Important Abbreviation (India)

Sr. No.	Abbreviation	Stands For
1	AAFI	Amateur Athletics Federation of India
2	AAPSO	Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation
3	AASU	All Assam Students Union
4	ABM	Anti Ballistic Missile
5	AC	Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner
6	ACC	Ancillary Cadet Core
7	AD	Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)
8	ADB	Asian Development Bank.
9	AERE	Atomic Energy Research Establishment
10	AGOC	Asian Games Organisation Committee
11	AICC	All India Congress Committee
12	AICTE	All India Council of Technical Education
13	AIDS	Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
14	AIFE	All India Football Federation
15	AIIMS	All India Institute of Medical Sciences
16	AIL	Aeronautics India Limited
17	AIMPLB	All India Muslim Personal Law Board
18	AIR	All India Radio (Broadcasting)
19	AITUE	All India Trade Union Congress
20	AM	Anti Meridian (Before Noon)
21	ANC	African National Congress
22	APEC	Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
23	APSC	Army Postal Services Core
24	ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nations
25	ASLV	Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
26	ASI	Archaeological Survey of India
27	ASSOCHAM	Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)
28	ASWAC	Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control
29	ATS	Anti Tetanus Serum
30	BAMS	Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
31	BARC	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
32	BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
33	BC	Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus)
34	BCG	Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)
35	BCCI	Board of Control for Cricket in India
36	BEL	Bharat Electronics Limited
37	BENELUX	Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg
38	BHEL	Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
39	BIFR	Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board)
40	BIMSTEC	Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
41	BIS	Bureau of Indian Standards
42	B Pharma	Bachelor of Pharmacy
43	BSF	Border Security Force
44	CAD	Command Area Development
45	CAG	Comptroller and Auditor General
46	CARE	Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
47	CASE	Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy
48	CBI	Central Bureau of Investigation
49	CBSE	Central. Board of Secondary Education
50	CCEA	Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
51	CCS	Cabinet Committee on Security
52	C-DAC	Centre For Development of Advance Computing
53	CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
54	CDRI	Central Drug Research Institute
55	CHOGM	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
56	CID	Criminal Investigation Department
57	CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
58	CISF	Central Industrial Security Force
59	CITU	Centre of Indian Trade Unions
60	CLAT	Common Law Admission Test (Started May 2008)
61	CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
62	COD	Central Ordnance Depot
63	COFEPOSA	Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
64	CPO	Central Passport Organisation
65	CPRI	Central Power Research Institute
66	CRPF	Central Reserve Police Force
67	CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
68	CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
69	CSO	Central Statistical Organisation
70	CTS	Computerised Tomography Scanner
71	CVC	Central Vigilance Commission
72	DDT	Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane
73	DFDR	‘Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)’
74	DIG	Deputy Inspector General
75	D. Lit.	Doctor of Literature
76	DM	District Magistrate
77	DMK	Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
78	DNA	Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid
79	DPAP	‘Drought Prone Area Programme
80	DPC	Dabhol Power Company
82	DRDO	Defence Research and Development Organisation
83	DTH	Direct to Home
84	DVD	Digital Versatile Disk
85	EAS	Employment Assurance Scheme
86	ECD	European Central Bank
87	ECG	Electro Cardiogram
88	EEC	European Economic Community
89	EEG	Electro Encephalogram
90	ELISA	Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
91	EMF	Electromotive Force
92	EPABX	Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
93	EPZ	Export Processing Zone
94	ERDA	Energy Research and Development Administration
95	ESMA	Essential Services Maintenance Act
96	EVM	Electronic Voting Machine
97	EXIM Bank	Export-Import Bank of India
98	FAO	Food and Agriculture Organisation
99	FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
100	FBTR	Fast Breeder Test Reactor
101	FCI	Food Corporation of India / Fertilizer Corporation of India
102	FDR	Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)
103	FERA	Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
104	FEMA	Foreign Exchange Management Act
105	FICCI	Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry
106	FIPB	Foreign Investment Promotion Board
107	FIR	First Information Report
108	FRS	Fellow of the Royal Society
109	FTII	Films and Television Institute of India
110	FTZ	Free Trade Zone
111	GAIL	Gas Authority of India Limited
112	GATT	General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
113	GIC	General Insurance Corporation
114	GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
115	GNLF	Gorkha National Liberation Front
116	GNP	Gross National Product
117	GPF	General Provident Fund
118	GPO	General Post Office
119	GPS	Global Positioning System
120	GSI	Geological Survey of India
121	HAC	Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
