Acronyms/Abbreviation-Current

A.C.D. — Asian Co-operation Dialogue
A.D.S. — Air Defence Ship
A.I.D.S. — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
A.T.G.M. — Anti-Tank Guided Missile
A.P.E.D.A. — Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
A.U. — African Union
A.W.A.N. — Army Wide Area Network
B.P.O. — Business Process Outsourcing
C.C.I. — Consumer Confidence Index; Cricket Club of India
C.D.M.A. — Code Division Multiple Access
C.I.S. — Commonwealth of Independent States
C.I.B.I.L. — Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd.
C.N.G. — Compressed Natural Gas
C.R.I.S.I.L. — Credit Rating and Information Services of India Ltd.
C.S.T.O. — Collective Security Treaty Organisation
D.M.R.C. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
D.O.T.S. — Directly Observed Treatment Short Course
E.A.S. — East Asia Summit
E.E.C. — Eurasian Economic Community
E.D.C.I.L. — Educational Consultants India Ltd.
G.C.M.M.F. — Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation
G.P.R.S. — General Packet Radio Service
G.S.L.V. — Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle
G.U.A.M. — Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova
I.C.D.S. — Integrated Child Development Services
I.F.C.I. — Industrial Finance Corporation of India
I.G.C.A.R. — Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
I.G.N.O.U. — Indira Gandhi National Open University
I.I.S.E.R. — Indian Institutes of Science and Educational Research
I.N.M.A.S. — Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences
I.P.C.C. — International Panel on Climate Change
I.T.E.R. — International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
NASSCOM — National Association of Software and Service Companies
N.B.R.C. — National Brain Research Centre
N.C.A. — National Cricket Academy, Nuclear Command Authority
N.C.A.O.R. — National Centre for Antarctica and Ocean Research
N.D.I.C. — Natural Disaster Information System
N.D.M.A. — National Disaster Management Authority
N.E.A. — National Environment Authority
N.F.W.P. — National Food for Work Programme
N.P.C.L. — Nuclear Power Corporation of India
N.R.E.G.A. — National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
N.R.H.M. — National Rural Health Mission
N.S.G. — Nuclear Suppliers’ Group; National Security Guards
O.C.I. — Overseas Citizen of India
O.I.C. — Overseas Indian Citizenship
O.S.C.E. — Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
P.H.D.C.C.I. — Progress, Harmony and Development Chambers of Commerce and Industry
P.H.F.I. — Public Health Foundation of India
P.O.S.C.O. — Pohang Steel Company
P.O.T.A. — Prevention of Terrorism Act
Q.I.B. — Qualified Institutional Buyer
Q.I.P. — Qualified Institutional Placement
R.T.R.A. — Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority
S.A.I. — Sports Authority of India
S.A.A.R.C. — South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
S.C.R.A.M.J.E.T. — Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
S.G.R.Y. — Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana
S.M.S. — Short Message Service; Subscriber Management System
S.R.S.F. — Special Railway Safety Fund
T.I.N. — Tax Payers’ Identification Number
T.R.A. — Tea Research Association
T.R.I.P.S. — Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
U.A.P.A. — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
U.N.F.P.A. — United Nations Fund for Population Activities
V.A.A. — Virgin Atlantic Airlines
VAT — Value Added Tax
W.C.C.B. — Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
W.E.M. — World Environment Forum
WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organisation
W.L.L. — Wireless in Local Loop
W.M.D. — Weapons of Mass Destruction