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States and Capitals of India 2020

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	ADB	Asian Development Bank
2.	ADR	American Depositary Receipt
3.	AGM	Annual General Meeting
4.	AIDWA	All India Democratic Woman's Association
5.	AITUC	All India Trade Union Congress
6.	AMFI	Association of Mutual Funds in India
7.	AO	Additive Outliers
8.	APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
9.	APL	Above Poverty Line
10.	APM	Administered Pricing Mechanism
11.	ARC	Asset Reconstruction Company
12.	ARDR	Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
13.	ASBA	Application Supported by Block Amount
14.	ASEAN	Association of South-East Asian Nations
15.	ASEM	Asia-Europe Meeting
16.	ASSOCHAM	Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
17.	ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
18.	ATM	Automated teller machine
19.	ATM	Ante Meridiem

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	BCBS	Basel committee for Banking Supervision
2.	BCSBI	Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
3.	BIFR	Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
4.	BIS	Bank for International Settlements
5.	BIS	Bureau of Indian Standards
6.	BOLT	BSE On-Line Trading (System)
7.	BOP	Balance of Payments
8.	BOT	Build, Operate and Transfer
9.	BPL	Below Poverty Line
10.	BPO	Business Process Outsourcing
11.	BSCS	Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
12.	BSE	Bombay Stock Exchange
13.	BSR	Basic Statistical Returns

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	C & AG	Comptroller & Auditor General
2.	CA	Chartered Accountant
3.	CABE	Central Advisory Board of Education
4.	CACP	Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price
5.	CAD	Capital Account Deficit
6.	CAG	Controller and Auditor General of India
7.	CAMELS	C-Capital adequacy, A-Asset quality, M-Management quality, E-Earnings, L-Liquidity, S-Sensitivity to Market Risk
8.	CAPART	Council for People's Action and Advancement of Rural Technology
9.	CAR	Capital adequacy ratio
10.	CARE	Credit Analysis & Research Ltd.
11.	CBS	Core banking solution
12.	CC	Cash Credit
13.	CCI	Competition Commission of India
14.	CCIL	Clearing Corporation of India limited
15.	CD	Certificate of Deposit
16.	CDSL	Central Securities Depository Limited
17.	CECA	Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
18.	CEPA	Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
19.	CFRA	Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts
20.	CHOGM	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
21.	CIBIL	Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd
22.	CII	Confederation of Indian Industry
23.	CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
24.	CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
25.	CITU	Centre Of Indian Trade Unions
26.	CMP	Common Minimum Program
27.	CO	Capital Outlay
28.	CP	Commercial Paper
29.	CPI	Consumer Price Index
30.	CPI (AL)	Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labors
31.	CPI (IW)	Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
32.	CPI (RL)	Consumer Price Index for Rural Labors
33.	CPI (UNME)	Customer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees
34.	CR	Capital Receipts
35.	CRAR	Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio
36.	CRISIL	Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
37.	CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
38.	CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
39.	CST	Central Sales Tax
40.	CTT	Commodities Transaction Tax

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	DA	Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
2.	DAP	Development Action Plan
3.	DBOD	Department of Banking Operations & Development
4.	DBS Bank Ltd	The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.
5.	DCA	Department of Company Affairs
6.	DCM	Department of Currency Management
7.	DD	Demand Draft
8.	DDS	Data Dissemination Standards
9.	DICGC	Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
10.	DMA	Departmentalized Ministries Account
11.	DMIC	Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
12.	DPEP	District Primary Education Program

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	ECA	Essential Commodity Act
2.	ECB	External Commercial Borrowings
3.	ECS	Electronic Clearing Service
4.	EDUSAT	Education Satellite
5.	EEE	Exempt Exempt Exempt
6.	EEFC Account	Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account
7.	EET	Exempt Exempt Taxation
8.	EFA	Education for All
9.	EFT	Electronic fund transfer
10.	EGOM	Empowered Group of Ministers
11.	EMI	Equated Monthly Installment
12.	EMS	European Monetary System
13.	EPF	Employees Provident Fund
14.	EPFO	Employees Provident Fund Organization
15.	ERNET	Educational and Research Network
16.	ESA	European Space Agency
17.	ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacify
18.	ESMA	Essential Services Maintenance Act
19.	ESOP	Employee Stock Option Program
20.	EU	European Union
21.	EXIM	Export Import Bank of India

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
2.	FCCB	Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
3.	FCNR	Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Accounts Scheme
4.	FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
5.	FEMA	Foreign Exchange Management Act
6.	FERA	Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
7.	FICCI	Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
8.	FII	Foreign Institutional Investors
9.	FIMMDA	Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India
10.	FIPB	Foreign Investment Promotion Board (Of India)
11.	FMCG	Fast Moving Consumer Goods
12.	FPO	Follow on Public Offer
13.	FRBM	Fiscal Responsibility And Budget Management
14.	FSSA	Food Safety And Standards Authority (Of India)
15.	FTA	Free Trade Area

