List of Acronyms AAC Advisory Audit Committee BI Business Intelligence AASL Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited BIA Bandaranaike International Airport ACU Asian Clearing Union BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral AD Authorised Dealer Technical and Economic Cooperation ADB Asian Development Bank BIMV Budget Implementation and Monitoring Unit AFD Agency For Development BIS Bank for International Settlements AFIT Agency For International Trade BLS Bureau of Labour Statistics AI Artificial Intelligence BMARI Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurveda Research AIID Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Institute ALMA Active Liability Management Act BMI Body Mass Index AMC Authorised Money Changers BOC Bank of Ceylon AMCCs Authorised Money Changing Companies BOI Board of Investment AML Anti-Money Laundering BOOT Build, Own, Operate and Transfer AMLO Anti-Money Laundering Office BOP Balance of Payments AMP Agriculture Sector Modernisation Project BOS Business Outlook Survey ANRPC Association of Natural Rubber Producing bpd barrels per day Countries BPM Business Process Management AOD Academy of Design BPM6 Balance of Payments Manual Sixth Edition APG Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering BPO Business Process Outsourcing API Agriculture Production Index BRIC Brazil, Russia, India and China APIs Application Programming Interfaces BRIC Budget Review and Implementation Committee APPFs Approved Pension and Provident Funds BRT Bus Rapid Transit APREA Asia Pacific Real Estate Association BSI Business Sentiment Indices APTA Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement CAL Computer Assisted Learning ARF Agency Results Framework CAR Capital Adequacy Ratio ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations CAREP Conflict Affected Region Emergency Project ASI Annual Survey of Industries CAS Common ATM Switch ASPI All Share Price Index CASA Current Account and Savings Account ATI Advanced Technological Institutions CBF Commonwealth Business Forum ATM Average Time to Maturity CBGs Criteria Based Grants ATMs Automated Teller Machines CBS Centre for Banking Studies ATMS Advanced Traffic Management System CBSL Central Bank of Sri Lanka ATPF Asian Trade Promotion Forum CCAPS Common Card and Payment Switch ATS Automated Trading System CCB Capital Conservation Buffer AWCMR Average Weighted Call Money Rate CCB Coconut Cultivation Board AWDR Average Weighted Deposit Rate CCC Ceylon Chamber of Commerce AWFDR Average Weighted Fixed Deposit Rate CCP Central Counter Party Clearing House AWLR Average Weighted Lending Rate CCPI Colombo Consumer Price Index AWNDR Average Weighted New Deposit Rate CCTV Closed Circuit Television AWNFDR Average Weighted New Fixed Deposit Rate CDA Coconut Development Authority AWNLR Average Weighted New Lending Rate CDB China Development Bank AWPR Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate CDD Customer Due Diligence AWRR Average Weighted Repo Rate CDIS Co-ordinated Direct Investment Survey B2B Business-to-Business CDS Credit Demand Survey B2C Business-to-Consumer CE Compensation of Employees BAQ Better Air Quality CEA Central Environmental Authority BBP Belgium Bridge Project CEB Ceylon Electricity Board BBR Budget Balance Rule CECB Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision CEFTS Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch BCP Business Continuity Planning CEMD Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths BFCAs Business Foreign Currency Accounts CEO Chief Executive Officer BFTI Bertelsmann Foundation Transformation Index CEP Central Expressway Project BGL Betting and Gaming Levy CEPAs Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements CERA Centre of Excellence in Robotics Applications DHS Demographic and Health Survey CFC Ceylon Fisheries Corporation DI Department of Irrigation CFC Consumption of Fixed Capital DIEs Direct Investment Enterprises CFT Countering the Financing of Terrorism DIMIS Digital Identity Management Integrated System CGSPA Credit Guarantee Scheme for Pawning Advances DLT Distributed Ledger Technology CGT Capital Gains Tax DNCWS Department of National Community Water Supply CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting DOA Department of Agriculture CICT Colombo International Container Terminal DOC Department of Commerce CIDA Construction Industry Development Authority DOP Department of Posts CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea CIMM Central Integrated Market Monitor DR Debt Rule CINEC Colombo International Nautical and Engineering DS Divisional Secretariat College DSD Department of Samurdhi Development CIS Commonwealth of Independent States DSGE Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium CIT Cheque Imaging and Truncation DST Deputy Secretary to the Treasury CKAH Colombo-Kandy Alternate Highway DTET Department of Technical Education and Training