ADR : American Depository Receipts
AFC : Asset Finance Company
AMS: Aggregate Measurement of Support
ANBC: Adjusted Net Bank Credit
AoA: Agreement on Agriculture
ARC: Asset Reconstruction Company
ARDC: Agriculture Refinance Development Corporation
BCCT: Banking Cash Transaction Tax
BOLT: BSE Online Trading
BoP: Balance of Payment
BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange
C : Consumption
CAC: Capital Account Convertibility
CAR: Capital Adequacy Ratio
CARDB: Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
CD: Certificates of Deposit
CDS: Current Daily Status
CDSL: Central Depository Services Limited
CENVAT: Centralised Value Added Tax
CP: Commercial Paper
CPI: Consumer Price Index
CPI(AL) : Consumer Price Index (Agriculture Labour)
CPI (IW): Consumer Price Index (Industrial Worker)
CPI (RL): Consumer Price Index (Rural Labour)
CPI(UNME) : Consumer Price Index (Urban Non-Manual Employees)
CRAR: Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio
CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio
CSO: Central Statistical Organisation
CWS: Current Weekly Status
DCA: Department of Company Affairs
DSB: Dispute Settlement Body
ECB: External Commercial Borrowings
EPF: Employees Provident Fund
ESOP: Employee Stock Option
ESOS: Employee Stock Purchase
FCNR(B): Foreign Currency Non Resident (Bank)
FDI: Foreign Direct Investment
FI: Financial Institution
FII: Foreign Institutional Investment
FPO: Follow on Public Offering
FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
FTP: Financial Transaction Plan
G : Government consumption
GATS: General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT: General Agreement on Trade and Tariff
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
GDR : Global Depository Receipts
GII: Gender Inequality Index
GNI : Gross National Income
GNIE : Government Not Included Elsewhere
GNP : Gross National Product
GPF : General Provident Fund
HDI : Human Development Index
HDR : Human Development Report
HNI : High Net worth Individual
HSBC : Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation
HTM : Held To Maturity
HUF: Hindu Undivided Family
I : Investment
IC : Investment Company
ICOR : Incremental Capital Output Ratio
IDBI : Industrial Development Bank of India
IDR : Indian Depository Receipts
IFCI : Industrial Finance Corporation of India
HDI : Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index
IIP : Index of Industrial Production
IMF: International Monetary fund
IPO : Initial Public Offering
ITES : Information Technology Enabled Services
LAB : Local Area Bank
LAF : Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LC : Loan Company
LPG : Liberalisation, Privatisation, Globalisation
LIBOR: London Inter Bank Offer Rate
M: Import
ManVAT: Manufacturing Value Added Tax
MAT: Minimum Alternate Tax
MDPI : Multi Dimensional Poverty Index
MFN : Most Favoured Nation
MoA : Memorandum of Association
Mod : VAT Modified Value Added Tax
MRP : Mixed Recall Period Method
MSS : Market Stabilisation Scheme
NABARD : National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NAV: Net Asset Value
NBFC : Non-Banking Financial Company
NDTL : Net Demand and Time Liabilities
NEAT: National Exchange Automated Trading
NHB : National Housing Bank
NNP : Net National Product
NNPFC : Net National Product at Factor Cost
NNPMP : Net National Product at Market Price
NPA : Non Performing Asset
NPISHs : Non-profit Institutions Serving Households
NR : (E) RA Non Resident (External) Rupee Account
NRO :Non Resident Ordinary Rupee account
NSC : National Saving Certificate
NSCCL : National Securities Clearing Corporation of India Limited
NSDL : National Securities Depository Limited
NSE : National Stock Exchange
NSSF: National Saving Scheme Fund
NSSO : National Sample Survey Organisation
NT : National Treatment
NTB : Non Tariff Barrier
OBE : Off- Balance Sheet Exposure
OME : Oil Marketing Enterprise P Price
PACS : Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
PD : Primary Dealer
PLB : Poverty Line Basket
PMI : Purchasing Manager’s Index
PPP : Purchasing Power Parity
PPP : US $ Purchasing Power Parity at US dollar
PSU : Public Sector Undertaking Q Quantity
QIB : Qualified Institutional Buyer
RBI : Reserve Bank of India
RRB : Regional Rural Bank
SBI : State Bank of India
SC : Scheduled Caste
SCB : State Cooperative Bank
SDR : Special Drawing Right
SEBI : ecurities and Exchange Board of India
SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SNA : System of National Accounts
STT : Securities Transaction Tax
ST : Scheduled Tribe
TRIMS : Trade Related Intellectual Measures
TRIPS : Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
UNDP : United Nations Development Programme
URP : Uniform Recall Period Method
UPS : Usual Principal Status
USD : United States Dollar
VAT : Value Added Tax
WIPO : World Intellectual Property Organisation
WPI : Whole Sale Price Index
WTO : World Trade Organization X Export