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• A: Associate
• a/c:Account
• AA:Anti-Aircraft; Author’s Alterations; Alcoholics
• Anonymous: Automobile Association
• AAFI: Amateur Athletics Federation of India
• AAI:Airport Authority of India
• AAM: Air-to-Air Missile
• AASU: All Assam Students’ Union
• ABC: Audit Bureau of Circulation; American Broadcasting Company: Australian Broadcasting Commission
• ABLTC: Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress
• ABM: Anti Ballistic Missile
• ABSU: All Bodo Students Union
• ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
• AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra; Ante Christum (Before Christ); Air Conditioned
• ACAS: Airborne Collision Avoidance
• System; Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
• ACC: Auxiliary Cadet Corps: Air Coordinating
• Committee
• ACH: Adreno Cortical Hormone
• ACTH: Adreno Corticotrophic Hormone AD: Anno Domini (in the year of Lord, 1.e. After Christ)
• ADB: Asian Development Bank
• ADC:Aide-De-Camp
• ADB: Asian Development Bank
• ADC: Aide-De-Camp
• ADP: Adenosine Diphosphate
• AEC: Atomic Energy Commission
• AERB: Atomic Energy Regulation Board
• AF:Audio Frequency
• AFC: Asian Football Confederation
• AG: Adjutant General: Accountant General; Attorn General
• AGM: Annual General Meeting
• AGP: Asom Gana Parishad
• AHQ:Army Headquarters
• AI: Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Insemination
• AI: Air India
• AIADMK: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
• AIBEA: All India Bank Employees’ Association
• AICC: All India Congress Committee
• AICS: All India Council of Sports
• AICTE: All India Council for Technical Education
• AID: Agency for International Development
• AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIFB: All India Forward Block Sciences
• AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical
  AILTA:All India Lawn Tennis Association
  AIMA: All India Manufacturers’ Association; India Management Association
• AIMEIM: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen All
• AIML: All India Muslim League AIMO: All India Manufacturers’ Organisation
• AINEC: All India Newspaper Editors’ Conference
• AIR: All India Radio
• AIRF: All India Railwaymen’s Federation AISSF: All India Sikh Students’ Federation
• AITC: All India Trinamul Congress AITUC: All India Trade Union Congress
• AIWHA: All India Women’s Hockey Association
• AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer
• ALH: Advanced Light Helicopter
• AM: Amplitude Magnification
• am: ante meridiem (before noon)
• ABMS: Ayurvedacharya Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery
• AMC: Army Medical Corps
• AMIE: Associate Member of Institute of
• Engineers
• amp:ampere
• AMU: Aligarh Muslim University: Asian Monetary Union
• AOC: Air Officer Commanding
• AP:Andhra Pradesh: Associated Press
• APA:All Points Addressable
• APC: Agricultural Prices Commission
• APEDA: Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
• APHLC: All Parties Hill Leaders’ Conference
• APPLE: Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
• APPU: Asian Pacific Postal Union
• ARC:Administrative Reforms Commission;
• Agricultural Refinance Corporation
• ARP: Air Raid Precaution
• ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
• ASC:Army Service Corps
• ASCI: Administrative Staff College of India
• ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations
• ASI:Archaeological Survey of India: Anthropological Survey of India
• ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
• ASR:Automatic Speech Recognition
• ASSOCHAM: Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• ATM:Automated Teller Machine
• ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate
• ATR:Action Taken Report
  ATS: Anti Tetanus Serum
• AU:Astronomical Unit
• AVARD: Association of Voluntary Agencies For Development Rural
• AVC:Army Veterinary Corps
• AVSM:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
• AW: Atomic Weight
• AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
• AWBI: Animal Welfare Board of India

• b:bit: born; bowled, bye (in cricket)
• B: Byte: Bachelor; British
• BA: Bachelor of Arts, British Academy
• BAgri: Bachelor of Agriculture
• BALCO: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited
• BAM: Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine
• BAMS: Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
• BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• BArch: Bachelor of Architecture
• BASIC: Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• BB: (very Black-pencils)
• BBA: Bachelor of Business Administration
• BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
• BBM: Bachelor of Business Management
• BBM: Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha
• BC: Before Christ
• BCA: Bachelor of Computer Applications
• BCCI: Board of Control for Cricket in India; Bank of Credit and Commerce International
