|
Abbreviation
|
Stands For
|
|
AAFI
|
Amateur Athletics
Federation of India
|
|
AAPSO
|
Afro-Asian People's
Solidarity Organisation
|
|
AASU
|
All Assam Students
Union
|
|
ABM
|
Anti Ballistic
Missile
|
|
AC
|
Alternate Current OR
Air Conditioner
|
|
ACC
|
Ancillary Cadet Core
|
|
AD
|
Ano Domini (After
the birth of Jesus)
|
|
ADB
|
Asian Development
Bank.
|
|
AERE
|
Atomic Energy
Research Establishment
|
|
AGOC
|
Asian Games
Organisation Committee
|
|
AICC
|
All India Congress
Committee
|
|
AICTE
|
All India Council of
Technical Education
|
|
AIDS
|
Acquired Immuno
Deficiency Syndrome
|
|
AIFE
|
All India Football
Federation
|
|
AIIMS
|
All India Institute
of Medical Sciences
|
|
AIL
|
Aeronautics India
Limited
|
|
AIMPLB
|
All India Muslim
Personal Law Board
|
|
AIR
|
All India Radio
(Broadcasting)
|
|
AITUE
|
All India Trade
Union Congress
|
|
AM
|
Anti Meridian
(Before Noon)
|
|
ANC
|
African National
Congress
|
|
APEC
|
Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation
|
|
APSC
|
Army Postal Services
Core
|
|
ASEAN
|
Association of South
East Asian Nations
|
|
ASLV
|
Augmented Satellite
Launch Vehicle
|
|
ASI
|
Archaeological
Survey of India
|
|
ASSOCHAM
|
Associated Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (India)
|
|
ASWAC
|
Airborne
Surveillance Warning and Control
|
|
ATS
|
Anti Tetanus Serum
|
|
BAMS
|
Bachelor of
Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
|
|
BARC
|
Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre
|
|
BBC
|
British Broadcasting
Corporation
|
|
BC
|
Before Christ
(Before the birth of Jesus)
|
|
BCG
|
Bacillus Calmette
Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)
|
|
BCCI
|
Board of Control for
Cricket in India
|
|
BEL
|
Bharat Electronics
Limited
|
|
BENELUX
|
Belgium, Netherlands
and Luxemburg
|
|
BHEL
|
Bharat Heavy
Electronics Limited
|
|
BIFR
|
Board of Industrial
Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board)
|
|
BIMSTEC
|
Bangladesh, India,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
|
|
BIS
|
Bureau of Indian
Standards
|
|
B Pharma
|
Bachelor of Pharmacy
|
|
BSF
|
Border Security
Force
|
|
CAD
|
Command Area
Development
|
|
CAG
|
Comptroller and
Auditor General
|
|
CARE
|
Cooperative for
American Relief Everywhere
|
|
CASE
|
Commission for
Alternative Sources of Energy
|
|
CBI
|
Central Bureau of
Investigation
|
|
CBSE
|
Central. Board of
Secondary Education
|
|
CCEA
|
Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs
|
|
CCS
|
Cabinet Committee on
Security
|
|
C-DAC
|
Centre For
Development of Advance Computing
|
|
CDMA
|
Code Division
Multiple Access
|
|
CDRI
|
Central Drug
Research Institute
|
|
CHOGM
|
Commonwealth Heads
of Government Meeting
|
|
CID
|
Criminal
Investigation Department
|
|
CIS
|
Commonwealth of
Independent States
|
|
CISF
|
Central Industrial
Security Force
|
|
CITU
|
Centre of Indian
Trade Unions
|
|
CLAT
|
Common Law Admission
Test (Started May 2008)
|
|
CNG
|
Compressed Natural
Gas
|
|
COD
|
Central Ordnance
Depot
|
|
COFEPOSA
|
Conservation of
Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
|
|
CPO
|
Central Passport
Organisation
|
|
CPRI
|
Central Power
Research Institute
|
|
CRPF
|
Central Reserve
Police Force
|
|
CRR
|
Cash Reserve Ratio
|
|
CSIR
|
Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research
|
|
CSO
|
Central Statistical
Organisation
|
|
CTS
|
Computerised
Tomography Scanner
|
|
CVC
|
Central Vigilance
Commission
|
|
DDT
|
Dichloro Diphenyle
Tri-chloroethane
|
|
DFDR
|
'Digital Flight Data
Recorder (Black box)'
