VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
- VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
- VPN: Virtual Private Network
- VPP: Value Payable Post
- VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme
- VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminals
- VAR: Vector Autoregression
- VTMS: Versel Traffic Management System
- VVF: Village Volunteer Force
- VG: Vegetarian
- VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under Siege
- VRML: Virtual Reality Modelling Language
- VPN: Virtual Private Network
- VC: Vice-Chancellor
- VIC: Virtual Information centre
- VSNL: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
- VSSC: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- VC: Vice-Chancellor
- VC: Victoria Cross
- VABAL: Value Based Advanced License
- VIP: Very Important Person
- VPP: Value Payable Post
- VaR: Value at Risk
- VHP: Vishwa Hindu Parishad
W
- WEF: World Economic Forum
- WGEEP: Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel
- WIPR: West of India Portuguese Railway
- WR: Western Railway
- WCCB: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
- WCAR: World Conference Against Racism
- WEF: World Economic Forum
- WFC: World Food Council
- WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance
- WWF: War Wounded Foundation
- WWW: World Wide Web
- WB: World Bank
- WWFI: World Wide Fund for Nature India
- WWPA: World Wild Life Protection Agency
- WAP: Wheel and Axle Plant
- WANO: World Association of Nuclear Operators
- WAY: World Assembly of Youth
- WEF: World Economic Forum
- WB: West Bengal
- 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
- WLL: Wireless in Local Loop
- WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction
- WR: Western Railway
- WTO: World Trade Organisation (previously called GATT); also World Tourism Organisation
- WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get
- WL, W/L: Waiting List; Wait-Listed
- WHO: World Health Organization
- WMO: World Meteorological Organization
- WPI: Wholesale Price Index
- WINISIS: Window Integrated Set of Information System
- WWF: World Wild Life Fund
- WADR: Weighted Average Discount Rate
- WFTU: World Federation of Trade Union
- WIDF: Women’s International Democratic Federation
- WTO: World Trade Organisation
- W/T: Without Ticket
- WEO: World Economic Outlook
- WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
- WIPSA: Women’s Initiative for Peace in South Asia
- WMA: Ways and Means Advances
- WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
- WITT: Waterfalls Institute of Technology Transfer
- WSIS: World Summit on the Information Society
- WSS: Weekly Statistical Supplement
X
- XBRL: eXtensible Business Reporting Language
- Xmas: Christmas
- XML: Extensible Markup Language
Y
- Y-o-Y: Year-on-Year
- YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association
- YWCA: young women’s Christian Association
Z
- ZTC: Zonal Training Centre
- ZBB: Zero Base Budgeting
- ZETA: Zero Energy Thermo Nuclear Assembly
- ZPZ: Zero Population Growth
- ZIFT: Zygote Intra fallopian Transfer
- ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan
- ZS: Zoological Society
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