Imporant Abbreviation
| AAI: Airport Authority of India |
| AAP: Aam Aadmi Party |
| ACB: Anti Corruption Bureau |
| ADB: Asian Development Bank |
| AERB: Atomic Energy Regulatory Board |
| AFP: Agence France Presse |
| AFSPA :Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act |
| AG: Attorney General |
| AI: Artificial intelligence |
| AIADMK- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| AICTE: All India Council for Technical Education |
| AIIB: Asia/Pacific Group |
| AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Science |
| AIPMT: All India Pre-Medical Test |
| AISSF: All India Sikh Students Federation |
| AMC : Army Medical Corps |
| ASAP: As soon as possible |
| ASI: Archaeological Survey of India |
| ASSOCHAM: Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of |
| ATF: Aviation Turbine Fuel |
| ATS: Anti-Terrorism Squad |
| AWW: Anganwadi Workers |
| B2B: Business-to-Business |
| B2C: Business-to Consumer |
| BAFTA : British Academy of film and Television Arts |
| BALCO : Bharat aluminium Company Ltd |
| BARC : Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
| BASIC: Brazil, South Africa, India and China |
| BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BCCI: Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| BIFR: Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BPO: Business Process Outsourcing |
| BPS- Bits Per Second |
| BRDO: Border Road Development Organization |
| BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa |
| BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange |
| BSF: Border Security Force |
| BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party |
| CA: Cricket Australia |
| CAB: Cricket Association of Bengal |
| CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education |
| CAD: Computer-Aided Design |
| CAD: Current Account Deficit |
| CAG: Comptroller and Auditor General |
| CAS: Court of Arbitration for Sport |
| CAT: Central Administration Tribunal |
| CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes |
| CBEC: Central Board of Excise and Custom |
| CBFC: Central Board of Film Certification |
| CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation |
| CBSE: Central Board of Secondary Education |
| CBTC: Communication Based Train Control |
| CCC: Country Cricket Club |
| CCCC: Centre for Control of Chronic Conditions |
| CCI: Competition Commission of India |
| CEAB: Central Education Advisory Board |
| CENTO- Central Treaty Organization |
| CEO: Chief Executive Officer |
| CET: Common Entrance Test |
| CFBC: Central Board of Film Certification |
| CFL: Compact Fluorescent Lamp |
| CFSL: Central Forensic Science Laboratory |
| CIA: Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIC: Central Information Commission |
| CID: Crime Investigation Department |
| CII: Confederation on Indian Industry |
| CIL: Coal India Limited |
| CITU- Centre of Indian Trade Unions |
| CITU: Center of Indian Trade Union |
| CJI: Chief Justice of India |
| CLASS: Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools |
| CMD: Chairman & Managing Director |
| CMO: Chief Medical Officer |
| CNG: Compressed Natural Gas |
| CNN : Cable News Network |
| COAI: Cellular Operators Association of India |
| COD: Chief Operating Officer |
| COO: Chief Operating Officer |
| CPA: Commonwealth Parliamentary Research |
| CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board |
| CPEC: China- Pakistan Economic Corridor |
| CPI: Consumer Price Index |
| CPP: Congress Parliamentary Party |
| CPSE : Central Public Sector Enterprise |
| CRPC: Code of Criminal Procedure |
| CrPC: Criminal Procedure Code |
| CSIR: Council of Scientific & industrial Research |
| CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ben Treaty |
| CTET: Central Teacher Eligibility Test |
| CV: Curriculum Vitae |
| CVC : Central Vigilance Commission |
| CWE: Common Written Examination |
| DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity |
| DDP: Desert Development Programme |
| DFDR: Digital Flight Data Recorder |
| DGCEI: Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence |
| DGFT: Directorate General of Foregin Trade |
| DGMO: Director General Military Operations |
| DGP: Director General of Police |
| DIC: Digital India campaign |
| DICGC: Deposit Insurance Credit Guarantee Corporation |
| DIPP: Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion |
| DMAT: Dental and Medical Admission Test |
| DMK: Dravida Munnetra kazhagam |
| DMRC: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited |
| DMZ: De militarized Zone |
| DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOPT: Department off personal and Training |
| DOS: Department of Space |
| DoT : Department of Telecom |
| DRDO: Defense Research and Development Organization |
| DRI- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence |
| DRS: Decision Review System |
| DSLR: Digital Single- Lens Reflex |
| DST: Department of Science & Technology |
| DTAA: Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement |
| DTH: Direct to Home |
| DUSU: Delhi University Students Union |
| ECB: European Central Bank |
| ECG: Electrocardiogram |
| ECI: Election Commission of India |
| ECR: Electronic Challan cum Return |
| ED: Enforcement Directorate |
| EEC : European Economic Community |
| EFC: Expenditure Finance Committee |
| EIL: Engineers India Ltd |
| EMI- Equated Monthly Installment |
| EPA: Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPF: Employees’ Provident Fund |
| ESI: Employees’ State Insurance |
| ESMA: Essential Services Maintanance Act |
| EVM: Electronic Voting Machine |
| FAO : Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAQ: Frequently Asked Question |
