List of Abbreviations
A
A.A. — Automobile Association
A.A.F. — Auxiliary Air Force
A.A.P.S.O. — Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization
A.A.R.R.O. — Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organization
A.A.S.F. — Asian Amateur Swimming Federation

A.B.C. (Warfare) — Atomic, Biological and Chemical (Warfare)
A.B.U. — Asian Pacific-Broadcasting Union
a/c. — Account
A.C. — Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra
A.C.U. — Asian Clearing Union
A.D. — Anno Domini; of the Christian Era
A.D.B. — Asian Development Bank
A.D.E. — Aeronautical Development Establishment
A.D.G.E.S. — Air Defence Ground Environment System
A.E.C. — Atomic Energy Commission
A.G.F. — Asian Games Federation
A.G.O.C. — Asian Games Organizing Committee
A.H.Q. — Air Head Quarters; Army Head Quarters
A.I.C.C. — All India Congress Committee
A.I.D. — Agency for International Development
A.I.I.M.S. — All India Institute of Medical Sciences
A.I.L.T.A. — All India Lawn Tennis Association
A.I.N.E.F. — All India Newspapers Employee's Federation
A.I.O.E. — All India Organization of Employers
A.I.T.U.C. — All India Trade Union Congress
A.M. — Ante meridiem; (before noon)
A.M.C. — Army Medical Corps
A.M.I.E. — Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers
A.N.C. — African National Council
A.N.Z.U.S. — Australia, Newzealand and U.S. (Council)
A.O.P.E.C. — Arab Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
A.P.C. — Agricultural Prices Commission
A.P.H.L.C. — All Parties Hill Leaders' Conference
A.R.F. — ASEAN Regional Forum
A.S.E.A.N. — Association of South East Asian Nations
A.S.W. — Anti-Submarine Warfare
A.S.R.B. — Agricultural Services Recruitment Board
A.T.S. — Applications Technology Satellite; Anti-Tetanus Serum
A.V.A.R.D. — Association of Voluntary Agencies for Rural Development
A.V.S.M. — Ati Vishist Seva Medal

B
B.A. — Bachelor of Arts; British Academy
B.A.R.C. — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
B.B.C. — British Broadcasting Corporation
B.C. — Before Christ
B.C.C.L. — Bharat Coking Coal Limited
B.C.G. — Bacillus Calmette Guerin—(Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine)
BENELUX — Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg—(a CustomsUnion)
B.I.S. — Bank of International Settlements
B.N.P. — Bangla Desh Nationalist Party
B.O.A.C. — British Overseas Airways Corporation
B.P.E. — Bureau of Public Enterprises
B.R.L. — Bharat Refineries Limited
B.S.F. — Border Security Force
B.S.S. — Bharat Sewak Samaj; Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (News Agency)
B.Th.U. — British Thermal Unit
C
CAMELS — Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings,
Liquidity and Systems & Control
C.A.R.E. — Co-operative for American Relief Everywhere
C.A.S. — Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff
CASTASIA — Conference on the Application of Science and Technology in
Asia
CAZRI — Central Arid Zone Research Institute

C.B.I. — Central Bureau of Investigation; Central Bank of India
C.C.I. — Cricket Club of India; Cement Corporation of India
CENTO — Central Treaty Organization
C.F.R.I. — Central Fuel Research Institute
C.G.S. — Chief of the General Staff
CHASNUPP — Chasma Nuclear Power Plant
C.I.A. — Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.)
C.I.A.T. — Centro International the Agriculture Tropical
C.I.D. — Criminal Investigation Department
C. in C. — Commander-in-Chief
C.I.L. — Coal India Limited
C.I.T.U. — Centre of Indian Trade Unions
C.I.W.T.C. — Central Inland Water Transport Corporation
C.L.R.C. — Central Land Reforms Committee
C.M.A.L. — Coal Mines Authority (of India) Limited
C.N.S. — Chief of Naval Staff
C.O.F.E.P.O.S.A. — Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of
Smuggling Activities Act
C.M.P.D.I.L. — Central Mines Planning and Design Institute Ltd.
C.P.I. — Communist Party of India
C.S.I.R. — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
C.W.F. — Consumer Welfare Fund

D
D.A. — Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
D.A.E. — Department of Atomic Energy
D.A.V.P. — Directorate of Audio Visual Publicity
D.C. — Direct Current; Deputy Commissioner
D.C.L. — Doctor of Civil Law
D.D.A. — Delhi Development Authority
D.D.T. — Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane
D.L.O. — Dead Letter Office, District Livestock Officer
D.M. — District Magistrate
D.M.K. — Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
D.N.A. — De-oxyribonucleio acid
D.P.S.A. — Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft
D.Sc. — Doctor of Science
D.R.D.O. — Defence Research and Development Organization

E
E.A.R.C. — Economic Administration Reforms Commission
E.C.A. — European Co-operation Administration; Economic Co-operation
Administration
E.C.A.F.E. — Economic Commission for Asia and Far East
E.C.I.L. — Electronics Corporation of India Limited
E.C.M. — European Common Market
ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council (U.N.)
E.C.U. — European Currency Unit
E.E.C. — European Economic Community
E.E.G. — Electro-encephalography
E.F.T.A. — European Free Trade Association
e.g. — Exempli-gratia (for example)
E.G.I. — Editors Guild of India
E. & O.E. — Errors and Omissions Excepted ex-officio By virtue of
one's office
E.R.D.A. — Energy Research and Development Administration
E.R.T.S. — Earth Resources Technology Satellite
E.S.A. — European Space Agency
E.S.C.A.P. — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
E.S.R.O. — European Space Research Organization
EURATOM — European Atomic Energy Community
E.V.M. — Electronic Voting Machine
E.W.S. — Economically Weaker Sections
F
F.A.C.T. — Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.
F.A.O. — Food and Agriculture Organization
F.B.I. — Federal Bureau of Investigation
F.C.I. — Food Corporation of India; Fertilizer Corporation of India

F.I.C.C.I. — Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
F.E.R.A. — Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
F.I.S.I. — Friends of India Society International
F.R.G. — Federal Republic of Germany
F.R.I. — Forest Research Institute
F.P.S. — Foot-Pound-Second (System)
F.R.C.P. — Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
F.R.C.S. — Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
F.T.I.I. — Film and Television Institute of India

G
G.A.T.T. — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
G.D.R. — German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
G.I.S.T. — Global Institute of Science and Technology
G.M.T. — Greenwich Mean Time
G.N.P. — Gross National Product
G.S.I. — Geological Survey of India
G.S.T.P. — Global System of Trade Preferences
H
H.A.C. — Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
H.A.D.P. — Hill Area Development Project
H.A.L. — Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
H.O.T. — Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
H.E.S.H. — High Explosive Squash Head (Anti-tank shell)
H.L.C. — Humanitarian Law Commission
H.M.T. — Hindustan Machine Tools
H.U.D.C.O. — Housing and Urban Development Corporation
I
I.A.A.I. — International Airport Authority of India
I.A.D.F. — International Agricultural Development Fund
I.A.E.C. — International Atomic Energy Commission
I.A.R.I. — Indian Agricultural Research Institute
I.A.S. — Indian Administrative Service
I.A.T.A. — International Air Transport Association
I.B.R.D. — International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
I.B.W.L. — Indian Board of Wild Life
I.C.A.O. — International Civil Aviation Organization
I.C.A.R. — Indian Council of Agricultural Research
I.C.A.R.D.A. — International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry
Areas
I.C.F.T.U. — International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
I.C.G.E.B. — International Centre for Genetic Egineering and
Biotechnology
I.C.I.C.I — Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
I.C.J. — International Court of Justice
I.C.D.S. — Integrated Child Development Services
I.C.M.R. — Indian Council of Medical Research
I.C.R.I.S.A.T. — International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid
Tropics
I.D.P.L. — Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
I.D.A. — International Development Association
I.E.A. — International Energy Agency
I.F.W.J. — Indian Federation of Working Journalists
I.G.N.C.A. — Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
I.L.O. — International Labour Organization
I.L.P.I.C. — Industrial Licensing Policy Inquiry Committee
I.M.F. — International Monetary Fund
I.M.C.O. — Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
I.N.S.A. — Indian Natural Science Academy
I.N.R.W.F. — Indian National Railway Workers' Federation
I.N.M.A.S. — Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences
I.O.C. — International Olympic Committee
I.P.A. — Integrated Programme of Action (for Regional Co-operation
between seven South Asian Countries)
I.R.D.A. — Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
I.R.D.P. — Integrated Rural Development Programme
I.R.R.I. — International Rice Research Institute
I.S.R.O. — Indian Space Research Organization
I.S.S.P. — Indian Scientific Satellite Project
I.T.D.C. — Indian Tourism Development Corporation
I.T.E.S. — Information Technology Enabled Services
I.T.U. — International Tele-Communication Union
I.V.R.I. — Indian Veterinary Research Institute
I.W.Y. — International Women's Year
I.Y.C. — International Year of Child
I.Y.D.P. — International Year for Disabled Persons
J
JAL — Japan Air Lines
J.C.O. — Junior Commissioned Officer
J.R.C. — Joint Research Centre
K
KANU — Kenya African National Union

