Abbreviations

Abbreviations

A

AAFI
AAPSO
AASU
ABM
AC
ACC
AD
ADB
AERE
AGOC
AICC
AICTE
AIDS
AIFE
AIIMS
AIL
AIMPLB
AIR
AITUE
AM
ANC
APEC
APSC
ASEAN
ASLV
ASI
ASSOCHAM
ASWAC
ATS

Amateur Athletics Federation of India
Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation
All Assam Students Union
Anti Ballistic Missile
Alternate Current / Ashok Chakra / Air Conditioner / Antarctic Club
Anxillary Cadet Core
Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)
Asian Development Bank .
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Asian Games Organisation Committee
All India Congress Committee
All India Council of Technical Education
Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
All India Football Federation
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Aeronautics India Limited
All India Muslim Personal Law Board
All India Radio (Broadcasting)
All India Trade Union Congress
Anti Meridian (Before Noon)
African National Congress
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Army Postal Services Core
Association of South East Asian Nations
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
Archaeological Survey of India
Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)
Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control
Anti Tetanus Serum

B

BAMS
BARC
BBC
BC
BCG
BCCI
BEL
BENELUX
BHEL
BIFR

BIMSTEC
BIS
B Pharma
BSF

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
British Broadcasting Corporation
Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus)
Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)
Board of Control for Cricket in India
Bharat Electronics Limited
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg
Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board)
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
Bureau of Indian Standards
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Border Security Force

C

CAD
CAG
CARE
CASE
CAT
CAZRI
CBI
CBSE
CCEA
CCS
C-DAC
CDMA
CDRI
CDS
CHOGM
CID
CIS
CISF
CITU
CNG
COD
COFEPOSA
CPO
CPRI
CRPF
CRR
CSIR
CSO
CTS
CVC

Command Area Development
Comptroller and Auditor General
Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy
Central Administrative Tribunal, Computerised Axial Tomography
Central Arid Zone Research Institute
Central Bureau of Investigation
Central. Board of Secondary Education
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
Cabinet Committee on Security
Centre For Development of Advance Computing
Code Division Multiple Access
Central Drug Research Institute
Compulsory Deposit Scheme
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Criminal Investigation Department
Commonwealth of Independent States
Central Industrial Security Force
, Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Compressed Natural Gas
Central Ordnance Depot
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
Central Passport Organisation
Central Power Research Institute
Central Reserve Police Force
Cash Reserve Ratio
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Central Statistical Organisation
Computerised Tomography Scanner
Central Vigilance Commission

D

DDT
DFDR
DIG
D.Lit.
DM
DMK
DNA
DPAP
DPC
DPSA
DRDO
DTH
DVD

Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane
'Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)'
Deputy Inspector General
Doctor of Literature
District Magistrate
Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid
'Drought Prone Area Programme
Dabhol Power Company
Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft
Defence Research and Development Organisation
Direct to Home
Digital Versatile Disk

E

EAS
ECD
ECG
EEC
EEG
ELISA
EMF
EPABX
EPZ
ERDA
ESMA
EVM
EXIM Bank

Employment Assurance Scheme
European Central Bank
Electro Cardiogram
European Economic Community
Electro Encephalogram
Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
Electromotive Force
Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
Export Processing Zone
Energy Research and Development Administration
Essential Services Maintenance Act
Electronic Voting Machine
Export-Import Bank of India

F

FAO
FBI
FBTR
FCI
FDR
FERA
FEMA
FICCI
FIPB
FIR
FRS
FTII
FTZ

Food and Agriculture Organisation
Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
Fast Breeder Test Reactor
Food Corporation of India / Fertilizer Corporation of India
Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
Foreign Exchange Management Act
Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Foreign Investment Promotion Board
First Information Report
Fellow of the Royal Society
Films and Television Institute of India
Free Trade Zone

G

GAIL
GATT
GIC
GMT
GNLF
GNP
GPF
GPO
GPS
GSI

Gas Authority of India Limited
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
General Insurance Corporation
Greenwich Mean Time
Gorkha National Liberation Front
Gross National Product
General Provident Fund
General Post Office
Global Positioning System
Geological Survey of India

H

HAC
HAL
HCF
HDFC
HIV
HMT
HUDCO
HYVS

Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Highest Common Factor
Housing Development Finance Corporation
Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
Hindustan Machine Tools
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
High Yield Variety Seeds

