LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
S. No. 1. ACR Annual Confidential Report 2. AD/DD Assistant Director/Deputy Director 3. ADG Additional Director General 4. AFHQ Armed Forces Head Quarter 5. AIBP Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme 6. AICTE All India Council of Technical Education 7. AIDS Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome 8. AIFB All India Forward Bloc 9. AIG Assistant Inspector General 10. AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences 11. AIPA ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly 12. AMC Annual Maintenance Contract 13. APL Above Poverty Line 14. ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation 15. ASEP7 Seventh Asian Europe Parliamentary Partnership Members 16. ASGP Association of Secretaries-General of Parliament 17. ASSOCHAM Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India 18. ATF Aviation Turbine Fuel 19. ATN Action Taken Notes 20. ATRs Action Taken Reports 21. AYUSH Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy 22. AVR System Audio-Video Recording System 23. BALCO Bharat Aluminum Company 24. BASIL Broadcast Engineering Consultant India Limited. 25. BCI Bar Council of India 26. B E Budget Estimate 27. BHEL Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited 28. BIIDS Bilingual Integrated Information Display System 29. BIS Bureau of Indian Standard 30. BJD Biju Janata Dal 31. BJP Bhartiya Janata Party 32. BPCL Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 33. BPL Below Poverty Line 34. BPST Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training 35. BRO Border Roads Organization Limited 36. BSCL Burn Standard Company Limited 37. BSF Border Security Force 38. BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 39. B.T Brinjal Bacillus Thuringiensis Brinjal 40. C&AG Comptroller & Auditor General 41. CARA Central Adoption Resource Authority 42. CAT Central Administrative Tribunal
i 43. CBI Central Bureau of Investigation 44. CCC Computerization Coordination Committee 45. CCS Central Civil Services 46. CDs Compact Discs 47. CDS Chief of Defense Staff 48. CDAC Centre for Development of Advanced Computing 49. CDSCO Central Drugs Standard Control Organization 50. CEA Children Education Allowance 51. CED Chief Executive Director 52. CERC Central Electricity Regulatory Commission 53. CENTAD Centre for Trade and Development 54. CGA Controller General of Accounts 55. CGEGIS Central Government Employee Group Insurance Scheme 56. CGHS Central Government Health Scheme 57. CIC Central Information Commission 58. CII Confederation of Indian Industry 59. CIL Coal India Limited 60. CIP Central Issue Prices 61. CL Casual Leave 62. CMAs Comprehensive Maintenance Agreement 63. CMD Chief Managing Director 64. CMPFO Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation 65. COOPCE Committee of Officers for Procurement of Computer equipments 66. COORD Coordination 67. COPLOT Committee on Paper Laid on Table 68. COSL Committee on Subordinate Legislation 69. CPA Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 70. CPF Contributory Pension Fund 71. CPIA Central Pass Issuing Authority 72. CPIC Centralized Pass Issue Cell 73. CPIO Central Public Information Officer 74. CPSEs Central Public Sector Enterprises 75. CPWD Central Public Works Department 76. CRC Camera Ready Copy 77. CRR Counseling, Retraining and Redeployment 78. CRPF Central Reserve Police Force 79. CS(MA) Central Services Medical Attendant 80. CSR Corporate Social Responsibility 81. CSS Central Secretariat Services 82. CVC Central Vigilance Commission 83. DAE Department of Atomic Energy 84. DBT Department of Biotechnology 85. DDA Delhi Development Authority 86. DDO Drawing and Disbursing Officer 87. DDR Drawing and Disbursement Register 88. DG (RD) & SS Director General (Road Development) & Special
ii Secretary 89. DGCA Director General of Civil Aviation 90. DGFT Directorate General of Foreign Trade 91. DGR Director General of Resettlement 92. DMIS Document Management Information System 93. D.O Demi Official 94. DoE Department of Energy 95. DONER Development of North Eastern Region 96. DoPT Department of Personnel & Training 97. DOS Department of Space 98. DPC Departmental Promotion Committees 99. DPR Detailed Project Report 100. DFCCIL Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited 101. DRPSC Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees 102. DSIR Department of Scientific & Industrial Research 103. DSPRUD Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs 104. DSSSB Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board 105. DTS Direct Trainers Skills 106. DUTA Delhi University Teacher Association 107. DVD Digital Video Disc 108. DVG Distinguish Visitor Gallery 109. E&T Editorial & Translation 110. E/V H/V English Version and Hindi Version 111. EATS Ex-Serviceman Transport Air link Private Limited 112. ED Enforcement Directorate 113. EPABX Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange 114. FACT Fertilizer & Chemical Travancore Limited 115. FAQs Frequently Asked Questions 116. FCI Food Corporation of India 117. FDI Foreign Direct Investment 118. FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 119. FIEO Federation of Indian Export Organisations 120. FIR First Information Report 121. FMRAI Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association of India 122. FPRA Forum for Prevention of Road Accidents. 123. FRBM Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management 124. FRRO Foreigner Regional Registration Office 125. FSMA Full Service Maintenance Agreement 126. FSSAI Food Safety and Standards Authority of India 127. GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited 128. GFR General Financial Rule 129. GMCL Goa Meat Complex Limited. 130. GMR Hyderabad Gandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Hyderabad 131. GNVFC Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Chemicals Limited. 132. GPC General Purpose Committee
