A
एबीएम(ABM) Anti Ballistic Missile
एबीवीपी (ABVP) All Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad
एसी (AC) Alternate Current / Ashok Chakra / Air Conditioner / Antarctic Club
ए सी सी (ACC) Auxiliary Cadet Core
एडी(AD) Anno Domino
एडीबी(ADB) Asian Development Bank
ए जी(AG) Accountant General
एएच (AH) Ano Hijri (beginning from AD 622)
एआईसीसी (AICC) All India Congress Committee
एआई डीएस(AIDS) Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
एआईआईएमएस(AIIMS) All India Institute of Medical Science
आई एम पी एल बी (AIPLB) All India Muslim Personal Law Board
ए आई एल (AIL) Aeronautics India Limited
एआईआर(AIR) All India Radio
ए एम (AM) Anti Meridian (time before noon)
ए पी ई सी (APEC) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
एशियन(ASEAN) Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ए एस सी(ASC) Army Service Core
B
B A M S Bachelor of Ayurvedic medicine and surgery
BALCO Bharat aluminium company
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC British broadcasting Corporation
BC Before Christ
BCCI Cricket control board of India
BCCL Bharat coking coal Limited
BCG Bacille Calmette-Guerin
BEL Bharat Electronics Limited
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
B Pharma Bachelor of Pharmacy
BSF Border Security Force
BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
C
C A Chartered Accountant
C A T Centre for advanced technology/ career aptitude test
C B F C Central Board of film certification
C B I Central Bureau of Investigation
C B S E Central Board of Secondary Education
CCI Competitive Commission of India
CD Compact disc
CDRI Central drug Research Institute
CDS Chief of Defence staff
CFSL Central forensic science laboratory
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CID Criminal investigation department
CISF Central industrial security force
CITU Central of Indian Trade Union
CJM Chief judicial megistrate
CLASS Computer literacy and studies in schools
CMG Crisis management group
CNG Compressed natural gas
CNN Cable news network
COD Central ordinance depo
CPO Central passport organisation
CPRI Central Power Research Institute
CRIS Centre for railway information system
CRPF Central Reserve Police Force
CSIR Council for scientific and Industrial Research
CSO Central statistical organisation
CTS Computerized tomography scanner
CVC Central Vigilance Commission
D
DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DIG Deputy Inspector general
DIA Defence Intelligence Agency
DLO Dead Letter office
DM District magistrate
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DPCS Defence satellite communication system
D -Phill Doctor of philosophy
DPT Diphtheria persis tetanus
DSP Digital Signal Processing
DST Department of Science and Technology
DTH Direct to Home
DVD Digital versatile disc
E
ECG Electrocardiogram
EMF Electromotive force
EMU Electrical multiple unit
ESA European space agency
ESCAP Economic and social Commission for Asia and Pacific
EVM Electronic voting machine
F
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCI Food Corporation of India/ fertilizer Corporation of India
FFI Film Federation of India
FIR First Information Report
FM Frequency modulation
FMD Foot and mouth disease
FRS Fellow of the Royal Society
G
GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited
GAP Ganga action plan
GATE Graduate aptitude test in engineering
GCC Gulf cooperation Council
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GIC General Insurance Corporation
GIST Global Institute of Science and Technology
GMO Genetically modified organism
GMAT Graduate Management Aptitude Test
GNP Gross National Product
GPF General provident fund
GPO General Post Office
GPS Global positioning system
GSLV Geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle
GSI Geological Survey of India
H
HAC Hindustan aluminium Corporation
HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HCF highest common factor
HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation
HEL Heavy Electricals Limited
HHS Health and human services
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
HMT Hindustan machine tools
HRW Human right watch
I
IAAI International Airport Authority of India
IAC Indian Airlines Corporation
IAEA International atomic energy agency
IAMC Indian Army medical Core
IAOC Indian Army ordnance Core
IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute
ICAC international Council of adult education
ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICC International Cricket Council
ICICI industrial credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
ICJ International Court of Justice
ICMR International Council of Medical Research
ICO Islamic conference organisation
ICRC International committee of the Red Cross
ICSI Indian company secretaries Institute
ICW International Council of women
IDA international Development Agency
IDO International defence organisation
IFA Indian Football Association
IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of India
IIAS Indian Institute of Advanced Studies
IIRD International Institute of development research
IIS Indian Institute of Science
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
IMA Indian Military Academy
IMF Indian Monetary Fund
INA Indian National Army
INCB International narcotics control board
INSA Indian National Science Academy
INSAT Indian national satellite
IPC Indian Penal Code
IPI International press Institute
IQ intelligence quotient
IRA insurance regulatory authority
IRBM intermediate range ballistic missile
IRC International Red Cross
IRCON Indian railway construction company Indian railway construction company
IRCS Indian Red Cross Society
IRDP integrated rural development programme
ISM Indian School of mines
ISP internet service provider