I

IAAI
lAC
IAEA
IARI
IBRD
ICAR
ICBM
ICC
ICFTU
ICICI
ICJ
ICMR
ICSI
IDA
IDBI
IDO
IDPL
IFA
IFCI
IFFI
IFFCO
IFTU
IIPA
lIS
IISCO
lIT
ILO
IMA
IMF
INGCA
INS
INSAT
INTELSAT
INTERPOL
INTUC
IOC
IPC
IPKF
IQ
IRBM
IRC
IRDA
IRDP
ISB
ISM
ISO
ISP
ISRO
IST
ITBP
ITDC
ITPO
ITO
ITUC

International Airport Authority of India
Indian Airlines Corporation
International Atomic Energy Agency
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
International Cricket Council
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
International Court of Justice
Indian Council of Medical Research
Indian Company Secretaries Institute
International Development Agency
Industrial Development Bank of India
International Defence Organisation
Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
Indian Football Association
Industrial Finance Corporation of India
International Film Festival of India
Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative
International Federation of Trade Unions
Indian Institute of Public Administration
Indian Institute of Sciences
Indian Iron and Steel Company
Indian Institute of Technology
International Labour Organisation
Indian Military Academy
International Monetary Fund
Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art
Indian Naval Ship
Indian National Satellite
International Telecommunication Satellite
International Police Organisation
Indian National Trade Union Congress
International Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation
Indian Penal Code
Indian Peace Keeping Force
Intelligence Quotient
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
International Red Cross
Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
Integrated Rural Development Programme
Indian Standard Bureau
Indian School of Mines
International Organisation for Standardisation
Internet Services Provider
Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Standard Time
Indo-Tibet Border Police
Indian Tourism Development Corporation
Indian Trade Promotion Organisation
International Trade Organisation
Indian Trade Union Congress

J
JMM

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

K
KG

Kinder Garten

L

LASER
LIC
LLB
LLM
LMG
LoC
LoAC
LPG
LSD
LTTE

Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Life Insurance Corporation of India
Bachelor of Law
Master of Law
Light Machine Gum
Line of Control (Pakistan)
Line of Actual Control (China)
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Lysergic acid di-ethylamide
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam

M
MA
MASER
MBA
MBBS
MBT
MCA
MCC
MD
MFN
MI
MISA
MIT
MLA
MLC
MNC
MRCP
MRCS
MRTPC
MODVAT		 Master of Arts
Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Main Battle Tank
Monetary Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer Application
Melbourne Cricket Club
Doctor of Medicine
Most Favoured Nation
Military Intelligence
Maintenance of Internal Security Act
Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Member of Legislative Council
Multi National Corporation
Member of Royal College of Physicians
Member of Royal College of Surgeons
Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
Modified Value Added Tax

N
NABARD
NACO
NAEP
NAFED
NAFTA
NAPP
NASA
NASDAQ
NASSCOM
NATO
NCW
NCCR
NCERT
NDA
NDDB
NDF
NEERI
NEFA
NEPA
NFDC
NFL
NHRC
NICO
NIDC
NIIT
NIMHANS
NITIE
NMDS
NMEP
NOIDA
NPC
NPP
NPT
NRDC
NREP
NRI
NSC
NSSO
NTC
NTPC		 National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
National AIDS Control Organisation
National Adult Education Programme
National Agricultural and Marketing Federation
North American Free Trade Agreement
Narora Atomic Power Plant
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
National Association of Security Dealer's Active Quotation
National Association of Software & Service Companies
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
National Commission for Women
National Council for Civil Right
National Council of Educational Research & Training
National Defence Academy
National Dairy Development Board (Anand, Gujarat)
National Defence Fund .
National Environment Engineering Research Institute
North-East Frontier Agency
National Environment Protection Authority
National Film Development Corporation
National Fertilizer Limited
National Human Rights Commission
New Information and Communication Order
National Industrial Development Corporation
National Institute of Information Technology
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences
National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering
National Missile Defence System (US)
National Malaria Eradication Programme
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
National Productivity Council
National Population Policy
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
National Research and Development Corporation
National Rural Employment Programme
Non Resident Indian
National Security Council
National Sample Survey Organisation
National Textile Corporation
National Thermal Power Corporation