| FATF: Financial Action Task Force |
| FCEB: Foreign currency Exchangeable Bonds |
| FCRA: Foreign Contribution Regulation Act |
| FCRA: Foreign Contribution Regulation Act |
| FDI: Foreign Investment Promotion Board |
| FEMA : Foreign Exchange Management Act |
| FICCI: federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
| FIFA: Federation International de Football Association |
| FII: Foreign Institutional Investors |
| FIMMDA: Fixed Income Money and Derivatives Association of India |
| FMS: Faculty of Management Studies |
| FOB: Foot over bridge |
| FPI: Foreign Portfolio Investors |
| FRS: Fellow of Royal Society |
| FTA: Free Trade Agreement |
| FTAA: Free Trade Area of the Americas |
| FTF: Foreign Terrorist Fighters |
| FTII: Film and Television Institute of India |
| FTZ- Free Trade Zone |
| FY: fiscal Year |
| GAGAN: GPS and geo augmented navigation system |
| GAIL : Gas Authority of India Limited |
| GDP: Gross domestic product |
| GDR: Global Depositary Receipt |
| GEO: Chief Executive Officer |
| GI: Geographical Indications |
| GIS: Global Positioning System |
| GJM: Gorkha janmukti Morcha |
| GMAT- Graduate Management Admission Test |
| GMO: genetically Modified Organism |
| GMT: Greenwich Mean Time |
| GNP: Gross national product |
| GPF : General Provident Fund |
| GPS: Global Positioning system |
| GSI: Geological Survey of India |
| GSLV: Geo Synchronous Satellite launch Vehicle |
| GST: goods and Service Tax |
| HAF: Hindu American Foundation |
| HAL: hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
| HAM-S: Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) |
| HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation |
| HIL: Hockey India League |
| HRD: Human Resource Development |
| HRW: Human Rights Watch |
| HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HUD: Heads-Up Display |
| HUDCO : Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited |
| HYVS: High Yielding Variety Seeds |
| IAAF: International Association of Athletics Federations |
| IAF: Indian Air Force |
| IAMAI: The Internet and Mobile Association of India |
| IANS: Indo- Asian News Service |
| IARI: Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
| IBM: Indian Bureau of Mines |
| IBPS: Institute of Banking Personal Selection |
| ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
| ICC: International Cricket Council |
| ICCU: Intensive Cardiac Care Unit |
| ICDS: Integrated Child Development Scheme |
| ICDS: Integrated Child Development Scheme |
| ICG: Indian Coast Guard |
| ICJR: Indian Council of Historical Research |
| ICSE: Indian Certificate of Secondary Education |
| IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India |
| IED: Improvised Explosive Device |
| IELTS: International English Language Testing System |
| IFS: Indian Foreign Services |
| IIM: Indian Institute of Management |
| IISC: Indian Institute of Science |
| IITF: India International Trade Fair |
| ILPS: Inner Line Permit System |
| IMD: India Meteorological Department |
| IMD: India Meteorological Department |
| IMD: Indian Meteorological Department |
| IMF: International Monetary Fund |
| IMF: International Monetary Fund |
| INDC: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions |
| INSA: Indian National satellite System |
| INSAT: Indian National Satellite |
| INSPIRE: Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research |
| InvITs: Infrastructure Investment Trusts |
| IOA: Indian Olympic Association |
| IOC : International Olympic Committee |
| IPC: Indian Penal Code |
| IPL- Indian Premier League |
| IPO: Initial public offering |
| IPS : India Police Service |
| IQ: Intelligent Quotient |
| IRNSS: Indian Regional Navigation Satellites System |
| IS: Islamic State |
| ISAF: International Security Assistant Force |
| ISI: Inter Services Intelligence |
| ISIS: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria |
| ISRO: Indian Space Research Organization |
| ISS: Integrated Security Systems |
| IST: India Standard Time |
| ISTRAC: ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network and |
| ITBP: Indo Tibetan Border Police |
| ITR: Income Tax Return |
| IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| IUML: Indian Union Muslim League |
| JDU: Janata Dal (United) |
| JEE: Joint Entrance Examination |
| JKNPP: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party |
| JNU: Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| JSPL : Jindal Steel and Power Limited |
| JVC: Joint Venture Company |
| KVP: Kissan Vikas Patra |
| LAC: Line of Actual Control |
| LASER : Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| LBA: Land Boundary Agreement |
| LBW: Leg before wicket |
| LCA: Light Combat Aircraft |
| LCA: Light Combat Aircraft |
| LDC : Lower Division Clerk |
| LED: Light Emitting Diode |
| LLM: Master of Law |
| LMO: Living modified organism |
| LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LTC: Leave Travel Concession |
| LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| MACT: Motor Accident Claim Tribunal |
| MARD: Men Against Rape and Discrimination |
| MAT: Minimum Alternate Tax |
| MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and volatile Evolution |
| MBPS: Megabytes Per Second |
| MCI- Medical Council of India |
| MEA: Ministry of External |
| MHA: Ministry of Home Affairs |
| MISA: Maintenance of Internal Security Act |
| MIT : Massachuetts Institute of Technology |
| MLA: Member of Legislative Assembly |
| MLC: Member of Legislative Council |
| MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service |
| MNC : Multi National Corporation |
| MODVAT: Modified Value Added Tax |