|
|
DIG
|
Deputy Inspector
General
|
|
D. Lit.
|
Doctor of Literature
|
|
DM
|
District Magistrate
|
|
DMK
|
Dravida Munetra
Kazhagam
|
|
DNA
|
Di-oxyribo-Nucleic
Acid
|
|
DPAP
|
'Drought Prone Area
Programme
|
|
DPC
|
Dabhol Power Company
|
|
DRDO
|
Defence Research and
Development Organisation
|
|
DTH
|
Direct to Home
|
|
DVD
|
Digital Versatile
Disk
|
|
EAS
|
Employment Assurance
Scheme
|
|
ECD
|
European Central
Bank
|
|
ECG
|
Electro Cardiogram
|
|
EEC
|
European Economic
Community
|
|
EEG
|
Electro
Encephalogram
|
|
ELISA
|
Enzyme Linked Immuno
Sorbent Assay
|
|
EMF
|
Electromotive Force
|
|
EPABX
|
Electronic Private
Automatic Branch Exchange
|
|
EPZ
|
Export Processing
Zone
|
|
ERDA
|
Energy Research and
Development Administration
|
|
ESMA
|
Essential Services
Maintenance Act
|
|
EVM
|
Electronic Voting
Machine
|
|
EXIM Bank
|
Export-Import Bank
of India
|
|
FAO
|
Food and Agriculture
Organisation
|
|
FBI
|
Federal Bureau of
Investigation (USA)
|
|
FBTR
|
Fast Breeder Test
Reactor
|
|
FCI
|
Food Corporation of
India / Fertilizer Corporation of India
|
|
FDR
|
Flight Data Recorder
(Black Box)
|
|
FERA
|
Foreign Exchange
Regulation Act
|
|
FEMA
|
Foreign Exchange
Management Act
|
|
FICCI
|
Federation of India
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
|
|
FIPB
|
Foreign Investment
Promotion Board
|
|
FIR
|
First Information
Report
|
|
FRS
|
Fellow of the Royal
Society
|
|
FTII
|
Films and Television
Institute of India
|
|
FTZ
|
Free Trade Zone
|
|
GAIL
|
Gas Authority of
India Limited
|
|
GATT
|
General Agreement on
Tariff and Trade
|
|
GIC
|
General Insurance
Corporation
|
|
GMT
|
Greenwich Mean Time
|
|
GNLF
|
Gorkha National
Liberation Front
|
|
GNP
|
Gross National
Product
|
|
GPF
|
General Provident
Fund
|
|
GPO
|
General Post Office
|
|
GPS
|
Global Positioning
System
|
|
GSI
|
Geological Survey of
India
|
|
HAC
|
Hindustan Aluminium
Corporation
|
|
HAL
|
Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited
|
|
HCF
|
Highest Common
Factor
|
|
HDFC
|
Housing Development
Finance Corporation
|
|
HIV
|
Human
Immuno-deficiency Virus
|
|
HMT
|
Hindustan Machine
Tools
|
|
HUDCO
|
Housing and Urban
Development Corporation
|
|
HYVS
|
High Yield Variety
Seeds
|
|
IAAI
|
International
Airport Authority of India
|
|
lAC
|
Indian Airlines
Corporation
|
|
IAEA
|
International Atomic
Energy Agency
|
|
IARI
|
Indian Agricultural
Research Institute
|
|
IBRD
|
International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
|
|
ICAR
|
Indian Council of
Agricultural Research
|
|
ICBM
|
Inter Continental
Ballistic Missile
|
|
ICC
|
International
Cricket Council
|
|
ICFTU
|
International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions
|
|
ICICI
|
Industrial Credit
and Investment Corporation of India Limited
|
|
ICJ
|
International Court
of Justice
|
|
ICMR
|
Indian Council of
Medical Research
|
|
ICSI
|
Indian Company
Secretaries Institute
|
|
IDA
|
International
Development Agency
|
|
IDBI
|
Industrial
Development Bank of India
|
|
IDO
|
International
Defence Organisation
|
|
IDPL
|
Indian Drugs and
Pharmaceuticals Limited
|
|
IFA
|
Indian Football
Association
|
|
IFCI
|
Industrial Finance
Corporation of India
|
|
IFFI
|
International Film
Festival of India
|
|
IFFCO
|
Indian Farmers
Fertilizers Cooperative
|
|
IFTU
|
International
Federation of Trade Unions
|
|
IIPA
|
Indian Institute of
Public Administration
|
|
IIS
|
Indian Institute of
Sciences
|
|
IISCO
|
Indian Iron and
Steel Company
|
|
IIT
|
Indian Institute of
Technology
|
|
