ADB Asian Development Bank
AFSPA Armed Forces Special Powers Act
AI Amnesty International
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
APEC Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASBA Application Supported by Blocked Account
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASLV Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
BAFTA British Academy of Film and Television Award
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BIFR Board for Industrial Financial Reconstruction
BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation
BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
BPL Below Poverty Line
BRICS Brazil–Russia–India–China–South Africa
BSE Bombay Stock Exchange
CAG Comptroller and Auditor General of India
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
CASA Current Account Saving Account
CBDT Central Board for Direct Taxes
CBEC Central Board for Excise and Customs
CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIBIL Credit Information Bureau of India Limited
CII Co-federation of Indian Industry
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CPI Consumer Price Index
CRR Cash Reserve Ratio
CSIR Council of Science and Industrial Research
CSO Central Statistical Organization
CTS Cheque Truncation System
CTT Commodity Transaction Tax
CVC Central Vigilance Commission
DICGC Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
DTAA Double Tax Avoidance Agreement
DTC Direct Tax Code
ECG Electro Cardiogram
ECS Electronic Clearing System
ELSS Equity Link Saving Scheme
EMI Equated Monthly Instalment
EPFO Employee Provident Fund Organization
FCCB Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act
FICCI Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
FIFA Federation International Football Association
FII Foreign Institutional Investor
FSSAI Food safety and Standards Authority of India
G-7 Group Seven
GAAR General Anti-Avoidance Rules
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GIC General Insurance Corporation
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GNP Gross Notional Product
GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GST Goods and Service Tax
HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICAR Indian Council of Agriculture Corporation of India
ICC International Cricket Council
ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
ICJ International court of Justice (Hague)
IDA International Development Agency
IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India
IFC International Finance Corporation
IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of India
IIP Index of Industrial Production
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMF International Monetary Fund (Washington)
INSAT Indian National Satellite System
IPO Initial Public Offer
IRDA Insurance Regulatory Development Agency
ISI Indian Standard Institute
ISO International Standard Organization
ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation (Bangaluru)
JHF Joint Hindu Family
KVIC Khadi and Village Industries Corporation
KVP Kishan Vikas Patra
KYC Know your customer
LIC Life insurance corporation of India
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LTV Loan To Value
MCX Multi Commodity Exchange
MF Mutual Fund
MICR Magnetic ink character recognition
MNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
MSF Marginal Standing Facility
MSME Micro Small Medium Enterprise
MUDRA Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency
NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NARI National Repository of Information for Women
NASA National Aeronautic and space administration
NASSCOM National Association of Software and Service Companies
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NBFC Non-Banking Finance Company
NCERT National council of education research and training
NDC National Development Council
NEFT National Electronic Fund Transfer
NGO Non-Government Organization
NHAI National Highway Authority of India
NHB National Housing Bank
NHRC National Human Right Commission
NITI Ayog National Institution for Transforming India
NPA Non-Performing Assets
NRHM National Rural Health Mission
NSC National Saving Certificate
NSDL National Security Depository Limited
NSE National Stock Exchange
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PAN Permanent Account Number
PDS Public Distribution System
PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PIN Personal Identification Number
PNR Passenger Numerical Record
PPF Public Provident Fund
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
PRL Physical Research Laboratory (Ahmedabad)
RDBMS Relation Database Management System
RIDF Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
RRB Regional Rural Bank
RTGS Real time gross settlement
S & P Standard & Poor
SAARC The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SBF Small Business Finance
SCO Shanghai Corporation Organisation
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
SENSEX Sensitivity Index
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SFMS Structured Financial Messaging Service
SGB Sovereign Gold Bond
SGSY Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
SHG Self Help Group
SIDBI Small Industrial Development bank of India
SIP Systematic Investment Plan
SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SPV Special Purpose Vehicle
SSI Small Scale Industries
STT Securities Transaction Tax
SWIFT Society for Worldwide Inter financial Telecommunication
SWOT Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats
TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
UDAN Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik
UGC University Grants Commission
UIDAI Unique Identification Authority of India
ULIP Unit Linked Insurance Policy
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(Paris)
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (Geneva)
WHO World Health Organisation (Geneva)
WTO World Trade Organisation (Geneva)