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	GATT	General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
2.	GCC	Gulf Cooperation Council
3.	GDP	Gross Domestic Product
4.	GDR	Global Depositary Receipt
5.	GEF	Global Environment Fund
6.	GIC	General Insurance Corporation
7.	GNP	Gross National Product
8.	GOI	Government of India
9.	GST	Goods and Service Tax

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	HDFC	Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
2.	HDI	Human Development Index
3.	HSBC	Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
4.	HUDCO	Housing & Urban Development Corporation

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	IAAI	International Airport Authority Of India
2.	IAAS	Indian Audit and Accounts Service
3.	IADF	International Agricultural Development Fund
4.	IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
5.	IASB	The International Accounting Standards Board
6.	IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
7.	ICAI	Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
8.	ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
9.	ICCW	Indian Council for Child Welfare
10.	ICDS	Integrated Child Development Service
11.	ICICI	Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
12.	ICMR	Indian Council of Medical Research
13.	ICOR	Incremental capital output ratio
14.	ICRA	Investment information and Credit Rating Agency
15.	ICRC	International Committee of Red Cross
16.	IDA	International Development Association
17.	IDBI	Industrial Development Bank of India
18.	IDR	Indian Depository Receipts
19.	IES	Indian Economic Service
20.	IEX	Indian Energy Exchange
21.	IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development
22.	IFC	International Finance Corporation
23.	IFRS	International Financial Reporting Standard
24.	IFSC	Indian Financial System Code
25.	IFTU	International Federation of Trade Unions
26.	IFWJ	Indian Federation of Working Journalists
27.	IIP	The Index of Industrial Production
28.	IIPA	Indian Institute of Public Administration
29.	IISS	International Institute of Strategic Studies
30.	ILO	International Labor Organization
31.	IMF	International Monetary Fund
32.	IMO	International Maritime Organization
33.	IMRB	Indian Market Research Bureau
34.	INMARSAT	International Maritime Satellite Organization
35.	INR	Indian Rupee
36.	INTERPOL	International Police Organization
37.	INTUC	Indian National Trade Union Congress
38.	IOC	International Olympic Committee
39.	IP	Interest Payment
40.	IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
41.	IPEC	International Program on Elimination Of Child Labor
42.	IPO	Initial public offer
43.	IPR	Intellectual Property Right
44.	IRDA	Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
45.	IREP	Integrated Rural Energy Planning
46.	ISO	International Standardization Organization
47.	ISS	International Space Station
48.	ITDC	Indian Tourism Development Corporation
49.	ITO	International Trade Organization; Income-Tax Officer
50.	ITU	International Tele-Communication Union

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	KPO	Knowledge Process Outsourcing
2.	KVIC	Khadi & Village Industries Corporation
3.	KYC	Know your customer

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	LAMPS	Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies
2.	LDC	Least Developed Countries
3.	LIBOR	London Inter Bank Offer Rate
4.	LIC	Life Insurance Corporation (Of India)
5.	LLP	Limited Liability Partnership

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	NABARD	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
2.	NAEP	National Adult Education Program
3.	NAFED	National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd
4.	NAFTA	North America Free Trade Agreement
5.	NAM	Non-Aligned Movement
6.	NAMA	Non-Agriculture Market Access
7.	NASDAQ	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
8.	NASSCOM	National Association of Software and Services Companies
9.	NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10.	NAV	Net Asset Value
11.	NBFC	Non-Banking Finance Companies
12.	NCAER	National Council Of Applied Economic Research
13.	NCERT	National Council Of Education Research And Training
14.	NCPCR	National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
15.	NDC	National Development Council
16.	NEFT	National Electronic Fund Transfer
17.	NEGP	National E-Governance Plan
18.	NEP	National Education Policy
19.	NFO	New Fund Offers
20.	NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
21.	NHAI	National Highways Authority of India
22.	NHDP	National Highways Development Project
23.	NHRC	National Human Rights Commission
24.	NIC	National Industrial Classification
25.	NIFT	National Institute of Fashion Technology
26.	NIO	National Institute of Oceanography
27.	NLMA	National Literacy Mission Authority
28.	NMDC	National Mineral Development Corporation
29.	NNP	Net National Production
30.	NOHFC	non-operative financial holding company
31.	NPA	Non-Performing Asset
32.	NPR	National Population Register
33.	NRI	Non-Resident Indian
34.	NSC	National Statistical Commission
35.	NSDL	National Securities Depository Limited
36.	NSE	National Stock Exchange
37.	NSSO	National Sample Survey Organization
38.	NTPC	National Thermal Power Corporation