ILO
|
International Labour
Organisation
|
|
IMA
|
Indian Military
Academy
|
|
IMF
|
International
Monetary Fund
|
|
INGCA
|
Indira Gandhi
Gallery for Culture and Art
|
|
INS
|
Indian Naval Ship
|
|
INSAT
|
Indian National
Satellite
|
|
INTELSAT
|
International
Telecommunication Satellite
|
|
INTERPOL
|
International Police
Organisation
|
|
INTUC
|
Indian National
Trade Union Congress
|
|
IOC
|
International
Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation
|
|
IPC
|
Indian Penal Code
|
|
IPKF
|
Indian Peace Keeping
Force
|
|
IQ
|
Intelligence
Quotient
|
|
IRBM
|
Intermediate Range
Ballistic Missile
|
|
IRC
|
International Red
Cross
|
|
IRDA
|
Insurance Regulatory
Development Authority
|
|
IRDP
|
Integrated Rural
Development Programme
|
|
ISB
|
Indian Standard
Bureau
|
|
ISM
|
Indian School of
Mines
|
|
ISO
|
International
Organisation for Standardisation
|
|
ISP
|
Internet Services
Provider
|
|
ISRO
|
Indian Space
Research Organisation
|
|
IST
|
Indian Standard Time
|
|
ITBP
|
Indo-Tibet Border
Police
|
|
ITDC
|
Indian Tourism
Development Corporation
|
|
ITPO
|
Indian Trade
Promotion Organisation
|
|
ITO
|
International Trade
Organisation
|
|
IUCN
|
International Union
for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
|
|
ITUC
|
Indian Trade Union
Congress
|
|
JMM
|
Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha
|
|
KG
|
Kinder Garten
|
|
LASER
|
Light Amplification
By Stimulated Emission of Radiation
|
|
LIC
|
Life Insurance
Corporation of India
|
|
LLB
|
Bachelor of Law
|
|
LLM
|
Master of Law
|
|
LMG
|
Light Machine Gum
|
|
LoC
|
Line of Control
(Pakistan)
|
|
LoAC
|
Line of Actual
Control (China)
|
|
LPG
|
Liquefied Petroleum
Gas
|
|
LSD
|
Lysergic acid
diethylamide
|
|
LTTE
|
Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Elam
|
|
MA
|
Master of Arts
|
|
MASER
|
Microwave
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
|
|
MBA
|
Master of Business
Administration
|
|
MBBS
|
Bachelor of Medicine
and Bachelor of Surgery
|
|
MBT
|
Main Battle Tank
|
|
MCA
|
Monetary
Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer Application
|
|
MCC
|
Melbourne Cricket
Club
|
|
MD
|
Doctor of Medicine
|
|
MFN
|
Most Favoured Nation
|
|
MI
|
Military
Intelligence
|
|
MISA
|
Maintenance of
Internal Security Act
|
|
MIT
|
Mechachusates
Institute of Technology (USA)
|
|
MLA
|
Member of
Legislative Assembly
|
|
MLC
|
Member of
Legislative Council
|
|
MNC
|
Multi National
Corporation
|
|
MRCP
|
Member of Royal
College of Physicians
|
|
MRCS
|
Member of Royal
College of Surgeons
|
|
MRTPC
|
Monopoly and
Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
|
|
MODVAT
|
Modified Value Added
Tax
|
|
NABARD
|
National Bank for
Agricultural and Rural Development
|
|
NACO
|
National AIDS
Control Organisation
|
|
NAEP
|
National Adult
Education Programme
|
|
NAFED
|
National
Agricultural and Marketing Federation
|
|
NAFTA
|
North American Free
Trade Agreement
|
|
NAPP
|
Narora Atomic Power
Plant
|
|
NASA
|
National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (USA)
|
|
NASDAQ
|
National Association
of Security Dealer's Active Quotation
|
|
NASSCOM
|
National Association
of Software & Service Companies
|
|
NATO
|
North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation
|
|
NCW
|
National Commission
for Women
|
|
NCCR
|
National Council for
Civil Right
|
|
NCERT
|
National Council of
Educational Research & Training
|
|
NDA
|
National Defence
Academy
|
|
NDDB
|
National Dairy
Development Board
|
|
NDF
|
National Defence
Fund.
