LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS S. No. 1. A&N Andaman & Nicobar 2. ACO Assistant Committee Officer 3. AEES Atomic Energy Education Society 4. AeBAS Aadhaar enabled Biometric Attendance System 5. AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences 6. AIU Association of Indian Universities 7. AMC Annual Maintenance Contract 8. ARO Assistant Research Officer 9. ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations 10. ASGP Association of Secretaries-General of Parliaments 11. ASI Archaeological Survey of India 12. ASSOCHAM Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India 13. ATNs Action Taken Notes 14. ATRs Action Taken Reports 15. AWS Automatic Weather Station 16. AYCL Andrew Yule & Company Ltd. 17. AYUSH Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy 18. BCD Basic Customs Duty 19. BEML Bharat Earth Movers Limited 20. BHAVINI Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. 21. BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. 22. BHMRC Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre 23. BIOS Bills Information Online System 24. BIS Bureau of Indian Standards 25. BMRCL Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. 26. BOAT Board of Apprentice Ship Training 27. BOB Bank of Baroda 28. BPCL Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 29. BPST Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training 30. BRO Border Roads Organisation 31. BSF Border Security Force 32. BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 33. C&AG Comptroller & Auditor General 34. CARA Central Adoption Resource Authority 35. CAT Central Administrative Tribunal 36. CBI Central Bureau of Investigation 37. CBRN Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear 38. CBDT Central Board of Direct Taxes 39. CCL Child Care Leave 40. CCRYN Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy 41. CCS Central Civil Services 42. CEA Children Education Allowance 43. CGHS Central Government Health Scheme 44. CIC Central Information Commission 45. CII Confederation of Indian Industry 46. CISF Central Industrial Security Force 47. CLCSS Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme i 48. CMD Chairman & Managing Director 49. CMRL Chennai Metro Rail Limited 50. COA Council of Architecture 51. COPLOT Committee on Paper Laid on Table 52. COSL Committee on Subordinate Legislation 53. CPCB Central Pollution Control Board 54. CPCL Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 55. CPIA Central Pass Issuing Authority 56. CPIC Centralized Pass Issue Cell 57. CPIO Central Public Information Officer 58. CPSE Central Public Sector Enterprises 59. CPT Chennai Port Trust 60. CPWD Central Public Works Department 61. CRC Camera Ready Copy 62. CRPF Central Reserve Police Force 63. CRZ Coastal Regulation Zone 64. CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 65. CSR Corporate social responsibility 66. CVC Central Vigilance Commission 67. DEC Distance Education Council 68. DoNER Development of North Eastern Region 69. DoPT Department of Personnel & Training 70. DPC Departmental Promotion Committees 71. DPDC District Level Planning, Development and 20-Point Programme Committee 72. DPE Department of Public Enterprises 73. DPSC Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee 74. DRSC Department Related Standing Committee 75. EIL Engineers India Ltd. 76. ENA Ecole nationale d'administration 77. EPABX Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange 78. FCRA Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 79. FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 80. FIEO Federation of Indian Export Organisation 81. FISME Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises 82. FORDA Federation of Resident Doctors' Association India 83. FAQs Frequently Asked Questions 84. GFR General Financial Rules 85. GIC General Insurance Corporation 86. GPC General Purposes Committee 87. GST Goods & Services Tax 88. H&FW Health & Family Welfare 89. H&S Hardware & software 90. HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 91. HBA House Building Advance 92. HC Hon'ble Chairman 93. HCL Hindustan Cables Limited 94. HDC Hon'ble Deputy Chairman 95. HEC Heavy Engineering Corporation 96. HEFA Higher Education Financing Agency 97. HI & PE Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 98. HPC Hindustan Paper Corporation ii 99. HPCL Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 100. HRD Human Resource Development 101. HSL Hindustan Shipyard Limited 102. HVPI Hon'ble Vice-President of India 103. IT Information Technology 104. IB Intelligence Bureau 105. IBA Indian Banks' Association 106. ICADR International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution 107. IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India 108. IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University 109. IICA Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs 110. IICS Indian Institute of Computer Science 111. IIMC Indian Institute of Mass Communication 112. IIPA Indian Institute of Public Administration 113. IL&FS Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd. 