K.M.L.P. — Kisan Mazdoor Lok Paksh
K.M.T. — Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
L
L.B.W. — Leg Before Wicket (in Cricket)
L.S.D. — Lysergic acid Diethylamide
M
M.A.M.C. — Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation
M.C.A. — Monetary Compensatory Account
M.C.C. — Marylebone Cricket Club (of England)
M.F.A.L.A. — Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Agency
M.I.C. — Monopolies Inquiries Commission
M.I.P. — Moon Impact Probe
M.L.A. — Member of the Legislative Assembly
M.L.C. — Member of the Legislative Council
M.M.T.C. — Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation
M.N.F. — Mizo National Front
M.P. — Member of Parliament
M.R.C.P. — Member of the Royal College of Physicians
MRTPC — Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
M.S.A.R. — Macau Special Administrative Region
M.V.C. — Maha Vir Chakra
N
N.A.B. — National Apex Body
NABARD — National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
N.A.E.P. — National Adult Education Programme
NAFEN — Near and Far East News (Agency)
NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (of U.S.A.)
N.A.S.M. — National Agricultural Science Museum
NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
N.A.Y.E. — National Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs
N.B.C.C. — National Building Construction Corporation
N.B.P.G.R. — National Bureau of Plant Genetic Research
NCAER — National Council of Applied Economic Research
N.C.C.F. — National Consumer Co-operative Federation
NCERT — National Council of Educational Research and Training
N.C.E.P. — National Committee on Environmental Planning
N.C.D.C. — National Coal Development Corporation
N.C.R. — National Capital Region
NCST — National Committee on Science and Technology
NDA — National Defence Academy
N.F.D.C. — National Film Development Corporation
NIDC — National Industrial Development Corporation
N.I.N. — National Institute of Nutrition
NMDC — National Mineral Development Corporation
N.M.L. — National Metallurgical Laboratory
N.N.D.P. — Naga National Democratic Party
N.P.T. (Nuclear) — Non-Proliferation Treaty
N.R.C.P.B. — National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology
NRSA — National Remote Sensing Agency
N.S.U.I. — National Students Union of India
N.T.C. — National Taxtile Corporation
N.T.P.C. — National Thermal Power Corporation
O
O.A.S. — Organization of American States
O.A.S.I.S. — Old Age Social and Income Security
O.A.U. — Organization of African Unity
O.E.C.D. — Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development
O.I.C. — Organization of Islamic Conference
O.I.L. — Oil India Limited
O.N.G.C. — Oil and Natural Gas Commission
O.P.E.C. — Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
P
P.A.C. — Public Accounts Committee; Provincial Armed Constabulary
PAFNA — Pan-African News Agency
P.C.C. — Pradesh Congress Committee
P.D.F. — Progressive Democratic Front
P.E.C. — Projects and Equipment Corporation (of India Ltd.)
P.E.T.A. — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

P.I.B. — Press Information Bureau, Public Investment Board
P.I.N.C. — Postal Index Number Code
P.N.E. — Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
P.O.W. — Prisoner of War
P.S.C. — Public Service Commission
P.T.A. — Pilotless Target Aircraft
P.U.C.L. — People's Union for Civil Liberties
P.V.C. — Param Vir Chakra
Q
Q.E.D. — Quod Erat Demonstrandum (which was to be proved or
demonstrated)
R
R.A.F. — Rapid Action Force
R.B.I. — Reserve Bank of India
R.E.C. — Rural Electrification Corporation
R.G.C.B. — Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
R.G.C.O.V.A.S. — Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences.
R.S.C.B. — Railway Sports Control Board
R.S.V.P. — Respondez s'il vous plait (Fr.) reply if you please
S
S.A.A.R.C. — South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
S.A.B.A. — South African Black Alliance
SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
SALT — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
S.C. — Security Council/Supreme Court
SCOPE — Standing Conference of Public Enterprises
S.D.R. — Special Drawing Rights
S.E.A.T.O. — South-East Asia Treaty Organization
S.F.A.L.A. — Small Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Agency
S.F.D.A. — Small Farmers Development Agency
S.G.F.I. — School Games Federation of India
S.E.W.A. — Self Employed Women's Association
SIDBI — Small Industries Development Bank of India
S.I.T.A. — Studies in Information Technology Applications
SITE — Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
S.L.V. — Satellite Launch Vehicle
S.P.C.A. — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
S.T.P.I. — Software Technology Parks of India
SUNFED — Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
S.W.A.P.O. — South-West African People's Organization
SWIFT — Society for World-wide Financial Telecommunications
T
T.D.A. — Trade Development Authority
TERLS — Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
TELEX — Teleprinter Exchange
T.T.F.I. — Table Tennis Federation of India
TRYSEM — Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment
TTZ — Taj Trapezium Zone
T.V.A. — Tennese Valley Authority
T.W.A. — Trans World Airlines
U
U.A.E. — United Arab Emirates
U.A.R. — United Arab Republic
U.F.O. — Unidentified Flying Objects
U.L.S.D. — Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel
U.L.S.P. — Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol

U.N.C.T.A.D. — United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
U.N.D.P. — United Nations Development Programme
U.N.E.F. — United Nations Emergency Force
U.N.E.P. — United Nations Environment Programme
U.N.E.S.C.O. — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
U.N.F.I.P — United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
U.N.H.C.R. — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
U.N.I. — United News of India
U.N.I.C.E.F. — United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
U.N.I.D.O. — United Nations International Development Organization
U.N.I.T.C. — United Nations International Trade Centre
UNLF — Uganda National Liberation Front
U.N.O. — United Nations Organization
U.N.P. — United National Party (Sri Lanka)
U.P.S.C. — Union Public Service Commission
U.S.I.M.E.T.P. — United States International Military Education
Training Programme
U.S.S.R. — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
U.T.I. — Unit Trust of India
V
V.C. — Vice Chancellor; Victoria Cross
V.P.P. — Value Payable Post
V.S.S.C. — Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (at Thumba)
W
W.E.D. — World Environment Day
W.I.P.O — World Intellectual Property Organisation
W.F.P. — World Food Programme
W.F.T.U. — World Federation of Trade Unions
W.H.O. — World Health Organization
W.M.O. — World Meteorological Organization
W.T.O. — World Trade Organization
X
X.M.L. — Extensible Mark up Language
Y
Y.M.C.A. — Young Men's Christian Association
Y.W.C.A. — Young Women's Christian Association
Z
Z.S. — Zoological Society

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