| MOX: Mission Operation Complex |
| MPLAD: Member of Parliament Local Area |
| MPLADS: Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme |
| MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System |
| MSME : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| MSP: Maximum Selling Price |
| MW: Mega Watt |
| NABARD : National Bank for Agriculture and Rual Development |
| NACO : National AIDS Control Organisation |
| NAFED- National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing |
| NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASSOCOM: National Association of Software and Service Companies |
| NATA: National Aptitude Test in Architecture |
| NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBA: News Broadcasters Associations |
| NCDRC: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission |
| NCR: National Capital Region |
| NCRB: National Crime Records Bureau |
| NCT: National Capital Territory |
| NDA: National Defence Academy |
| NDRF: National Disaster Response Force |
| NET: National Eligibility Test |
| NFAI: National film archive of India |
| NFDC: National Film Development Corporation |
| NGMA: National Gallery of Modern Art |
| NGT: National Green Tribunal |
| NIA: National Investigation Agency |
| NIC: National Informatics Centre |
| NIMHANS: National Institute of Mental Health an Neuro Sciences |
| NJAC: National Judicial Appointments Commission |
| NJC: National Judicial Commision |
| NMCG: National Mission for Clean Ganga |
| NN : Net Neutrality |
| NPT: Non Proliferation Treaty |
| NRI: Non-Resident Indian |
| NSA: National Security Adviser |
| NSCN-IM: National Socialist Council of Nagalim (isak-Muivah) |
| NSCN-K: National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang |
| NSD: National School of Drama |
| NSG: National Security Guard |
| NTSE: National Talent Search Examy |
| NYFF: New York Film Festival |
| ODI: One Day International |
| ODI: One Day International |
| ODI: One Day International |
| OECD: Organization for Economic and Development |
| OMR: Optical Character Recognition |
| ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation |
| OPEC : Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OROP: One Rank One Pension |
| OTP: One Time Password |
| P2C: Piece-to-camera |
| PAAS: Patidaar Anamat Anandolan Samiti |
| PAC: Political Action Committee |
| PCI: Press Council of India |
| PCR: Police Control Room |
| PDP: Peoples Democratic Party |
| PDS: Public Distribution System |
| PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
| PIB: Press Information Bureau |
| PIL : Public- Interest Litigation |
| PINES: Post Nepal India Earthquake Syndrome |
| PIO: Person of Indian Origin |
| PIOC : Person of Indian Origin Card |
| PLA: People Liberation Army |
| PNR: passenger Name Record |
| PPF: Public Provident Fund |
| PPP: Public Private Partnership |
| PRC: People Republic of China |
| PSAP: Public Safety Answering Points |
| PUCC: Pollution and Analysis Wing |
| PUCL: People’s Union for Civil Liberties |
| PURA: Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas |
| RAW: Research Department explosive |
| REITS: Real Estate Investment Trusts |
| RIC: Resident identity Card |
| RINL: rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited |
| RJD: Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| RPF: Railway Protection Force |
| RRB: Railway Recruitment Board |
| RTE: Right to Education |
| RTI: Right to Information |
| SAGY: Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana |
| SAI: Sports Authority of India |
| SAPCC: State Action Plan on Climate Change |
| SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
| SCSS: Senior Citizen Savings Scheme |
| SEZ: Special Economic Zone |
| SIT: Special Investigating Team |
| SITE: Satellite Instruction Television Experiment |
| SOL: School of Open Learning |
| SPG: Special Protection Group |
| SPG: Special Protection Group |
| SPOF: Single Point Of Failure |
| SPV: Solar Photo Voltaic |
| SSA: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan |
| TADA: Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention)Act |
| TDS: Tax Deducted at Source |
| TELEX: Teleprinter Exchange |
| TET: Teacher Eligibility Test |
| TFA: Trade FacilitationAgreement |
| TISS: Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
| TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| TRAI: Telecom regulatory Authority of India |
| TTP: Tehrik-1 Taliban Pakistan |
| TVoA: Tourist Visa on Arrival |
| UAN: Universal Account Number |
| UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UDC : Upper Division Clerk |
| UFO: Unidentified Flying Object |
| UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environment |
| UNDP: United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEF: United nation Emergency Force |
| UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural |
| UNGA: United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Council |
| UNI: United News of India |
| UNIDO : United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNSCE: United Nations Security Council |
| UPSC: Union Public Service Commission |
| USD: United States Dollars |
| USP: Unique Selling Proposition |
| VAN: Virtual Area Network |
| VAT: Value Added Tax |
| VCD: Video Compact Disc |
| VHP: Vishwa Hindu Parishad |
| VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
| VYAPM: Vyavasy Pareeksha Mandal |
| WANO: World Association of Nuclear Operators |
| WEF: World Economic Forum |
| WFP: World Food Programme |
| WPI: Wholesale Price Index |
| YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association |
| ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan |