Abbreviations A to Z

      A

·         AAFI- Amateur Athletic Federation of India

·         AAPSO- Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation 

·         ABM-Anti Ballistic Missiles    

·         A.C- Alternating Current/Air Conditioner 

·         A.D- Anno Domin(After the birth of Jesus)

·         ADB- Asian Development Bank

·         A.G- Accountant General

·         AICTE- All India Council of Technical Education

·         AITUC-All India Trade Union Congress

·         AIDS-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

·         AIIMS-All India Institute of Medical Sciences

·         AIR-All India Radio; Annual Information report      

·         AJT-Advanced Jet Trainer  

·         a.m- Ante meridiem        

·         A.R.P- Air Raid Precaution  

·         ASEAN-Association of South East Asian Nations

·         ASLV- Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

·         ASSOCHAM- Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry

·         ATR-Action Taken Report

·         ATS- Anti Terrorist Squad (India)/Anti Tetanus Serum

·         AWACS-Airborne Warning and Control System     

     B

·         B.A- Bachelor of Arts

·         BAMS- Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery

·         BARC-Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

·         BBC-British Broadcasting Corporation

·         BC- Before Christ

·         BCCI-The Board Of Control For Cricket In India

·         BCG-Bacillus Calmette Guerin

·         BEL- Bharat Electronics Limited

·         B.Ed.- Bachelor of Education

·         BHEL- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

·         BIFR-Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

·         BIMSTEC-The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation 

·         B Pharma-Bachelor of Pharmacy

·         BIOS-Basic Input Output System

·         BMD-Ballistic Missile Defense System

·         B.S.F- Boarder Security Force  

     C

·         CAD- Computer-aided Design/Command Area Development

·         CA-Chartered Accountant

·         CEC-Chief Election Commissioner 

·         CET- Common Entrance Test

·         CHOGM- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

·         CID- Crime Investigation Department

·         CISF- Central Industrial Security Force

·         CRAC-Cyber Regulation Advisory Council

·         CRDI-Common Rail Direct Injection

·         CRPF-Central Reserve Police Force

·         CRR-Cash Reserve Ratio

·         CSIR-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

·         CSO- Central Statistical Organisation

·         CTBT-Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

·         CVC- Central Vigilance Commission

        

      D

·         DAVP-Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity

·         DDT-Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro ethane

·         DIG- Deputy Inspector General 

·         DNA-De-oxyribo Nucleic Acid

·         DRDO- Defence Research & Development Organisation

·         DTH-Direct to Home

·         DVD-Digital Versatile Disc

      E

·         EC- Executive Council

·         ECG-Electro Cardio-gram

·         ECS-Electronic Cleaning Service

·         EEC- European Economic Community

·         EEG-Electro-encephalography

·         ESCAP- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

·         ESMA-Essential Services Maintenance Act

·         EMI-Equated Monthly Instalment

·         ESMA-Essential Services Maintenance Act

·         EVM-Electronic Voting Machine

·         Exim Bank-Export-Import Bank of India

      F

·         FAO- Food and Agriculture Organisation

·         FBI-Federal Bureau of Investigation

·         FDI-Foreign Direct Investment

·         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

·         FIR-First Information Report

·         FII-Foreign Institutional Investors

·         FIPB-Foreign Investment Promotion Board

·         FLAG-Fiber Optic Link Around the Globe

·         FTP-File Transfer Protocol

      G

·         GATT- General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

·         GAIL-Gas Authority of India Limited

·         GDP-Gross domestic product 

·         GIST-Graphics and Intelligence-based Script Technology

·         GMT-Greenwich Mean Time

·         GPRS-General Packet Radio System

·         GPS-Global Positioning System

·         GSI-Geological Survey of India 

·         GST-Goods and Service Tax

      H

·         HAL-Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

·         HDFC-Housing Development Finance Corporation

·         HDI-Human Development Index

·         HDTV-High Definition Television

·         HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus

·         HMT-Hindustan Machine Tools 

·         HTML-Hyper Text Markup Language

·         HTTP-Hype Text Transfer Protocol

·         HUDCO-Housing and Urban Development Corporation

      I

·         IAEA- International Atomic Energy Agency

·         IAS- Indian Administrative service

·         IBPS- Institute of Banking Personnel Selection

·         ICAS- Indian Civil Accounts Service

·         ICC-International Cricket Council

·         ICDS-Integrated Child Development Scheme

·         ICJ-International Court of Justice

·         ICMR- Indian Council of Medical Research 

·         IDA- International Development Association

·         IDES- Indian Defence Estate Service

·         IFAD- International Fund for Agricultural Development

·         IFC- International Finance Corporation

·         IFS- Indian Foreign Service

·         IGNOU-Indira Gandhi National Open University

·         IIS- Indian information Service

·         ILO- International Labour Organisation

·         INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization

·         IOC-International Olympic Committee

·         IPS- Indian police service

·         IQ-Intelligence Quotient

·         IRDP-Integrated Rural Development Programme 

·         IRPS- Indian Railway Personnel Service

·         IRS- Indian Revenue Service

·         ISD-International Subscriber Dialling

·         ISRO-Indian Space Research Organisation

·         IST-Indian Standard Time 

·         ITU- International Telecommunication Union

      J

·         JMM-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

·         JPC-Joint Parliamentary Committee

·         JPEG-Joint Photographic Experts Group

     K

·         Kg-Kilograms

·         KPO-Knowledge Process Outsourcing

    

      L

·         LASER-Light Amplification (by) Stimulated Emission (of) Radiation

·         LCA-Light Combat Aircraft

·         LL.B-Bachelor of Laws

·         LL.M-Master of Laws

·         LOAC-Line of Actual Control

·         LTA-Light Transport Aircraft

·         LTTE-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

      M

·         MA-Master of Arts

·         MBA-Master of Business Administration

·         MBBS-Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

·         MCA-Master of Computer Applications

·         MFN-Most Favoured Nation

·         MICR-Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

·         MIP-Moon Impact Probe

·         MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology

·         MLA-Member of Legislative Assembly

·         MMS-Multimedia Messaging Service

·         MNC-Multinational Corporations

·         MODEM-Modulator-Demodulator

·         MRI-Magnetic Resonance Imaging

·         MVC-Maha Vir Chakra

      N

·         NABARD-National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development

·         NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration

·         NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization

·         NAV-Net Asset Value

·         NCC-National Cadet Corps

·         NCERT-National Council of Education Research and Training

·         NHRC-National Human Rights Commission

·         NPR-National Population Register

·         NRI-Non Resident Indian

·         NSE-National Stock Exchange

     O

·         OGL-Open General License

·         OIL-Oil India Limited

·         ONGC-Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 

·         OPEC-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies

      P

·         PAN-Permanent Account Number

·         PCO- Public Call Office

·         Ph.D-Doctor of Philosophy

·         PIN-Postal Index Number/Personal Identification Number 

·         PM-Post Meridiem

·         POTA-Prevention of Terrorism Act

·         PVC-Polyvinyl Chloride/Param Vir Chakra

·         PVSM-Param Vishisht Sewa Medal

      R

·         RADAR- Radio Detection And Ranging

·         RAF-Rapid Action Force

·         RAW-Research and Analysis Wing

·         RBI-Reserve Bank of India

·         RCC-Reinforced Concrete Cement

·         RLV-Reusable Launch Vehicle

·         RNA-Ribonucleic Acid

·         RPM-Revolutions per Minute

·         R&D-Research and Development

     S

·         SAARC- South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation

·         SAFTA-South Asian Free Trade Area 

·         SAIL-Steel Authority of India Limited 

·         SARS-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

·         SATNAV-Satellite Navigation

·         SDR-Special Drawing Rights

·         SEBI-Securities and Exchange Board of India

·         SSA- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

·         STD-Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Subscriber Trunk Dialling

·         SWAPO-South West African Peoples Organization

·         SWIFT-Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunication

     T

·         TA-Travel Allowance

·         TADA-Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act

·         TDS-Tax Deduction at Source

·         TIFR-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

·         TIN-Tax Information Network

·         TISCO-Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited(Now TATA Steel)

·         TOEFL-Test of English as a Foreign Language

·         TTE-Traveling Ticket Examiner

     U

·         UGC-University Grants Commission

·         UN-United Nations

·         UNDP-United Nations Development Programme

·         UNEF-United Nations Emergency Force

·         UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

·         UNI- United News of India

·         UNICEF- United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

·         UNIDO- United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

·         UNEP- United Nations Environment Programme

·         UNHCR- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

·         USSR-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

      V

·         VAT-Value Added Tax 

·         VDIS-Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme

·         VLSI-Very Large Scale Integration

·         VOIP-Voice Over Internet Protocol

·         VPN-Virtual Private Network

·         VRS-Voluntary Retirement Scheme

·         VSAT-Very Small Aperture Terminals

     W

·         WEF-World Economic Forum

·         WHO-World Health Organisation

·         WIPO- World intellectual property Organisation

·         WLL-Wireless in Local Loop

·         WMD-Weapon of Mass Destruction

·         WTO-World Trade Organisation

·         WWF- World Wide Fund for Nature

·         WWW-World Wide Web

     Y-Z

·         YMCA-Young Men’s Christian Association

·         YWCA-Young Women’s Christian Association

·         ZPG-Zero Population Growth

·         ZSI-Zoological Survey of India