122	HAL	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
123	HCF	Highest Common Factor
124	HDFC	Housing Development Finance Corporation
125	HIV	Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
126	HMT	Hindustan Machine Tools
127	HUDCO	Housing and Urban Development Corporation
128	HYVS	High Yield Variety Seeds
129	IAAI	International Airport Authority of India
130	lAC	Indian Airlines Corporation
131	IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
132	IARI	Indian Agricultural Research Institute
133	IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
134	ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
135	ICBM	Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
136	ICC	International Cricket Council
137	ICFTU	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
138	ICICI	Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
139	ICJ	International Court of Justice
140	ICMR	Indian Council of Medical Research
141	ICSI	Indian Company Secretaries Institute
142	IDA	International Development Agency
143	IDBI	Industrial Development Bank of India
144	IDO	International Defence Organisation
145	IDPL	Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
146	IFA	Indian Football Association
147	IFCI	Industrial Finance Corporation of India
148	IFFI	International Film Festival of India
149	IFFCO	Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative
150	IFTU	International Federation of Trade Unions
151	IIPA	Indian Institute of Public Administration
152	IIS	Indian Institute of Sciences
153	IISCO	Indian Iron and Steel Company
154	IIT	Indian Institute of Technology
155	ILO	International Labour Organisation
156	IMA	Indian Military Academy
157	IMF	International Monetary Fund
158	INGCA	Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art
159	INS	Indian Naval Ship
160	INSAT	Indian National Satellite
161	INTELSAT	International Telecommunication Satellite
162	INTERPOL	International Police Organisation
163	INTUC	Indian National Trade Union Congress
164	IOC	International Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation
165	IPC	Indian Penal Code
166	IPKF	Indian Peace Keeping Force
167	IQ	Intelligence Quotient
168	IRBM	Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
169	IRC	International Red Cross
170	IRDA	Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
171	IRDP	Integrated Rural Development Programme
172	ISB	Indian Standard Bureau
173	ISM	Indian School of Mines
174	ISO	International Organisation for Standardisation
175	ISP	Internet Services Provider
176	ISRO	Indian Space Research Organisation
177	IST	Indian Standard Time
178	ITBP	Indo-Tibet Border Police
179	ITDC	Indian Tourism Development Corporation
180	ITPO	Indian Trade Promotion Organisation
181	ITO	International Trade Organisation
182	IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
183	ITUC	Indian Trade Union Congress
184	JMM	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
185	KG	Kinder Garten
186	LASER	Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation
187	LIC	Life Insurance Corporation of India
188	LLB	Bachelor of Law
189	LLM	Master of Law
190	LMG	Light Machine Gum
191	LoC	Line of Control (Pakistan)
192	LoAC	Line of Actual Control (China)
193	LPG	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
194	LSD	Lysergic acid diethylamide
195	LTTE	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
196	MA	Master of Arts
197	MASER	Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
198	MBA	Master of Business Administration
199	MBBS	Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
200	MBT	Main Battle Tank
201	MCA	Monetary Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer Application
202	MCC	Melbourne Cricket Club
203	MD	Doctor of Medicine
204	MFN	Most Favoured Nation
205	MI	Military Intelligence
206	MISA	Maintenance of Internal Security Act
207	MIT	Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA)
208	MLA	Member of Legislative Assembly
209	MLC	Member of Legislative Council
210	MNC	Multi National Corporation
211	MRCP	Member of Royal College of Physicians
212	MRCS	Member of Royal College of Surgeons
213	MRTPC	Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
214	MODVAT	Modified Value Added Tax
215	NABARD	National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
216	NACO	National AIDS Control Organisation
217	NAEP	National Adult Education Programme
218	NAFED	National Agricultural and Marketing Federation
219	NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
220	NAPP	Narora Atomic Power Plant
221	NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
222	NASDAQ	National Association of Security Dealer’s Active Quotation
223	NASSCOM	National Association of Software & Service Companies
224	NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
225	NCW	National Commission for Women
226	NCCR	National Council for Civil Right
227	NCERT	National Council of Educational Research & Training
228	NDA	National Defence Academy
229	NDDB	National Dairy Development Board
230	NDF	National Defence Fund.
231	NEERI	National Environment Engineering Research Institute
232	NEFA	North-East Frontier Agency
233	NEPA	National Environment Protection Authority
234	NFDC	National Film Development Corporation
235	NFL	National Fertilizer Limited
236	NHRC	National Human Rights Commission
237	NICO	New Information and Communication Order
238	NIDC	National Industrial Development Corporation
239	NIIT	National Institute of Information Technology
240	NIMHANS	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences
241	NITIE	National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering
