• ABM -
Anti-ballistic missile
• AERB Atomic
Energy Regulatory Board
• AIDS –
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• ASSOCHAM –
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
• AAPI —Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders
• AGOC —Asian
Games Organization Committee
• ASEAN -
Association of South East Asian Nations
• APEDA —
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority
• BARC - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• BIFR -
Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
• BCSBI
—Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
• BIMSTEC
—Bay of Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical Economic Cooperation
• BSF —Border
Security Force
• CERN -
European Organization for Nuclear Research
• CFO – Chief
Finance officer
• CRR - Cash
Reserve Ratio
• CTBT -
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• CITU —
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
• CSIR
—Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• DSL –
Digital subscriber line
• DTH - Direct-to-Home
• ECG –
electrocardiogram
• EEG-
Electro Encephalography
• ELISA –
Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (Used for AIDS testing)
• ESMA-
Essential Services Maintenance Act
• ECOWAS
—Economic Community of West African States
• EEC —European
Economy Community
• EU —European
Union
• FBI –
Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FIFA
—Federation International de Football Association
• FIPB
—Foreign Investment Promotion Board
• FSLRC –
Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
• GST- Goods
and Service Tax
• GPS –
Global Positioning System
• GSLV –
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
• HTML- Hyper
Text Markup Language
• HTTP-
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• ICU –
Intensive care Unit
• INMAS –
Institute of Nuclear Medicines
• INTUC -
Indian National Trade Union Congress
• IOC -
International Olympic Committee
• IPR –
Intellectual Property Right
• IRBM -
Intermediate-range ballistic missile
• ISRO – Indian
Space Research organization
• ISO –
International standards organization
• IABF —
Indian Amateur Boxing Federation
• IAEA
—International Atomic Energy Agency
• IMF
—International Monetary Fund
• IRNSS
—Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
• LCA - Light
Combat Aircraft
• LTA- Light
Transport Aircraft
• NAA –
National Airports Authority
• NCERT -
National Council of Educational Research and Training
• NDRF
National Disaster Response Force
• NIFTEM -
National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship & Management
• NMDC –
National Mineral Development corporation
• NPR –
National Population Register
• NAFDAC
—National Agency for Food & Drug Administration and Control
• NASSCOM –
National Association of Software and Services Companies
• NATO —North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NBFC – Non
Banking Finance Companies
• OGL – Open
General License.
• OPEC –
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• PAN –
permanent Account Number
• SDR –
Special Drawing Rights (Created by the World Bank)
• SEBI –
Securities and Exchange Board of India
• TARC —Tax
Administration Reform Commission
• TCS – Tata
Consultancy Services
• UNEP –
United Nations Environment Programme
• UNESCO -United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• WLL –
Wireless in Local Loop
• WMD –
Weapons of Mass destruction
• WWW- World Wide Web
• ZSI - Zoological Survey of India