• BCCL: Bharat Coking Coal Limited
• BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (preventive vaccine
• for tuberculosis)
• BChem.Tech.: Bachelor of Chemical Technology
• BCom: Bachelor of Commerce
• BDO: Block Development Officer
• BDS: Bachelor of Dental Surgery
• BE: Bachelor of Engineering
• BEd Bachelor of Education
  BEL: Bharat Electronics Limited
• bf: brought forward
• BFA: Bachelor of Fine Arts
• BFSC: Bachelor of Fisheries Science
• BGL: Bachelor of General Law
• BHEL: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
• BHMS: Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine
• BHU: Banaras Hindu University
• BICP: Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices
• BIFR: Bureau of Industrial and Financial
• Reconstruction
• BIM: Bachelor of Indian Medicine
• BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
• BIS: Bank for International Settlements; Bureau of Indian Standards
• BISTEC: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
• Economic Co-operation
• BIT: Binary Digit
• BITS: Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences
• BJ: Bachelor of Journalism
• BJD: Biju Janata Dal
• BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party
• BKKP: Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party
• BKU: Bharatiya Kisan Union
• BL: Bachelor of Law or Laws (Integrated Course)
• BLIS: Bachelor of Library and Information Science BLib.Sc.: Bachelor of Library Science
• B.Litt: Bachelor of Literature
• BMW: Bayerische Motoren Warke AG
• BNat (Ayu): Bachelor of Ayurved
• B.Nurs: Bachelor of Nursing
• BOLT: Build-Own-Lease-Transfer
• in Naturopathy
• BOT: Bachelor of Occupational Therapy bp: boiling point; blood pressure
• BPCL: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. BPE: Bachelor of Physical Education: Bureau of
• Public Enterprises BPEd: Bachelor of Physical Education
• BPharm (Ayu): Bachelor of Ayurved in Pharmacy
• BPO: Business Process Outsourcing BPharm: Bachelor of Pharmacy
• BPP:Bachelor of Physical Planning
• BPS: Bites Per Second
• BPT: Bachelor of Physiotherapy
• Brig: Brigadier
• BRO: Border Roads Organisation
• Bros: Brothers B.Sc (Nursing): Bachelor of Science in Nursing: Bachelor of Science
  BSE:Bombay Stock Exchange
• BSF: Border Security Force
• BSI: Botanical Survey of India
• BStat: Bachelor of Statistics
• BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
• BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party BSS: Bharat Sewak Samaj; British Standard
• Specifications
• BSSC.: Bachelor of Sanitary Science BSW: Bachelor of Social Work
• BTech: Bachelor of Technology
• BText: Bachelor of Textiles
• BVSC & AH: Bachelor of Veterinary Science an Animal Husbandry
• BVSC: Bachelor of Veterinary Science
• C: celsius, centigrade; Roman Numeral for 100 century
• c & b: caught and bowled (in cricket) C-DOT:Centre for Development of Telematics
• C-in-C: Commander-in-Chief
• c/o:care of
• ca: circa (approximately)
• CA: Chartered Accountant
• CAB: Civil Aeronautics Board; Central
• Advisory Board; Citizens Advice Bureau
• CABE: Central Advisory Board for Education
• CACM: Central American Common Market
• CAG:Comptroller and Auditor General of India
• CAI: Computer Assisted Instruction CAL: Computer Assisted Learning
• Cantab: Cantabrigiensis (of Cambridge)
• CAPES: Computer Aided Paperless Examinatio
• System
• Caps: Capitals
• CARD: Centre for Astronomical Research ar
• Development
• CARE: Cooperative for American Relief Everywhe
• CASE:Commission on Alternative Sources of Ener
• CAT:Computer Aided Testing
• CAT SCAN: Computerised Axial Tomography Scanner
• CAZRI: Central Arid Zone Research Institute
• CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes
• CBEC: Central Board of Excise and Customs
• CBFC: Central Board of Film Certification
• CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation
• CBR: Central Board of Revenue
• CBRI: Central Building Research Institute
• CBSE:Central Board of Secondary Education
• CBT: Centre for Biochemical Technology: Children’s Book Trust; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CCI: Cricket Club of India; Cement Corporation
• of India
• CCL: Central Coalfields Limited
• CCMB: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CCP:Cabinet Committee on Prices
• cd: candela luminous (intensity of light) CD: Civil Defence: Community Development: Certificate of Deposit; Compact Disc
• C-DAC: Centre for Development of Advanced
• Computing
• Cdr: Commander
• CDRI: Central Drug Research Institute CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read Only Memory CDS: Compulsory Deposit Scheme
• CEC: Chief Election Commissioner; Chief Executive Councillor
• CEERI: Central Electronic Engineering Research Institute
• cen: central; century
• cent: centigrade
• CENTO: Central Treaty Organisation CEO: Chief Executive Officer; Chief Electoral Officer
• CET: Common Entrance Test; Central European
• Time