O

OGL
OIL
OK
ONGC
OPEC

 Open General Licence
Oil India Limited
All Correct
Oil and Natural Gas Commission
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

P

PCI
PCS
Ph. D
PIN
PLO
PM
POTA
PSLV
PTI
PRO
PTO
PVC
PVSM
PWD
PWG

 Press Council of India
Provincial Civil Services
Doctor of 'Philosophy
Posial lndex Number
Palestine Liberation Organisation
Post Meridian / Prime Minister
Prevention of Terrorism Act
Polar. Satellite Launch Vehicle
Press Trust of India
Public Relations Officer
Please Turn Over
Poly Vinyl Chloride / Paramvir Chakra
Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Public Work's Department
People's War Group

Q
QED
QEF
QEI
QMG

Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved)
Quod Erat Faciendum (Which was to be done)
Quod Erat Inveniendum (Which was to be found)
Quarter Master General

R
RADAR
RAW
R & D
RBI
RCC
RDX
RIMC
RMS
RLEGP
RNA
RPM
RSS
RTO		 Radio Angle Direction and Range
Research and Analysis Wing
Research and Development
Reserve Bank of India
Reinforced Cement Concrete
Research Developed Explosive
Rashtriya Indian Military College
Railway Mail Service
Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
Ribonucleic Acid
Revolutions Per Minute
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Regional Transport Officer

S

SAARC
SAC
SAFTA
SAI
SAIL
SAPTA
SARS
SC
SCI
SCOPE
SCRA
SDR
SEBI
SGPC
SHAR
SIDBI
SIS
SITA
SLV
SPCA
SPICMC
STARS
STD
STPI
SWAPO

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Space Application Centre
South Asian Free Trade Agreement
Sports Authority of India
Steel Authority of India Limited
South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Security Council/Supreme Court
Shipping Corporation of India
Standing Conference of Public Enterprises
Special Class Railway Apprentice
Special Drawing Rights
Security Exchange Board of India
Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee
Shri Harikota Range
Small Industries Development Bank of India
Secret Intelligence Service (U.K)
Suppression of .Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act
Satellite Launch Vehicle
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture
Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
Subscribers Trunk Dialing
Software Technology Parks of India
South West African People's Organisation

T
TA
TC
TELCO
TELEX
TISCO
TNT
TOEFL
TRAI
TRIPS
TTE
TTFI
TWA		 Travelling Aliowance / Territorial Anmy
Transfer Certificate, Trusteeship Council
Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
Teleprinter Exchange
Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited
Tri-nitro-toluene
Test of English as a Foreign Language
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
Travelling Ticket Examiner
Table Tennis Federation of India
Trans World Airlines (USA)

U
UDC
UFO
UGC
UHT
ULFA
UNCTAD
UNDP
UNEF
UNEP
UNESCO
UNFPA
UNHCR
UNI
UNICEF
UNO
UPS
UPSC
USP
USSR
UTI		 Upper Division Clerk
Unidentified Flying Object
University Grants Commission
Ultra High Temperature
United Liberation Front of Assam
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Emergency Force
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation
United Nations for Population Activities
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
United News of India
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
United Nations Organisation
Uninterrupted Power Supply
Union Public Service Commission
Unique Selling Proposition,
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
Unit Trust of India

V
VAT
VDIS
VC
VIP
VPP
VRS
VSNL
VSSC		 Value Added Tax
Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
Vice-Chancellor / Victoria Cross
Very Important Person
Value Payable Post
Voluntary Retirement Scheme
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

W

WEF
WHO
WILL
WMO
WWF
WPI
WTO
WWF
WWW

 World Economic Forum
World Health Organisation
Wireless in Local Loop
World Meteorological Organisation
World Wild Life Fund
Wholesale Price Index
World Trade Organisation
World Wild Life Fund for Nature
World Wide Web

X
X-tian Christian

Y

YMCA
YWCA

 Young Men's Christians Association
Young Women's Christians Association

Z

ZBB
ZPG
ZS
ZSI

 Zero Based Budgeting
Zero Population Growth
Zoological Society
Zoological Survey of India
GK
INFO
Study Material