114. ILI Indian Law Institute 115. IMA Indian Medical Association 116. IMD India Meteorological Department 117. INMAS Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences 118. IOB Indian Overseas Bank 119. IOCL Indian Oil Corporation Limited 120. IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union 121. IRCON Indian Railway Construction Company Limited 122. IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation 123. IREL Indian Rare Earths Ltd. 124. ISAR Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction 125. ISIC Indian Spinal Injuries Centre 126. ISMA Indian Solar Manufacturers Association 127. ISTM Institute of Secretariat Training and Management 128. ITAT Income Tax Appellate Tribunal 129. ITBP Indo Tibetan Border Police 130. ITDC India Tourism Development Corporation 131. IWAI Inland Waterways Authority of India 132. JCOP Joint Committee on Offices of Profit 133. JNU Jawaharlal Nehru University 134. JPC Joint Parliamentary Committee 135. JPI Journal of Parliamentary Information 136. JSCOT Joint Standing Committee on Treaties 137. KAPL Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited 138. KVIC Khadi & Village Industries Commission 139. LAC Latin American Countries 140. LAN Local Area Network 141. LARRDIS Library, Reference, Research, Documentation and Information Service 142. LBSNAA Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration 143. LIC Life Insurance Corporation 144. LoP Leader of Opposition 145. LPC Last Pay Certificates 146. LTC Leave Travel Concession 147. M.S&A Members Salaries & Allowances 148. MANTRA Machine assisted Translation tool 149. MbPT Mumbai Port Trust iii 150. MDMS Midday Meal Scheme 151. MFL Madras Fertilizers Ltd. 152. MHA Ministry of Home Affairs 153. MIS Management of Information System 154. MNC Multi-National Corporation 155. MoS Minister of State 156. MoS&PI Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 157. MoU Memorandum of understanding 158. MP Member of Parliament 159. MPLADS Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme 160. MRPL Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited 161. MRTS Mass Rapid Transportation System 162. MSME Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises 163. MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. 164. NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council 165. NACIL National Aviation Company of India Limited 166. NALSA National Legal Services Authority 167. NBA National Board of Accreditation 168. NBFC Non-Banking financial institution 169. NCF National Culture Fund 170. NCOF National Centre of Organic Farming 171. NCR National Capital Region 172. NCSC National Commission for Schedule Caste 173. NCT National Capital Territory 174. NCTE National Council for Teacher Education 175. NCW National Commission for Women 176. NDMC New Delhi Municipal Council 177. NDTL National Dope Testing Laboratory 178. NeGD National E-Governance Division 179. NeVA National eVidhan Application 180. NFDC National Film Development Corporation 181. NHAI National Highways Authority of India 182. NHDC National Handloom Development Corporation 183. NHIDCL National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited 184. NHM National Health Mission 185. NIC National Informatics Centre 186. NISG National Institute for Smart Government 187. NITs Notices Inviting Tenders 188. NISCAIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources 189. NLC Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. 190. NMC National Medical Commission 191. NMPT New Mangalore Port Trust 192. NPCIL Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited 193. NPP National Perspective Plan 194. NRI Non-resident Indian 195. NSDF National Sports Development Fund 196. NSG National Security Guard 197. NSIC National Small Industries Corporation 198. NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation 199. O&M Organisation & Methods iv 200. OBC Other Backward Class 201. ODP Obsolescence Declaration Policy 202. OIH Originally in Hindi 203. ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Commission Limited 204. OSD Officer on Special Duty 205. P&AO Pay & Accounts Office 206. P&SB Punjab and Sind Bank 207. PAMS Personnel Administration Management System 208. PCI Pharmacy Council of India 209. PCR Production Control Room 210. PCMRS Provision of Computers to Members of Rajya Sabha 211. PDG Parliament Duty Group 212. PEC Project and Equipment Corporation Ltd. 213. PESB Public Enterprises Selection Board 214. PFC Power Finance Corporation Ltd. 215. PFG Parliamentary Friendship Group 216. PFMS Public Financial Management System 217. PGCIL Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 218. PHA Parliament House Annexe 219. PMSSY Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana 220. POCSO Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 221. PPD Act, 1959 Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 222. PSU Public Sector Undertaking 223. PTI Press Trust of India 224. R&D Research and development 225. RD & GR River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation 226.