• cf:confer (compare); carried forward
• CFC: Chlorofluorocarbon
• CFRI: Central Fuel Research Institute CFSL: Central Forensic Science Laboratory
• CFTRI: Central Food Institute
• Technological Research
• CGA: Colour Graphics Adapter: Central Ganga
• Authority CGF: Commonwealth Games Federation
• CGHS: Central Government Health Scheme CGI: Common Gateway Interface: Computer
• Graphics Interface
• CGPDTM: Controller General of Patents, Designs
• and Trade Marks
• CGS: Centimetre Gram-Second
• (units measurement); Chief of General Staff
• CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
• CHS:Co-operative Housing Society
• CIA: Central Intelligence Agency (USA)
• CID: Criminal Investigation Department CIEFL: Central Institute of English and Foreign
• Languages
• CIET: Central Institute of Educational
• Technology cif: cost, insurance and freight
• CIFE: Central Institute of Fisheries Education
• CIIL: Central Institute of Indian Languages
• CIL: Coal India Limited
• CIRT: Central Institute of Road Transport CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
• CISF: Central Industrial Security Force
• CITES: Convention on International Trade
• Endangered Species
• CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Unions CIWTC: Central Inland Water Transport
• Corporation
• CJ: Chief Justice
• Cl: Centilitre; Class
• cm: centimetre(s)
• CM: Chief Minister; Common Market
• CMA: Coal Mines Authority CMC: Computer Maintenance Corporation
• CMERI: Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
• CMFRI: Central Marine Fisheries Research
• Institute
• CMO: Chief Medical Officer
• CNG: Compressed Natural Gas
• CNN: Cable News Network
• CNS: Chief of Naval Staff; Central Nervous
• System
• Co:company; county
• CAS: Chief of Army Staff COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand; Cash On Delivery;
• Central Ordnance Depot
• Col: Colonel
• col: column
• concl: conclusion
• CONCORD: Council of North Indian States for Cooperation and Regional Development
• cp:compare
• CPC: Civil Procedure Code
• CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board
• CPF: Contributory Provident Fund
• CPHERI: Central Public Health Engineering Research
• Institute
• CPI: Communist Party of India; Consumer Price
• Index
• CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• CPI(ML): Communist Party of India (Marxist-leninnist)
• CPMT: Combined Pre-Medical Tests
• CPU: Central Processing Unit, Committee on Public
• Undertakings; Commonwealth Press Union CPWD: Central Public Works Department
• CR: Central Railway
• CRIS: Centre for Railway Information Systems
• CRISIL: Credit Rating and Information Services of India Limited
• CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force
• CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio
• CRRI: Central Road Research Institute CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
• CS: Civil Service; Civil Servant
• CSCAP: Council for Security Cooperation in Asia
• CSCE: Conference on Security and Cooperation Pacific in Europe
• CSDS: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
• CSIO: Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
• CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• CSIS:Centre for Strategic and International Studies
• GI: Government Issue; General Issue GIC: General Insurance Corporation
• GIDC: Gujarat Industrial Development
• Corporation GIEC: Global Indian Entrepreneurs Conference
• DM: District Magistrate; Doctor of Medicine DMI: Directorate of Marketing and Inspection
• DMK: Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam
• DMP: Dot Matrix Printer
• DNA: Dioxyribonucleic Acid (biological elements) DNS: Domain Name Service
• DO: Demi-Official
• DOD: Department of Ocean Development DOE: Department Of Electronics
• DOS: Disk Operating System DP: Displaced Person
• DPH: Diploma in Public Health
• DPhil: Doctor of Philosophy DPI: Dots Per Inch, Director of Public Instruction
• DPSA: Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft
• DRDA: District Rural Development Agency
• DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation
• DRES: Department of Renewable Energy Sources
• DRF: Depreciation Reserve Fund
• Gk: Greek
• GM: General Manager: General Motors
• GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
• GNLF: Gorkha National Liberation Front
• GNP: Gross National Product
• GOC-in-C: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief GOI: Government Of India
• Gov: Governor
• Govt: Government
• GPF: General Provident Fund; Gandhi Peace Foundation
• GPO: General Post Office
• gr:grain(s) (weight); grade; gross
• GSI: Geological Survey of India GST: Goods and Service Tax
• GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
• GUI: Graphical User Interface
• h: height; high; hour(s)
• ha: hectare
• HAL: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HB: Hard Black (on pencil)
• HBCSE: Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education
