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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 |
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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 |
Abbreviation | Stands For |
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 | 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. |