Important Abbreviations and Acronyms

Important Abbreviations and Acronyms

Important Abbreviations and Acronyms: Some of the Important Abbreviations and Acronyms are mentioned below.

Basic and Important Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviation	Stands For
AAFI	Amateur Athletics Federation of India
AAPSO	Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization
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
BRIC	Brazil, Russia, India, China
EVM	Electronic Voting Machine
IRBM	Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
PSLV	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
NAEP	National Adult Education Programme
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
PWD	Public Works Department
RADAR	RAdio Detection And Ranging

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 Advanced 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 Diphenyl Tri-chloroethane
DFDR	‘Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)’.
DIG	Deputy Inspector General
D. Lit.	Doctor of Literature
DM	District Magistrate
DMK	Dravida Munnetra 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 ImmunoSorbent 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.

Abbreviation and Acronyms

Abbreviation	Stands For
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.
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.

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