ASEAN- Association
of South East Asian Nations
ASER -Annual Status
of Education Report
ATM Automated Teller Machine
AMFI
Association of Mutual Fund in India.
APBS
Aadhaar Payment Bridge System
ADF
Automated Data Flow
ADB
Asian Development Bank
BACS
Banking Automated Clearing System, Access Control Server
ARC
Asset Reconstruction Companies
AIF
Alternative Investment Fund
BSE
Bombay Stock Exchange
BIRD
Bankers Institute of Rural Development.
BIS
Bank for International Settlements.
BPLR
Benchmark Prime Lending Rate.
BPCL- Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Limited
BRICS -Brazil, Russia, India, China and
South
Africa
CCIL
Clearing Corporation of India Limited
CPFF
Commercial Paper Funding Facility
CAR
Capital Adequacy Ratio
CRR
Cash Reserve Ratio
CARE
Credit Analysis and Research Limited
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CBS
Core Banking Solutions
CRISIL
Credit Rating Information Services Of India
CIBIL
Credit Information Bureau of India Limited.
CAD- Current Account Deficit
CAG- Comptroller and Auditor General of
India
CAGR -Compound Annual Growth Rate
CBR- Cultivated Biological Resources
CFPI -Consumer Food
Price Index
CIRP -Corporate Insolvency Resolution
Process
CLSS -Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme
CoC -Committee of Creditors
COP -Conference of Parties
CPI -Consumer
Price Index
CRAR- Capital to
Risk-weighted Asset Ratio
CSO -Central
Statistics Office
DARE -Department of Agricultural
Research and
Education
DGFT Directorate General of Foreign
Trade
DIPAM Department of Investment and public
Asset Management
DIPP Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion
DISCOMS Distribution Companies
DSIR Department of Scientific &
Industrial
Research
DTA Domestic Tariff Area
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction
and
Development
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EIB- European Investment Bank
e-NAM -Electronic National Agriculture Market
ETF- Exchange Traded Fund
EU -European
Union
FAO- Food & Agriculture
Organisation
FC -Financial Creditor
FCI -Food Corporation of India
FDI -Foreign Direct Investment
FEEs -Foreign
Exchange Earnings
GCC- Gulf Cooperation Council
GCCA- Grants for creation of capital
assets
GCF- Gross Capital Formation
GDP- Gross Domestic Product
GFCE -Government Final Consumption
Expenditure
GII- Global Innovation Index
GNI -Gross National Income
GNPA -Gross Non-Performing Advances
GPI -Gender Parity Index
GSDP -Gross State Domestic Product
GST- Goods and Services Tax
GT- Gross Tonnage
GVA -Gross Value Added
GW- Gigawatt
HFCs -Housing Finance Companies
HFCs- Hydrofluorocarbons
HPCL- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited
HPI- Housing Price Index
HYVs- High Yielding Varieties
IBC-Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
ICAR -Indian Council of Agricultural
Research
IGS- The International Ground Station
IGST- Integrated Goods and Services Tax
IMF- International Monetary Fund
IPO- Indian Patent Office
IPP- Intellectual Property Products
IPR- Intellectual Property Rights
KCC-Kisan Credit Card
KWh -Kilowatt Hour
LAF -Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LEB Life Expectancy at Birth
LED- Light-Emitting Diode
LPI -Logistics Performance Index
MMR -Maternal Mortality Ratio
MPC- Monetary Policy Committee
MSF -Marginal Standing Facility
MSME -Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises
MSP -Minimum Support Price
MSS -Market Stabilisation Scheme
MT Metric Tonne
MW Megawatt
NABARD -National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural
Development
NAREDCO -National Real Estate Development
Council
NAS -National Accounts Statistics
NBFC -Non-Banking Financial Company
NBFCs- Non-Banking Financial Companies
NCDs -Non-Convertible Debentures
NCLT -National Company Law Tribunal
NCT -National Capital Territory
NCW- National Commission for Women
NDTL- Net Demand and Time Liabilities
NFC- Non Food Credit
NFSA- National Food Security Act
NHA- National Health Accounts
NHB-National Housing Bank
NHDP- National Highways Development
Project
NICRA- National Innovations on Climate
Resilient
Agriculture
NITI -National Institution for
Transforming India
NPAs -Non-Performing Assets
NSDC- National Skill Development Council
NSSO -National Sample Survey Office
ODF -Open Defecation Free
OMSS -Open Market Sale Scheme
PDS- Public Distribution System
PE -Private Equity
PFCE -Private Final Consumption
Expenditure
PMAY- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
PMFBY- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
PMI-Purchasing Manager’s Index
PMKSY -Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
PPI -Producer Price Index
PSBs -Public Sector Banks
PSE -Public Sector Enterprise
PSF -Price Stabilization Fund
QFI- Qualified Foreign Investor
REITs- Real Estate Investment Trusts
RGI -Registrar General of India
RMSA- Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
Abhiyan
RRBs- Regional Rural Banks
RRR- Reverse Repo Rate
RSA -Restructured Standard Advances
SBM(G)- Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
SCB -Scheduled Commercial Bank
SDG-Sustainable Development Goal
SDGs -Sustainable Development Goals
SDR- Special Drawing Rights
SEBI -Securities and Exchange Board of
India
SEIS -Services Exports from India Scheme
SGST- State Goods and Services Tax
SHG-Self Help Group
SLR -Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SRR- Seed Replacement Rate
SSA -Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan
TAN -Tax Deduction Account Number
TB -Treasury Bill
TPDS -Targeted Public Distribution
System
TRAI -Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India
UDAY- Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna
UNCTAD- United Nations Conference on Trade
and
Development
UNDP -United Nations Development
Programme
UNESCO -United Nations Educational,
Scientific and
Cultural Organization
WPI Wholesale Price Index
WTO World Trade Organization
TIN
Tax Information Network/Telephone
Identification Number.
UIDAI
Unique Identification Development Authority of India
UPI
United Payment Interface.
SWIFT
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
SIDBI
Small Industries Development Bank of India.
RTGS
Real Time Gross Settlement.
PSB
Public Sector Bank.
MICR
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
MSF
Marginal Standing Facility.
NEFT
National Electronic Fund Transfer.
NPA
Non-Performing Assets.
NPCI
National Payments Corporation of India.
PIN
Personal Identification Number.
IFSC
Indian Financial System Code
IMPS
Immediate Payment Service
IPO
Initial Public Offering
KYC
Know Your Customer
LIBOR
London Inter-Bank Offered Rate.
ICRA
Indian Credit Rating Agency.
IRBI
Industrial Reconstruction Bank Of India
IPPB
India Post Payments Bank
ICICI
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
IBA
Indian Bank Associations.
HDFC
Housing Development Finance Corporation
GSTN
Goods and Services Tax Network
GAAR
General Anti Avoidance Rule
DTAA
Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.
EPFO
Employees’ Provident Fund Organization
EFT
Electronic Fund Transfer
EMI
Equated Monthly Installments
FEMA
Foreign Exchange Management Act
FERA
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
FPI: Foreign
Portfolio Investment.
IBRD: International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
RIDF Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