CKDu Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown aetiology DvP Delivery versus Payment CKE Colombo Katunayake Expressway DZLiSPP Dry Zone Livelihood Support and Partnership CMA Condominium Management Authority Programme CMC Colombo Municipal Council EC European Commission CMobS Common Mobile Switch ECA Exchange Control Act COLA Cost of Living Allowance ECT East Container Terminal COLC Cost of Living Committee eDAS Electronic Document Attestation System COP Conference of the Parties EDB Export Development Board COSTI Coordinating Office for Science, Technology and EDCF Economic Development Cooperation Fund Innovation EDS External Debt Statistics CPs Commercial Papers EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone CPC Ceylon Petroleum Corporation EFF Extended Fund Facility CPCP Colombo Port City Project EFTs Electronic Fund Transfers CPI Consumer Price Index EFTPOS Electronic Fund Transfer Facilities at the Point of CPI Corruption Perceptions Index Sale CPS Common PoS Switch EGDI E-Government Development Index CRI Coconut Research Institute EIA Environmental Impact Assessment CRIB Credit Information Bureau EKSP Education for Knowledge Society Project CRIMS Credit Information Management System ENRP Emergency North Recovery Project CRIP Climate Resilience Improvement Project e-onboarding Electronic onboarding CRISL Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka EOI Expressions of Interest CSDDLS Commercial Scale Dairy Development Loan Scheme EPA Environment Protection Area CSE Colombo Stock Exchange EPC Engineer, Procurement and Construction CSFTA China - Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement EPF Employees’ Provident Fund CSRP Colombo Suburban Railway Project EPL Environmental Protection License CSS Credit Supply Survey EPP Environmental Pioneer President’s CTA Colombo Tea Auction EPZ Export Processing Zone CTRs Cash Transactions ER Expenditure Rule CTRAs Capital Transactions Rupee Accounts ERD Economic Research Department CWDCS Country Wide Data Collection System ESC Economic Service Charge D-SIBs Domestic Systemically Important Banks ESC Education for Social Cohesion Project DAPH Department of Animal Production and Health ESDFP Education Sector Development Framework DBUs Domestic Banking Units Programme DC Desiccated Coconut ESDP Education Sector Development Programme DCD Dicyandiamide ESS External Sector Statistics DCS Department of Census and Statistics EST Environmentally Sustainable Transport DDA Doha Development Agenda ETCA Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement DDMC Domestic Debt Management Committee ETF Employees’ Trust Fund DFCC Development Finance Corporation of Ceylon ETP Electronic Trading Platform ETU Emergency Treatment Unit GVA Gross Value Added EU European Union GVCs Global Value Chains EXIM Bank Export-Import Bank GWh Giga Watt hours FAC Fuel Adjustment Charge GWP Global Warming Potential FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GWP Gross Written Premium FATF Financial Action Task Force HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point FC Financial Corporations HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank FCAASA Foreign Currency Account for an Agent of Foreign HDI Human Development Index Shipping Line/Airline HH Households FCBU Foreign Currency Banking Unit HIES Household Income and Expenditure Survey FCTFF Foreign Currency Term Financing Facility HIPG Hambantota International Port Group (Pvt) Ltd FDA Food and Drug Administration HIPS Hambantota International Port Services FDI Foreign Direct Investment Company (Pvt)Ltd. FEEA Foreign Exchange Earners’ Accounts HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus FinTech Financial Technology HLCs Healthy Lifestyle Centres FIPI Factory Industry Production Index HQLA High Quality Liquid Assets FIR Flight Information Region HS Code Harmonised System Code FIS Fixed Income Securities HTM Held-to-maturity FIT Flexible Inflation Targeting IACCCC Inter-Agency Coordination Committee on Climate FIU Financial Intelligence Unit Change FMRA Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act IAS International Accounting Standards FOB Free On Board IBSL Insurance Board of Sri Lanka FPAS Forecasting and Policy Analysis System IC Investment Committee FPNP Food Production National Programme ICs Insurance Companies FSRB FATF Styled Regional Monitoring Bodies ICAAP Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process FTA Free Trade Agreement ICASL Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka FTRA Financial Transactions Reporting Act, No. 6 of 2006 ICDL International Computer Driving License FTTH Fibre to the Home ICT Information and Communication Technology FVTPL Fair Value through Profit or Loss ICTA Information and Communication Technology FX Foreign Exchange Agency G-SIBs Global Systemically Important Banks ICTAD Institute for Construction Training and GAP Good Agricultural Practices Development GCE General Certificate of Education IDA International