iii 133. GPF General Provident Fund 134. GRG Road Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road 135. GSFC Gujarat State Finance Corporation 136. H&FW Health & Family Welfare 137. HBA House Building Advance 138. HC Hon'ble Chairman 139. HE His Excellency 140. HDC Hon'ble Deputy Chairman 141. HoD Head of Department 142. HHEC Handicraft and Handloom Exports Corporation of India Limited 143. HMT Hindustan Machine Tools 144. HPCL Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 145. HPMC Himachal Pradesh Marketing Corporation 146. HRA House Rent Allowance 147. HRD Human Resource Development 148. HSL Hindustan Shipyards Limited 149. HVPI Hon'ble Vice-President of India 150. IAMR Institute of Applied Manpower Research 151. IC Initiative of Change 152. ICADR International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution 153. ICICI Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India 154. ICPS Integrated Child Protection Scheme 155. ID Identity Card 156. IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India 157. IDTR Institute of Driving & Traffic Research 158. IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of India 159. IFFCO Indian Farmers & Fertilizers Co-operatives 160. IFLA International Federation of Library Association 161. IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University 162. IIMC Indian Institute of Mass Communication 163. ILI International Law Institute 164. IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union 165. IMCC Indian Medicine Central Council 166. INCOIS Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services 167. INC Indian National Congress 168. IOA Indian Olympic Association 169. IOC International Olympic Committee 170. IOCL Indian Oil Corporation Limited 171. IPDGA Indian Parliamentary Delegations Going Abroad 172. IPG Indian Parliamentary Group 173. IPL Indian Premier League 174. IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union 175. IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation 176. IRDA Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority 177. I.T Information Technology 178. ISTM Institute of Secretariat Training and Management 179. ITBP Indo Tibetan Border Police
iv 180. ITDC India Tourism Development Corporation 181. ITO Income Tax Office 182. ITPO India Trade Promotion Organisation 183. IWAI Inland Waterways Authority of India 184. JCOP Joint Committee on Offices of Profit 185. JNNSM Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission 186. JPI Journal of Parliamentary Information 187. J.S Joint Secretary 188. JS&FA Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor 189. KRIBHCO Krishak Bharti Co-operative 190. KVIC Khadi & Village Industries Commission 191. L&D Category Long & Distinguished Service Category 192. LAFEAS Legislative, Financial, Executive and Administrative Service 193. LAN Local Area Network 194. LARRDIS Library, Reference, Research, Documentation and Information Service 195. LBDB Lakshadweep Building Development Board 196. LBSNAA Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration 197. LCD Liquid Crystal Display 198. LCS Local Control Station 199. LDCL Lakshadweep Development Corporation Limited 200. LIC Life Insurance Corporation Limited 201. LLB Bachelors of Law 202. LOB List of Business 203. LOP Leader of Opposition 204. LPC Last Pay Certificate 205. LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas 206. LTC Leave Travel Concession 207. MAIDC Maharashtra Agro Industries Development Corporation Limited 208. MAMC Maulana Azad Medical College 209. MANTRA Machine assisted Translation tool 210. MBA Masters of Business Administration 211. MLA/MLC Member of Legislative Assembly/Member of Legislative Council 212. MCI Medical Council of India 213. MDNIY Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga 214. MFN Most Favoured Nation 215. MGNREGS Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 216. MHA Ministry of Home Affairs 217. MIS Members Information System 218. MIS SOFTWARE Management of Information System 219. MoS&PI Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 220. MoU Memorandum of Understanding 221. MoEF Ministry of Environment & Forests