• HC: House of Commons; High Court
• HCF: Highest Common Factor HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation
• HDI: Human Development Index HDL: High Density Lipoprotein HE: His Excellency; Her Excellency HEMRL: High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
• HEPC: Handloom Export Promotion Council HF: High Frequency HH: Her Highness; His Highness; His Holiness
• HHEC: Handicrafts
• Corporation
• Hi-Fi: High Fidelity and Handloom Exports
• HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• HLC: Humanitarian Law Commission (Red Cross)
• HM: Her Majesty: His Majesty
• HMI: Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
• HMT: Hindustan Machine Tools; Head Micro Telephone
• HMV: His Master’s Voice
• Hon: Honourable; Honorary
• HP: Harmonic Progression; Himachal Pradesh
• hp: horse power: hire-purchase
• HPLC: High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
• HQ:Headquarters
• hr: hour
• HRD: Human Resource Development HRH: His Royal Highness; Her Royal Highness
• HSC: Higher Secondary Certificate
• HSL: Hindustan Steel Limited
• HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
• HTR: High Temperature Reactor
• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation
• HV: High Voltage
• HVC: Himachal Vikas Congress
• HWM: High Water Mark
• Hz: Hertz
• HZL: Hindustan Zinc Limited
• I:Island(s): Isle(s)
• I & B: Information and Broadcasting
• I-Net: Internet
• I/O:Input/Output
• IAAI: International Airports Authority of India IAAF: International Amateur Athletic Federation
• IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service
• IAC: Indian Airlines Corporation
• IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
• IAF:Indian Air Force
• IAMC: Indian Army Medical Corps
• IAMR: Institute of Applied Manpower Research
• IARI: Indian Agricultural Research Institute
• IAS: Indian Administrative Service
• IASRI: Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
• IATA: International Air Transport Association
• ib, ibid: ibidem (in the same place), as the previous reference
• IBM: International Business Machines IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction
• and Development (World Bank) IC: Integrated Circuit
• ICAA: International Civil Airports Association ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
• ICAO:International Civil Aviation Organisation
• ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
• ICBL: International Campaign to Ban Landmines
• ICBM: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
• ICC: International Chamber of Commerce;
• International Control Commission; International Cricket Council
• ICCR: Indian Council for Cultural Relations
• ICCU: Intensive Cardiac Care Unit ICCW: Indian Council of Child Welfare ICFTU: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• ICHR: Indian Council of Historical Research ICICI: Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
• ICJ: International Court of Justice
• ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research
• ICOR: International Capital Output Ratio
• ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross ICRISAT: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
• ICS: Indian Civil Service
• ICSE: Indian Certificate of Secondary Education ICSI: Institute of Company Secretaries of India;
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection; International Computer Science Institute
• ICSSR: Indian Council of Social Sciences Research
• ICSW: Indian Council of Social Welfare
• ICU: Intensive Care Unit
• ICW: International Council of Women
• ICWA: Indian Council of World Affairs ICWAI: Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India
• IDA: International Development Agency
• IDB: Islamic Development Bank IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India
• IDC: Industrial Development Corporation
• IDD: International Direct Dialling
• IDSA: Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses ie:id est (that is)
• IENS: Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society
• IES: Indian Economic Service
• IETE: Institution of Electronics and
• Telecommunications Engineers IFA: Indian Football Association
• IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
• IFC: Industrial Finance Corporation; International
• Finance Corporation
• IFCI: Industrial Finance Corporation of India IFFCO: Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Limited
• IFFI: International Film Festival of India
• IFS: Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service
• IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions
• IFWJ: Indian Federation of Working Journalists
• IG: Inspector General IGIDR: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
• IGNCA: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
• IGNFA: Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy IGNOU: Indira Gandhi National Open University
• IGNP: Indira Gandhi Nahar Partyojana.