|
|
NEERI
|
National Environment
Engineering Research Institute
|
|
NEFA
|
North-East Frontier
Agency
|
|
NEPA
|
National Environment
Protection Authority
|
|
NFDC
|
National Film
Development Corporation
|
|
NFL
|
National Fertilizer
Limited
|
|
NHRC
|
National Human
Rights Commission
|
|
NICO
|
New Information and
Communication Order
|
|
NIDC
|
National Industrial
Development Corporation
|
|
NIIT
|
National Institute
of Information Technology
|
|
NIMHANS
|
National Institute
of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences
|
|
NITIE
|
National Institute
for Training in Industrial Engineering
|
|
NMDS
|
National Missile
Defence System (US)
|
|
NMEP
|
National Malaria
Eradication Programme
|
|
NOIDA
|
New Okhla Industrial
Development Authority
|
|
NPC
|
National
Productivity Council
|
|
NPP
|
National Population
Policy
|
|
NPT
|
Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty
|
|
NRDC
|
National Research
and Development Corporation
|
|
NREP
|
National Rural
Employment Programme
|
|
NRI
|
Non Resident Indian
|
|
NSC
|
National Security
Council
|
|
NSSO
|
National Sample
Survey Organisation
|
|
NTC
|
National Textile
Corporation
|
|
NTPC
|
National Thermal
Power Corporation
|
|
OGL
|
Open General Licence
|
|
OIL
|
Oil India Limited
|
|
OK
|
All Correct
|
|
ONGC
|
Oil and Natural Gas
Commission
|
|
OPEC
|
Organisation of
Petroleum Exporting Countries
|
|
PCI
|
Press Council of
India
|
|
PCS
|
Provincial Civil
Services
|
|
Ph. D
|
Doctor of
'Philosophy
|
|
PIN
|
Postal lndex Number
|
|
PLO
|
Palestine Liberation
Organisation
|
|
PM
|
Post Meridian /
Prime Minister
|
|
POTA
|
Prevention of
Terrorism Act
|
|
PSLV
|
Polar. Satellite
Launch Vehicle
|
|
PTI
|
Press Trust of India
|
|
PRO
|
Public Relations
Officer
|
|
PTO
|
Please Turn Over
|
|
PVC
|
Poly Vinyl Chloride
/ Paramvir Chakra
|
|
PVSM
|
Param Vishisht Seva
Medal
|
|
PWD
|
Public Work's
Department
|
|
PWG
|
People's War Group
|
|
QED
|
Quod Erat
Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved)
|
|
QEF
|
Quod Erat Faciendum
(Which was to be done)
|
|
QEI
|
Quod Erat
Inveniendum (Which was to be found)
|
|
QMG
|
Quarter Master
General
|
|
RADAR
|
Radio Angle
Direction and Range
|
|
RAW
|
Research and
Analysis Wing
|
|
R & D
|
Research and
Development
|
|
RBI
|
Reserve Bank of
India
|
|
RCC
|
Reinforced Cement
Concrete
|
|
RDX
|
Research Developed
Explosive
|
|
RIMC
|
Rashtriya Indian
Military College
|
|
RMS
|
Railway Mail Service
|
|
RLEGP
|
Rural Landless
Employment Guarantee Programme
|
|
RNA
|
Ribonucleic Acid
|
|
RPM
|
Revolutions Per
Minute
|
|
RSS
|
Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
|
|
RTO
|
Regional Transport
Officer
|
|
SAARC
|
South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation
|
|
SAC
|
Space Application
Centre
|
|
SAFTA
|
South Asian Free
Trade Agreement
|
|
SAI
|
Sports Authority of
India
|
|
SAIL
|
Steel Authority of
India Limited
|
|
SAPTA
|
South Asian
Preferential Trade Arrangement
|
|
SARS
|
Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome
|
|
SC
|
Security
Council/Supreme Court
|
|
SCI
|
Shipping Corporation
of India
|
|
SCOPE
|
Standing Conference
of Public Enterprises
|
|
SCRA
|
Special Class
Railway Apprentice
|
|
SDR
|
Special Drawing
Rights
|
|
SEBI
|
Security Exchange
Board of India
|
|
SGPC
|
Siromani Gurudwara
Prabandhak Committee
|
|
SHAR
|
Shri Harikota Range
|
|
SIDBI
|
Small Industries
Development Bank of India
|
|
SIS
|
Secret Intelligence
Service (U.K)
|
|
SITA
|
Suppression of
.Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act
|
|
SLV
|
Satellite Launch
Vehicle
|
|
SPCA
|
Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
|
|
SPICMC
|
Society for the
Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture
|
|
STARS
|
Satellite Tracking
and Ranging Station
|
|
STD
|
Subscribers Trunk
Dialing
|
|
STPI
|
Software Technology
Parks of India
|
|
SWAPO
|
South West African
People's Organisation
|
|
TA
|
Travelling Aliowance
/ Territorial Anmy
|
|
TELCO
|
Tata Engineering and
Locomotive Company
|
|
TELEX
|
Teleprinter Exchange
|
|
TISCO
|
Tata Iron and Steel
Company Limited
|
|
TNT
|
Tri-nitro-toluene
|
|
TOEFL
|
Test of English as a
Foreign Language
|
|
TRAI
|
Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India
|
|
TRIPS
|
Trade Related
Intellectual Property Rights
|
|
TTE
|
Travelling Ticket
Examiner
|
|
TTFI
|
Table Tennis
Federation of India
|
|
TWA
|
Trans World Airlines
(USA)
|
|
UDC
|
Upper Division Clerk
|
|
UFO
|
Unidentified Flying
Object
|
|
UGC
|
University Grants
Commission
|
|
UHT
|
Ultra High
Temperature
|
|
ULFA
|
United Liberation
Front of Assam
|
|
UNASUR
|
Union of South
American Nations (Spanish: Unión de Naciones Suramericanas)
|
|
UNCTAD
|
United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
|
|
UNDP
|
United Nations
Development Programme
|
|
UNEF
|
United Nations
Emergency Force
|
|
UNEP
|
United Nations
Environment Programme
|
|
UNESCO
|
United Nations
Economic Social and Cultural Organisation
|
|
UNFPA
|
United Nations for
Population Activities
|
|
UNHCR
|
United Nations High
Commission for Refugees
|
|
UNI
|
United News of India
|
|
UNICEF
|
United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund
|
|
UNO
|
United Nations
Organisation
|
|
UPS
|
Uninterrupted Power
Supply
|
|
UPSC
|
Union Public Service
Commission
|
|
USSR
|
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republic
|
|
UTI
|
Unit Trust of India
|
|
VAT
|
Value Added Tax
|
|
VDIS
|
Voluntary Disclosure
of Income Scheme
|
|
VC
|
Vice-Chancellor /
Victoria Cross
|
|
VIP
|
Very Important
Person
|
|
VPP
|
Value Payable Post
|
|
VRS
|
Voluntary Retirement
Scheme
|
|
VSNL
|
Videsh Sanchar Nigam
Limited
|
|
VSSC
|
Vikram Sarabhai
Space Centre
|
|
WEF
|
World Economic Forum
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WHO
|
World Health
Organisation
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WILL
|
Wireless in Local
Loop
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WMO
|
World Meteorological
Organisation
|
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WWF
|
World Wild Life Fund
|
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WPI
|
Wholesale Price
Index
|
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WTO
|
World Trade
Organisation
|
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WWF
|
World Wild Life Fund
for Nature
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WWW
|
World Wide Web
|
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YMCA
|
Young Men's
Christians Association
|
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YWCA
|
Young Women's
Christians Association
|
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ZBB
|
Zero Based Budgeting
|
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ZSI
|
Zoological Survey of
India
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