v 222. M.P Member of Parliament 223. MPLADS Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme 224. MPR Monthly Progress Report 225. MPT Mormugao Port Trust 226. MRS Mantra Rajya Sabha 227. M.S&A Members Salaries & Allowances 228. MS&ME Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises 229. MSE-CDP Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme 230. MS Flat Multi - storied Flats 231. MSMED Micro Small & Medium Enterprises Development 232. MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 233. NABARD National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development 234. NACO National AIDS Control Organisation 235. NACIL National Aviation Company of India Limited 236. NACP National AIDS Control Programme 237. NALCO National Aluminum Company Limited 238. NALSA National Legal Services Authority 239. NCCF National Consumer Cooperative Federation of India Limited 240. NCCT National Council for Cooperative Training 241. NCHRH National Commission for Human Resources for Health 242. NCPRI National Companion for Peoples Right to Information 243. NCR National Capital Region 244. NCRP National Reserve Conservation Plan 245. NCT National Capital Territory 246. NER North-Eastern Region 247. NFCH National Foundation of Communal Harmony 248. NFS Act National Food Security Act 249. NH National Highway 250. NHAI National Highways Authority of India 251. NHPC National Hydro Power Corporation 252. NIC National Informatics Centre 253. NICSI National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated 254. NIFT National Institute of Fashion Technology 255. NDMC New Delhi Municipal Corporation 256. NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences 257. NOC No Objection Certificate 258. NPPA National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority 259. NPS National Pension Scheme 260. NRHM National Rural Health Mission 261. NRIs Non Resident Indians 262. NSIC National Small Industries Corporation 263. NSG National Security Guard 264. NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation 265. OBC Other Backward Class 266. ODC Obsolescence Declaration Committee
vi 267. ODP Obsolescence Declaration Policy 268. OFHR Oil Filled Heat Radiator 269. OIH Originally in Hindi 270. ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Commission Limited 271. OPPI Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India 272. OSD Officer on Special Duty 273. OTA Over Time Allowance 274. P&AO Pay & Accounts Office 275. P&P Printing & Publication 276. PA Personal Assistant 277. PAMS Personnel Administration Management System 278. PDS Public Distribution System 279. PCs Personal Computers 280. PCI Press Council of India 281. PERT Programme Evaluation Review Technique 282. PFG Parliamentary Friendship Group 283. PGCIL Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 284. PHA Parliament House Annexe 285. Ph.D Doctor of Philosophy 286. PIO Person of Indian Origin 287. PLOT Papers Laid on Table 288. PO Protocol Officer 289. PPG Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice 290. PPP Public Private Partnership 291. PMEGP Prime Minister Employment Guarantee Programme 292. PRS Parliamentary Research Service 293. PSS Parliament Security Service 294. PSUs Public Sector Undertaking 295. PTC Police Training College 296. PTI Press Trust of India 297. R&CS Recruitment & Conditions of Service 298. R&D Research & Development 299. R&L Research & Library 300. RAX Restricted Auto Exchange 301. R.E Revised Estimate 302. REC Rural Electrification Corporation 303. R.F tag Radio Frequency tag 304. RGGVY Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna 305. RH Restricted Holiday 306. RMSA Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan 307. ROB Railway Over bridge 308. RRBs Regional Rural Banks 309. RS(E) Rajya Sabha (Envelope) 310. RSC Rajghat Samadhi Committee 311. RS Rajya Sabha 312. RSS Rajya Sabha Secretariat 313. RSTV Rajya Sabha Television Network 314. RTE Right to Education
vii 315. RTI Right to Information 316. RW Re-writable 317. SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 318. SAD Shiromani Akali Dal 319. SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited 320. SAN Storage Area Network 321. SEBI Security & Exchange Board of India 322. SC Schedule Caste 323. SIAM Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers 324. SMOP Sectional Manual of Office Procedure 325. SMS Short Message Service 326. SOCATT Society of Clerks at-the-Table in Common Wealth Parliaments 327. SPG Special Protection Group 328. SPSE State Public Sector Enterprises 329. SQ Starred Question 330. SSA Senior Security Assistant 331. ST Schedule Tribe 332. STAC Standing Technical Advisory Committee 333. STQC Standardization Testing & Quality Certification 334. STD Subscribers Trunk Dialing 335. TA/DA Travel Allowance/Daily Allowance 336. TES Traffic Engineering & Safety 337. TDP Telugu Desam Party 338. TDS Tax Deducted at Source 339. TGT Trained Graduate Teacher 340. TKR Talkatora Road 341. UCO United Commercial Bank 342. UGC University Grants Commission 343. UK United Kingdom 344. UPASI United Planter' Association of Southern India 345. UPR Usual Place of Residence 346. UPS Un-interrupted Power Supply 347. USQ Unstarred Question 348. UT Union Territory Administration ADMINSTRATION 349. VCD Video Compact Disc 350. VRS Voluntary Retirement Scheme 351. WCD Women and Child Development 352. WG Branch Work & General Branch 353. WHO Word Health Organisation 354. WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation 355. WTO World Trade Organisation
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