• IHBT: Institute of Himalayan Bioresource
• Technology
• IHF:Indian Hockey Federation IIAS: Indian Institute of Advanced Studies
• IIBI: Industrial Investment Bank of India Ltd.
• IICB: Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
• IICT: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
• IIFM: Indian Institute of Forest Management IIFT: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
• IIIT: Indian Institute of Information Technology
• IIM: Indian Institute of Management
• IIMC: Indian Institute of Mass Communication
• IIP: Indian Institute of Petroleum
• IIPA: Indian Institute of Public Administration; International Intellectual Property Alliance
• IIPS: International Institute for Population. Sciences
• IIQM: Indian Institute of Quality Management
• IIRS: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
• IIS: Indian Institute of Science
• IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies
• IIT: Indian Institute of Technology
• IJTR: Institute of Judicial Training and Research
• ILO: International Labour Organisation
• IMC: Indian Medical Council
• IMDT: Illegal Migrants Determination by Tribunal Act, 1983
• IMF: International Monetary Fund
• IMO: International Maritime Organisation
• IMPPA: Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association
• IMPRES: Integrated Multi-train Passenger Reservation System
• IMS: Indian Medical Service
• in: inch(es)
• IN: Indian Navy
• INA: Indian National Army; Iraqi News Agency INC: Indian National Congress
• inc, incorp: incorporated
• INFLIBNET: Information and Library Network Centre
• INL: Indian National League
• INLD: Indian National Lok Dal
• INMARSAT: International Maritime Satellite Organisation
• INPEX: Indian National Philatelic Exhibition
• INS: Indian Newspaper Society: Indian Navy Ship
• INSA: Indian National Science Academy
• INSAT: Indian National Satellite
• inst: instant; of this month; institute or institution
• INTELEX: International Teleprinter Exchange
• INTELSAT: International Telecommunication Satellite
• INTERPOL: International Criminal Police Organisation
• INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress
• IOA: Indian Olympic Association
• IOC: International Olympic Committee; Indian Oil Corporation
• IOCOM: Indian Ocean Commonwealth
• IOP: Institute Of Physics
• IORARC: Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
• IOY: I Owe You
• IP: Internet Protocol
• IPC: Indian Penal Code
• IPCL: Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
• IPECL: International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
• IPKF:Indian Peace Keeping Force
• IPL: Indian Premier League
• IPO: Initial Public Offer IPR: Intellectual Property Rights
• IPS: Indian Police Service; Indian Postal Service
• IPU: International Parliamentary Union 19: Intelligence Quotient
• IR: Infra Red
• IRA: Irish Republican Army: Insurance Regulatory Authority
• IRBM: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile IRC: International Red Cross
• IRCI: International Reconstruction Corporation of India
• IRCON: Indian Railway Construction Company
• IRCS: International Red Cross Society IRDP: Integrated Rural Development Programme
• IREDA: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
• IRRI: International Rice Research Institute
• IRS: Indian Remote Sensing (satellite); Indian Revenue Service
• IRSE: Indian Railway Service of Engineers
• ISBA: International Sea Bed Authority
• ISBN: International Standard Book Number
• .ISD: International Subscriber Dialling
• ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
• ISI: Indian Standards Institution; Inter Services Intelligence (of Pakistan)
• ISKCON: International Society for Krishna
• ISO: International Standards Organisation
• ISP: Internet Service Provider Consciousness
• ISRO: Indian Space Research
• ISS: Islamic Sevak Sangh
• IST: Indian Standard Time Organisation
• IT: Information Technology; Income Tax
• ital: italic (type)
• ITBP: Indo-Tibetan Border Police
• ITDC: India Tourism Development Corporation
• ITI: Indian Telephone Industries; Industrial Training
