Abbreviation
Abbreviation: Must know for All Exam in 2025. A link for more abbreviations is given.
ABBREVIATIONS
| Abbreviation | Expansion |
| AMRUT | Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AICTE | All India Council of Technical Education |
| AIBA | International Boxing Association |
| AU | African Union |
| AIIB | Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| ASLV | Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| AIDS | Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIIMS | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| ASI | Archaeological Survey of India |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AICTE | All India Council for Technical Education |
| ASSOCHAM | Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India |
| BARC | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BC | Before Christ |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette Guerin |
| BCCI | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| BEL | Bharat Electronics Limited |
| BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited |
| BHIM | Bharat Interface for Money |
| BIMSTEC | Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation |
| BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
| BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
| BPL | Below Poverty Line |
| BPO | Business Process Outsourcing |
| BSE | Bombay Stock Exchange |
| BSF | Border Security Force |
| BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| B2B | Business To Business |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design |
| CAD | Command Area Development |
| CAG | Comptroller and Auditor General |
| FIFA | Federation International Football Association |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FERA | Foreign Exchange Regulation Act |
| FEMA | Foreign Exchange Management Act |
| FSSAI | Food Safety and Standards Authority of India |
| FICCI | Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
| FIR | First Information Report |
| GAIL | Gas Authority of India Limited |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariff and Trade |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GST | Goods and Service Tax |
| GSI | Geological Survey of India |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HAL | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
| HCF | Highest Common Factor |
| HDFC | Housing Development Finance Corporation |
| HIV | Human Immuno-deficiency Virus |
| HMT | Hindustan Machine Tools |
| HSBC | Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited |
| HRIDAY | Heritage City Development & Augmentation Yojana |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| INTERPOL | International Criminal Police Organisation |
| IBA | Indian Bank Association |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IRBM | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
| ICC | International Cricket Council |
| ICICI | Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ITU | International Tele-Communication Union |
| IHC | International Hockey Federation |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICAR | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
| ICMR | Indian Council of Medical Research |
| IGNFA | Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IRENA | International Renewable Energy Agency |
| IDBI | Industrial Development Bank of India |
| IFSC | Indian Financial System Code |
| IFCI | Industrial Finance Corporation of India |
| IGST | Integrated Goods and Services Tax |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IIS | Indian Institute of Sciences |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMA | Indian Military Academy |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INS | Indian Naval Ship |
| INSAT | Indian National Satellite System |
| INTERPOL | International Police Organisation |
| IOC | International Olympic Committee |
| IPC | Indian Penal Code |
| IEDA | Insurance Regulatory Development Authority |
| IRNSS | Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
| ISP | Internet Services Provider |
| ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| JNNURM | Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Rural Mission |
| IST | Indian Standard Time |
| ITBP | Indo-Tibet Border Police |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
| KYC | Know your customer |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| LIC | Life Insurance Corporation of India |
| LLB | Bachelor of Law |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company |
| LLM | Master of Law |
| LOC | Line of Control (Pakistan) |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam |
| MBBS | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
| MERS | Middle East respiratory syndrome |
| MLA | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| MLC | Member of Legislative Council |
| MUDRA | Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank |
| MRP | Maximum Retail Price |
| MSME | Micro Small and Medium Enterprises |
| MSP | Minimum support price |
| NAEP | National Adult Education Programme |
| NDDB | National Dairy Development Board |
| MSF | Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) |
| NABARD | National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NCC | National Cadet Corps |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) |
| NASSCOM | National Association of Software and Service Companies |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NavIC | Navigation Indian Constellation |
| NCERT | National Council of Educational Research and Training |
| NEFT | National Electronic Fund Transfer |
| NFDC | National Film Development Corporation |
| NHRC | National Human Rights Commission |
| NPA | Non-Performing Asset |
| NPR | National Population Register |
| NSE | National Stock Exchange |
| NDA | National Defence Academy |
| NOIDA | New Okhla Industrial Development Authority |
| NSG | National Security Guards |
| NREP | National Rural Employment Programme |
| NRHM | National Rural Health Mission |
| NRI | Non-Resident Indian |
| NSSO | National Sample Survey Organisation |
| NDTL | Net Demand and Time Liabilities |
| NAM | Non-Aligned Movement |
| NITI | National Institution for Transforming India |
| ONGC | Oil and Natural Gas Commission |
| PACS | Primary Agriculture Credit Societies |
| PMAY | Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana |
| PMFBY | Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana |
| PMKSY | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana |
| PMMY | Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana |
| PAN | Permanent Account Number |
| POP | Point of purchase |
| POS | Point of Sale |
| OPEC | Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PAN | Permanent Account Number |
| PCI | Press Council of India |
| PIN | Postal Index Number |
| POTA | Prevention of Terrorism Act |
| PSLV | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| PTI | Press Trust of India |
| PRO | Public Relations Officer |
| PMSBY | Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana |
| PMBJP | Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| PMGKY | Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana |
| PRAGATI | Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation |
| PAHAL | Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh |
| PM-DAKSH | Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi |
| PRASAD | Pilgrimage Rejuvenation & Spiritual Augmentation Drive |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
| PM-KISAN | Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi |
| PWD | Public Works Department |
| RADAR | Radio Angle, Direction, and Range |
| RRB | Regional Rural Bank |
| RAF | Rapid Action Force |
| RAW | Research and Analysis Wing |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| RMS | Railway Mail Service |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
| RTGS | Real Time Gross Settlement |
| SACRED | Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment in Dignity |
| SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SARFAESI | Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and |
| SPG | Special Protection Groups |
| SAI | Sports Authority of India |
| SMILE | Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise |
| SAIL | Steel Authority of India Limited |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SANKALP | Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion Program |
| SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
| SAGY | Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana |
| SDR | Special Drawing Rights |
| SEBI | Security Exchange Board of India |
| SIDBI | Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| SIM | Subscriber Information Module |
| SLV | Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| SLR | Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| STD | Subscribers Trunk Dialling |
| SSA | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan |
| SWIFT | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| SWAYAM | Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TISCO | Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited |
| TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| TRAI | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
| TPDS | Targeted Public Distribution System |
| TTE | Travelling Ticket Examiner |
| UDAY | Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna |
| UFO | Unidentified Flying Object |
| UGC | University Grants Commission |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UMANG | Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance |
| UJALA | Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All |
| UNESCO | United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organisation |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UEFA | Union of European Football Associations |
| UPU | Universal Postal Union |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UDAN | Udey Desh ka Aam Nagrik |
| UNHCO | United Nations Health Care Organisation |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commission for Refugees |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| UNO | United Nations Organisation |
| UPS | Uninterrupted Power Supply |
| UPI | Unified Payment Interface |
| UTI | Unit Trust of India |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| VIRUS | Vital Information Resources Under Siege |
| VRS | Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
| VSNL | Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WWF | World Wildlife Fund |
| WCO | World Customs Organisation |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
| WPI | Wholesale Price Index |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| PM-YUVA | Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| ZSI | Zoological Survey of India |
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