Abbreviation in News
A
ASEAN- Association of South East Asian Nation
AAD- Advanced
Air Defence
AAI- Airport
Authority of India
ADS-B-
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
ATC- Air
Traffic Control
AOSIS-
Association of Small Island States
B
BRICS- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa
BASIC- Brazil, South Africa, India and China
BCCI- Board of Control for Cricket in India
C
CDR - Corporate Debt Restructuring
CEPA-
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
CECA-
Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
CCEA- Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs
CRIS- Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign
CIC- Central Information Commission
CPCSEA- Committee for the purpose of
control and supervision of experiments on animals
CDC- Centre for Disease Control
CBGA- Centre for Budget and
Governance Accountability
CSR- Corporate
social responsibility
D
DTAA- Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
DRDO- Defense Research and Development
Organization
DII- Domestic Institutional Investor
DTC- Direct Tax Code
DGHS- Directorate General of Health Services
DRL- Defence Research Laboratory
DSIIDC-
Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation
E
EFSF- European Financial Stability Facility
EEFC- Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency
ECBs- External Commercial Borrowings
EGOM-
Empowered Group Of Ministers
EFLU- English and Foreign Languages
University
F
FIPB- Foreign Investment Promotion board
FII- Foreign Institutional Investor
FCNRA- Foreign Currency Non Resident account
FSI- Forest Survey of India
FSSAI- Food Safety Standards
Authority of India
FDI- Foreign Direct Investment
G
GAAR- General anti avoidance rule
GSLV- Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle
GRAIL- Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
GST- Goods and Services Tax
GFCE- Government Final Consumption Expenditure
I
ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization
IAEA- International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM- Inter-continental Ballistic missile
IDF- Infrastructure Debt Fund
IAWRT- International Association of Women in Radio and Television
IIAS- Indian Institute of Advance Studies
ICIMOD- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
IED- Improvised Explosive Devices
L
LDC’s- Least Developed Countries
M
MMRCA- Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft
MTCR- Missile Technology Control Regime
MPLADS- MP Local Area Development Scheme
MSF- Marginal Standing Facility
MIRV- Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles
MFI- Micro Finance Institutions
MFDC- Micro Finance Development Council
MOEF- Ministry of Environment and
Forests
N
NCTC- National Counter-Terrorism Centre
NPS- New Pension Scheme
NDMA- National Disaster Management Authority
NSG- Nuclear Suppliers Group
NCHER- National Commission for Higher Education and Research
NCHRH- National Commission for Human Resources for Health
NLD- National League for Democracy
NCSC-
National Council for Senior Citizen
NHRC- National Human Rights Commission
NEFT- National Electronic Funds Transfer
NIA- National Investigation Agency
NDPS-
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance
NTRO-
National
Technical Research Organization
NFSRAC- National Food Science and
Risk Assessment Centre
NIOS- National Institute of Open
Schooling
NRHM- National Rural Health Mission
P
PPP – Public Private Partnership and Purchasing Power parity
PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
R
RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement
S
S&P - Standard and Poor’s
SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional
Co-operation
T
TCS -Tax Collection at Source
TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement
TAPI - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
U
UN-DESA-UN Department of Economic
and Social Affairs
UNHRC- United Nations Human Rights
Council
W
WITFOR- World IT Forum