ISS Institute of SocialScience
IST Indian Standard Time
ITBP Indo Tibet Border Police
ITDC Indian Tourism Development Corporation
ITI industrial training institute
ITO International Trade Organisation
IVRI Indian veterinary Research Institute
ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
J
JCR Junior Red Cross
JCO Junior commissioned officer
JCWI Junior Council for the Welfare of immigrants
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
JAL Japan Airlines
JKLF Jammu and Kashmir Liberation front
JP Justice of the peace
K
KG Kinder garden\Kilogram
KVK Krishi Vigyan Kendra
KKK Ku klux klan
KBE Knight of the British Empire
L
LASER Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LDC Less developed countries
LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India
LLB Bachelor of Legislative law
LLD Doctor of legislative LAW
LLM Master of Legislative law
LMG Light machine gun
LOAC Line of actual control
LOC Line of Control
LPG Liquid Petroleum gas
LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide
M
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
MCA Monetary compensatory allowance\Master of computer application
MCF Master control facility
MD Doctor of medicine
MI Military intelligence
MIGA Multilateral investment guarantee agency
MISA Maintenance of internal security act
MLA Member of legislative assembly
MLC Member of legislative council
MNC Multinational corporation
N
NABARD National bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NACO National AIDS control organisation
NAPP Narora Atomic Power Plant
NBT National Book Trust
NCA National Cricket Academy
NATO North Atlantic Treaty organisation
NBCC National Building and Construction Corporation
NCF National cultural fund
NCDC National Cooperative Development Corporation
NCERT National Council of educational research and training
NDA National Defence Academy
NDF National Defence fund
NFDC National Film Development Corporation
NFL National fertilizer Limited
NGO Non governmental organisation
NIC National Informatics centre
NIIT National Institute of Information Technology
NPB Nuclear power board
NPC National Productivity Council
NPCC National project Construction Corporation
NREP National Rural Employment programme
NSA national security act
NSC national security council
NSE National Stock Exchange
NSS National service scheme
NSTL National Science and technological laboratory
NSUI National Student Union of India
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation
NEPA National Environment protection authority
NASA National Aeronautics and space administration
O
OGL Open general licence
OIC Organisation of Islamic conference
OIL Oil India Limited
OK All correct
OIGS On India government service
ONGC Oil India natural gas Commission
P
PAC Public accounts committee
PAN Permanent account number
PCS Provincial civil service
PCI Press Council of India
Ph-D Doctor of philosophy
PIB Press Information Bureau
PIN Post index number/ Personal Identity Number
PIOC Persons of India origin card
PM Post meridian
POTA Prevention of terrorism act
PSLV Polar satellite launch vehicle
PTI Press Trust of India
PTO Please turn over
PVC Polyvinyl chloride
PWD Public Works Department
Q
QMG Quartermaster general
QMS Quick mail service
R
RADAR Radio detecting and ranging
RAM Random Access Memory
RAW Research and Analysis Wing
RBI Reserve Bank of India
RDX Research and development explosive
RMS Rail mail service
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROM Read only memory
RPM Revolutions PER minute
RRC React Research Centre
RSS Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
RTO Regional Transport officer
S
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAI Sports Authority of India
SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited
SC Security council or Supreme Court
SCI Shipping Corporation of India
SCL Space Corporation Limited
SDR Special drawing rights
SEARCH Society for environmental awareness and rehabilitation of child and handicapped
SEBI Securities exchange Board of India
SEO Satellite for observation/ Search Engine Optimisation
SETS Society of electronic transaction and security
SEWA Self employed women’s Association
SITE Satellite instructional television experiment
SIV Simian immunodeficiency virus
SLV Satellite launch vehicle
SST Satellite system division
START Strategic arms reduction talks
STEP Satellite telecommunication experiment project
T
TB Tuberculosis
TCA Trading Corporation of India
TELCO Tata Engineering and locomotive company
TELEX Teleprinter exchange
TISCO Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited
TMO Telegraphic money order
TNT Trinitrotoluene
TRAI Telecom regulatory Authority of India
TTE Travelling ticket examiner
U
UTI Unilateral declaration of independence
UGC University Grant Commission
UHF Ultra high frequency
UHT Ultra high temperature
ULSP Ultra low sulphur petrol
ULSD Ultra low sulphur diesel
UNI United news of India
UNESCO United Nations educational scientific and cultural organisation
UNICEF United Nations International children’s emergency fund
UNO United Nations Organisation
UPSC Union Public Service Commission
UPU Universal Postal Union
URI United religions initiative
USIS United States Information Service
V
VRS Voluntary retirement scheme
VIP Very important person
VAT Value added tax
VVF Village volunteer force
VSSC Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
W
WAY World assembly of youth
WEF World economic forum
WILL Wireless in local loop
WWF World Wildlife Fund
WTO World Trade Organisation
X
XML Exchangeable markup language
Y
YMCA Young men’s Christian Association
YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association
Z
ZETA Zero energy thermonuclear assembly
ZS Zoological society