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	OD	Over Draft
2.	ODA	Official Development Assistance
3.	OECD	Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development
4.	OGL	Open General License
5.	OIC	Organization of Islamic Countries
6.	OIL	Oil India Limited
7.	OLTAS	Online Tax Accounting System
8.	OMCS	Oil Marketing Companies
9.	ONGC	Oil And Natural Gas Commission
10.	OPEC	Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries
11.	OSCE	Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	PAC	Public Accounts Committee
2.	PACS	Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
3.	PAN	Permanent Account Number (Of Income-Tax)
4.	PATA	Pacific-Asia Travel Association
5.	PCI	Per capita income
6.	PD	Primary Deficit
7.	PDO	Public Debt Office
8.	PDS	Public Distribution System
9.	PIL	Public Interest Litigation
10.	PIO	Persons Of Indian Origin
11.	PN	Participatory Note
12.	PNB	Punjab National Bank
13.	PO	Principal Office
14.	POP	Point Of Purchase
15.	PPF	Public Provident Fund
16.	PPP	Public private partnership / Purchasing power parity
17.	PSE	Public Sector Enterprises
18.	PTA	Preferential Trade Area
19.	PURA	Providing urban amenities in rural areas
20.	PM	Post Meridiem

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	QIB	Qualified Institutional Buyer
2.	QIP	Qualified Institutional Placement
3.	QR	Quantitative Restriction

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	RBI	Reserve Bank Of India
2.	RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
3.	RE	Revenue Expenditure
4.	REC	Rural Electrification Corporation
5.	RIDF	Rural infrastructure development fund
6.	RMB	Renminbi (Chinese)
7.	RR	Revenue Receipts
8.	RRB	Regional Rural Bank
9.	RRPI	Rural Retail Price Index
10.	RSETI	Rural Self Employment Training Institute
11.	RTGS	Real Time Gross Settlement

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation
2.	SAFTA	South Asian Free Trade Area
3.	SAIL	Steel Authority of India Limited
4.	SAM	Social Accounting Matrix
5.	SAPTA	SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement
6.	SARFAESI ACT	The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
7.	SBI	State Bank of India
8.	SC	Schedule Caste
9.	SCO	Shanghai Cooperation Organization
10.	SCOPE	Standing Conference On Public Enterprises
11.	SDF	shipping declaration form
12.	SDR	Special Drawing Rights
13.	SEBI	Securities and Exchange Board of India
14.	SEWA	Self-employed woman's association
15.	SEZ	Special Economic Zone
16.	SFC	State Financial Corporation
17.	SGL	Subsidiary General Ledger
18.	SIDBI	Small Industries Development Bank of India
19.	SLR	Statutory Liquidity Ratio
20.	SSI	Small-Scale Industries
21.	ST	Schedule Tribe
22.	STDR	Special Term Deposit Receipt
23.	STT	Securities Transaction Tax
24.	SWIFT	Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunications

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	TC	Temporary Change
2.	TDS	Tax Deduction at Source
3.	TIFR	Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research
4.	TIN	Tax Information Network
5.	TINXSYS	Tax Information Exchange System
6.	TISCO	Tata Iron and Steel Company
7.	TPDS	Targeted Public Distribution System
8.	TRAI	Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India
9.	TRIMS	Trade Related Investment Measures
10.	TRIPS	Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
11.	TRYSEM	Training Of Rural Youth For Self Employment
12.	TT	Telegraphic Transfer

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	UCO	United Commercial Bank
2.	UN	United Nations
3.	UNCTAD	United Nations Conference On Trade And Development
4.	UNDP	United Nations Development Program
5.	UNEF	United Nations Emergency Force
6.	UNEP	United Nations Environment Program
7.	UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization
8.	UNFCCC	United nation framework convention on climate change
9.	UNFPO	United Nations Fund For Population Activities
10.	UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
11.	UNHRC	United Nations Human Rights Commission
12.	UNICEF	United Nations International Children's (Emergency) Fund
13.	UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
14.	UNRRA	United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration
15.	US	United States
16.	USD	US Dollars
17.	USE	United Stock Exchange

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	VAT	Value-Added Tax
2.	VC	Venture Capital
3.	VDIS	Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme
4.	VRS	Voluntary Retirement Scheme

S.No.	Abbreviations	Expansions
1.	WEF	World Economic Forum
2.	WFP	World Food Program
3.	WHO	World Health Organization
4.	WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization