Financial Abbreviations and Acronyms in India

Abbreviation
Definition
AD
Authorized Dealer
ADB
Asian Development Bank
ADR
American Depository Receipt
AFS
Annual Financial Statement
AGM
Annual General Meeting
AIRCSC
All India Rural Credit Survey Committee
ARIMA
Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average
AFS
Available For Sale
ASSOCHAM
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM
Automated Teller Machine
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BOI
Bank of India
BoP
Balance of Payments
BSCS
DESACS RBI Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BSE
Bombay Stock Exchange
BSR
Basic Statistical Returns
CAD
Capital Account Deficit
CAG
Controller and Auditor General of India
CBS
Consolidated Banking Statistics
CC
Cash Credit
CD
Certificate of Deposit
CD Ratio
Credit Deposit Ratio
CDBS
Committee of Direction on Banking Statistics
CF
Company Finance
CFRA
Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts
CGRA
Currency and Gold Revaluation Account
CII
Confederation of Indian Industries
CO
Capital Outlay
CP
Commercial Paper
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CPI-IW
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
CR
Capital Receipts
CRAR
Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio
CRR
Cash Reserve Ratio
CSIR
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CSO
Central Statistical Organisation
CVC
Central Vigilance Commission
DAP
Development Action Plan
DBOD
Department of Banking Operations and Development
DCA
Department of Companies Affairs
DCB
Demand Collection and Balance
DCCB
District Central Cooperative Bank
DCM
Department of Currency Management
DD
Demand DraftDDSData Dissemination Standards
DEIO
Department of External Investments and Operations
DESACS
Department of Statistical Analysis & Computer Services
DGBA
Department of Government and Bank Accounts
DGCI&S
Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics
DI
Direct Investment
DICGC
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
DID
Discharge of Internal Debt
DMA
Departmentalized Ministries Account
DRI
Differntial Rate of Interest Scheme
DSBB
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
DVP
Delivery versus Payment
ECB
External Commercial Borrowing
ECB
European Central Bank
ECGC
Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
ECS
Electronic Clearing Scheme
EDMU
External Debt Management Unit
EEA
Exchange Equalization Account
EEC
European Economic Community
EEFC
Exchange Earners Foreign Currency
EFR
Exchange Fluctuation Reserve
EPF
Employees Provident Fund
ETF
Exchange Traded Fund
EUR
Euro
EXIM Bank
Export Import Bank of India
FC
Finance Commision
FCCB
Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
FCNR(B)
Foreign Currency Currency Non-Repatriable(Banks)
FCNRA
Foreign Currency Currency Non-Repatriable Account
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA
Foreign Exchange Management Act
FI
Financial Institution
FICCI
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FII
Foreign Institutional Investor
FIMMDA
Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India
FISIM
Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
FPI
Flow Of Funds
FRA
Foreign Portfolio Investment
FRBM
Forward Rate Agreement
FRN
Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
FWG
First Working Group on Money
FX
Foreign Exchange
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GDR
Global Depository Receipt
GFD
Gross Fiscal Deficit
GFS
Government Finance Statistics
GIC
General Insurance Corporation
GLS
Generalized Least Squares
GNIE
Government Not Included Elsewhere
GoI
Government of India
GPD
Gross Primary Deficit
G-Sec
Government Securities
HDFC
Housing Development Finance Corporation
HFT
Held For Trading
HICP
Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
HO
Head Office
HUDCO
Housing & Urban Development Corporation
IBRD
International Bank Reconstruction and Development
IBS
International Banking Statistics
ICAR
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICICI
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
ICMR
Indian Council of Medical Research
IDB
India Development Bonds
IDBI
Industrial Development Bank of India
IDD
Industrial Development Department
IDFC
Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFC(W)
International Finance Corporation (Washington)
IFCI
Industrial Finance Corporation of India
IFR
Investment Fluctuation Reserve
IFS
International Financial Statistics
IFSC
Indian Financial System Code
IGLS
Iterative Generalized Least Squares
IIBI
Industrial Investment Bank of India
IIP
Index of Industrial Production
IIP/InIP
International Investment Position
IMD
India Millennium Deposits
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IN
India
INR
Indian Rupee
IOTT
Input-Output Transaction Table
IP
Interest Payment
IPO
Initial Public Offer
IRB I
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
IRDA
Insurance Regulatory Developement Authority
ISDA
International Swaps and Derivative Association
ISIC
International Standard Industrial Classification
ISO
International Standards Organization
ITRS
International Transaction Reporting System
IWGEDS
International Working Group on External Debt Statistics
KVIC
Khadi & Village Industries Corporation
LAF
Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LAMPS
Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies
LAS
Loan & Advances by States
LBD
Land Development Bank
LBS
Locational Banking Statistics
LERMS
Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System
LIC
Life Insurance Corporation of India
LT
Long Term
LTO
Long Term Operation
M1
Narrow Money
M3
Broad Money
MA
Moving Average
MCA
Ministry of Company Affairs
MF
Mutual Fund
MIGA
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MIS
Management Information System
MMSE
Minimum Mean Squared Errors
MoF
Ministry of Finance
MOF
Master Office File
MRM
Monitoring and Review Mechanism
MRP
Maximum Retail Price
MSS
Market Stabilisation Scheme
MT
Mail Transfer
MTM
Mark-To-Market
NABARD
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NAC(LTO)
National Agricultural Credit (Long Term Operatiion)
NAIO
Non Administratively Independent Office
NAS
National Account Statistics
NASSCOM
National Association of Software and Services Companies
NBC
Non-Banking Companies
NBFC
Non Banking Financial Companies
NEC
Not Elsewhere Classified
NEER
Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
NFA
Non-Foreign Exchange Assets
NFD
Net Fiscal Deficit
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NHB
National Housing Bank
NIC
National Industrial Classification
NIF
Note Issuance Facility
NNML
Net Non-Monetary Liabilities
NPA
Non-Performing Assets
NPD
Net Primary Deficit
NPRB
Net Primary Revenue Balance
NPV
Net Present Value
NRE
Non-Resident External
NRG
Non-Resident Government
NRI
Non-Resident Indian
NSC
National Statistical Commission
NSE
National Stock Exchange
NSSF
National Small Savings Fund
OD
Over Draft
ODA
Official Development Assistance
OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECO
Organisaton for Economic Co-operation
OFI
Other Financial Institutions
OLTAS
OnLine Tax Accounting System
OMO
Open Market Operations
OSCB
Other Indian Scheduled Commercial Bank
PACF
Partial Auto-Correlation Function
PACS
Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
PCARDB
Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
PD
Primary Deficit
PDAI
Primary Dealers Association of India
PDO
Public Debt Office
PDO-NDS
Public Debt Office-cum-Negotiated Dealing System
PDs
Primary Dealers
PES
Public Enterprises Survey
PF
Provident Fund
PIO
Persons of Indian Origin
PNB
Punjab National bank
PO
Principal Office
PRB
Primary Revenue Balance
PSE
Public Sector Enterprises
PUC
Paid Up Capital
QRR
Quick Review Report
RBI
Reserve Bank of India
RD
Revenue Deficit
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System
RE
Revenue Expenditure
REC
Rural Electrification Corporation
REER
Real Effective Exchange Rate
RFC
Residents Foreign Currency
RIB
Resurgent India Bonds
RIDF
Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
RLA
Recoveries of Loans & Advances
RLC
Repayment of Loans to Centre
RMB
Renminbi (Chinese)
RNBC
Residuary Non-Banking Companies
RO
Regional Office
RoCs
Registrars of Companies
RPA
Rupee Payment Area
RPCD
Rural Planning and Credit Department of RBI
RR
Revenue Receipts
RRB
Regional Rural Bank
RTP
Reserve Tranche Position
RUF
Revolving Underwriting Facility
RWA
Risk Weighted Asset
SAM
Social Accounting Matrix
SAS
Statistical Analysis System
SBI
State Bank of India
SCARDB
State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
SCB
State Cooperative Bank
SCB
Scheduled Commercial Bank
SCS
Size Class Strata
SDDS
Special Data Dissemination Standards
SDR
Special Drawing Right
SEBI
Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEBs
State Electricity Boards
SFC
State Financial Corporation
SGL
Subsidiary General Ledger
SGSY
Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar Yojana
SHGs
Self-Help Groups
SIDBI
Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIDC
State Industrial Development Corporation
SI-SPA
Systems Improvement Scheme under Special Project Agriculture
SJSRY
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana
SLR
Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SLRS
Scheme for Liberation & Rehabilitation of Scavangers
SMG
Standing Monitoring Group
SNA
System of National Accounts
SRWTO
Small road & Water Transport Operators
SSI
Small-Scale Industries
SSSBEs
Small Scale Service & Business Enterprises
SWG
Second Working Group on Money Supply
TBs
Treasury Bills
TC
Temporary Change
TDSAT
Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal
TRAI
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TT
Telegraphic Transfer
UBB
Uniform Balance Book
UBD
Urban Banks Department
UCB
Urban Cooperative Bank
UCN
Uniform Code Number
ULIP
Unit Linked Insurance Policy
US
United States
USD
US Dollars
USE
United Stock Exchange
UTI
Unit Trust of India
VC
Venture Capital
WPI
Wholesale Price Index
WSS
Weekly Statistical Supplement
YTM
Yield to Maturity
ZO
Zonal Office