242	NMDS	National Missile Defence System (US)
243	NMEP	National Malaria Eradication Programme
244	NOIDA	New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
245	NPC	National Productivity Council
246	NPP	National Population Policy
247	NPT	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
248	NRDC	National Research and Development Corporation
249	NREP	National Rural Employment Programme
250	NRI	Non Resident Indian
251	NSC	National Security Council
252	NSSO	National Sample Survey Organisation
253	NTC	National Textile Corporation
254	NTPC	National Thermal Power Corporation
255	OGL	Open General Licence
256	OIL	Oil India Limited
257	OK	All Correct
258	ONGC	Oil and Natural Gas Commission
259	OPEC	Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
260	PCI	Press Council of India
261	PCS	Provincial Civil Services
262	Ph. D	Doctor of ‘Philosophy
263	PIN	Postal lndex Number
264	PLO	Palestine Liberation Organisation
265	PM	Post Meridian / Prime Minister
266	POTA	Prevention of Terrorism Act
267	PSLV	Polar. Satellite Launch Vehicle
268	PTI	Press Trust of India
269	PRO	Public Relations Officer
270	PTO	Please Turn Over
271	PVC	Poly Vinyl Chloride / Paramvir Chakra
272	PVSM	Param Vishisht Seva Medal
273	PWD	Public Work’s Department
274	PWG	People’s War Group
275	QED	Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved)
276	QEF	Quod Erat Faciendum (Which was to be done)
277	QEI	Quod Erat Inveniendum (Which was to be found)
278	QMG	Quarter Master General
279	RADAR	Radio Angle Direction and Range
280	RAW	Research and Analysis Wing
281	R & D	Research and Development
282	RBI	Reserve Bank of India
283	RCC	Reinforced Cement Concrete
284	RDX	Research Developed Explosive
285	RIMC	Rashtriya Indian Military College
286	RMS	Railway Mail Service
287	RLEGP	Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
288	RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
289	RPM	Revolutions Per Minute
290	RSS	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
291	RTO	Regional Transport Officer
292	SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
293	SAC	Space Application Centre
294	SAFTA	South Asian Free Trade Agreement
295	SAI	Sports Authority of India
296	SAIL	Steel Authority of India Limited
297	SAPTA	South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement
298	SARS	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
299	SC	Security Council/Supreme Court
300	SCI	Shipping Corporation of India
301	SCOPE	Standing Conference of Public Enterprises
302	SCRA	Special Class Railway Apprentice
303	SDR	Special Drawing Rights
304	SEBI	Security Exchange Board of India
305	SGPC	Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee
306	SHAR	Shri Harikota Range
307	SIDBI	Small Industries Development Bank of India
308	SIS	Secret Intelligence Service (U.K)
309	SITA	Suppression of .Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act
310	SLV	Satellite Launch Vehicle
311	SPCA	Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
312	SPICMC	Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture
313	STARS	Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
314	STD	Subscribers Trunk Dialing
315	STPI	Software Technology Parks of India
316	SWAPO	South West African People’s Organisation
317	TA	Travelling Aliowance / Territorial Anmy
318	TELCO	Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
319	TELEX	Teleprinter Exchange
320	TISCO	Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited
321	TNT	Tri-nitro-toluene
322	TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language
323	TRAI	Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
324	TRIPS	Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
325	TTE	Travelling Ticket Examiner
326	TTFI	Table Tennis Federation of India
327	TWA	Trans World Airlines (USA)
328	UDC	Upper Division Clerk
329	UFO	Unidentified Flying Object
330	UGC	University Grants Commission
331	UHT	Ultra High Temperature
332	ULFA	United Liberation Front of Assam
333	UNASUR	Union of South American Nations (Spanish: Unión de Naciones Suramericanas)
334	UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
335	UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
336	UNEF	United Nations Emergency Force
337	UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
338	UNESCO	United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation
339	UNFPA	United Nations for Population Activities
340	UNHCR	United Nations High Commission for Refugees
341	UNI	United News of India
342	UNICEF	United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
343	UNO	United Nations Organisation
344	UPS	Uninterrupted Power Supply
345	UPSC	Union Public Service Commission
346	USSR	Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
347	UTI	Unit Trust of India
348	VAT	Value Added Tax
349	VDIS	Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
350	VC	Vice-Chancellor / Victoria Cross
351	VIP	Very Important Person
352	VPP	Value Payable Post
353	VRS	Voluntary Retirement Scheme
354	VSNL	Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
355	VSSC	Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
356	WEF	World Economic Forum
357	WHO	World Health Organisation
358	WILL	Wireless in Local Loop
359	WMO	World Meteorological Organisation
360	WWF	World Wild Life Fund
361	WPI	Wholesale Price Index
362	WTO	World Trade Organisation
363	WWF	World Wild Life Fund for Nature
364	WWW	World Wide Web
365	YMCA	Young Men’s Christians Association
366	YWCA	Young Women’s Christians Association
367	ZBB	Zero Based Budgeting
368	ZSI	Zoological Survey of India