• Institute
• ITO: Income Tax Officer; International Trade Organisation
• ITU: International Telecommunication Union
• ITV: Interactive Television
• IUCD: Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device
• IUCDAEF: Inter University Consortium Department of Atomic Energy Facilities
• IUI: Intra-Uterine Insemination
• IUML: Indian Union Muslim League
• IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• IUPEP: Integrated Urban Programme
• IVF: Invitro Fertilization Poverty Eradication
• IWAI: Inland Waterways Authority of India IWDP: Integrated Watershed Development Programme
• IYC: Indian Youth Congress
• J: Joule; Journal; Justice; Judge
• J & K:Jammu and Kashmir J & KNC: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
• JCC: Junior Chamber of Commerce
• JCO: Junior Commissioner Officer
• JD: Janata Dal
• JDS: Janata Dal Samata
• JDS: Janata Dal Secular
• JDU: Janata Dal United
• JMM: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
• JNU: Jawaharlal Nehru University JP: Janata Party; Justice of Peace
• JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Jr.: Junior
• JRY: Jawahar Rojgar Yojana
• K: kelvin (temperature), karat; King
• KB: kilobyte (KB is standard)
• KCM: Kerala Congress Mani
• KE: Kinetic Energy
• kg: kilogram mass
• KG: Kilogram; Knight of the Garter:
• Kindergarten
• KGB: Komitet Gosudarstvenoi Bezopasnosti
• (Committee for State Security) (former Russian
• Secret Police)
• km: Kilometre
• KVA: Kilo-Volt-Ampere
• KVIC: Khadi and Village Industries Commission KVK: Krishi Vigyan Kendra kw, kW: kilowatt (kW is standard)
• kwh, kWh: kilowatt-hour (kWh is standard)
• 1: line; litre; length; left; liquid L:50 (in Roman numerals); Lake; Learnerdriver;
• Licentiate
• LA: Legislative Assembly
• LAC: Line of Actual Control
• LAN: Local Area Network LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• Lat: Latitude
• lb:pound (in weight); leg bye (in cricket); libra lbw: leg before wicket (in cricket)
• LCA: Light Combat Aircraft
• LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
• LCM: Lowest Common Multiple
• LD:Lok Dal LDC: Least Developed Countries: Lower Division
• Clerk LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein
• LED: Light Emitting Diode LH: Luteinizing Hormone
• LIC: Life Insurance Corporation of India
• Lieut: Lieutenant
• LJSP:Lok Jan Shakti Party
• LL B: Bachelor of Laws
• LL D:Doctor of Laws
• LL M: Master of Laws
• LM: Lunar Module
• LMG: Light Machine Gun LNG: Liquefied Natural Gas
• loc. cit:loco citato (at the place quoted)
• LoC: Line of Control
• lon, long:longitude
• LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• LS: Lok Sabha
• LSA: Lok Shakti Abhiyan
• LSD: Lysergic acid diethylamide (hallucinogen) Lt. Col: Lieutenant Colonel
• LTC: Leave Travel Concession
• Ltd:Limited
• LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
• LZ: Landing Zone
• m:male; metre(s): masculine: married; mile(s): million; minute(s): mark(s)
• M: 1000 (in Roman numerals)
• MA: Master of Arts
• Mag: Magazine
• Maj: Major
• Maj-Gen: Major General
• MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
• MArch: Master of Architecture
• Mas, Masc: Masculine
• MASER: Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• MAT: Management Aptitude Test: Minimum
• Alternate Tax Max: Maximum
• MB: MegaByte (1,048,576 bytes)
• MBA: Master of Business Administration MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of
• Surgery
• MBRS: Multi-Barrel Rocket System
• MBT: Main Battle Tank
• MC: Master of Ceremonies; Municipal Commissioner: Municipal Committee; Medical Certificate; Member of Council; Military Cross; Member of Congress
• MCA: Monetary Compensatory Account: Master of Computer Application
• MCC: Missile Control Centre: Marylebone Cricket Club
• mcg or/kg: microgram (/kg is standard)
• MCI: Medical Council of India
• MCom: Master of Commerce
• Mcg: Multiple Choice Questions
• MD: Managing Director, Doctor of Medicine MDMK: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam
• MDS: Master of Dental Surgery
• ME: Mechanical Engineer. Master of Engineering
• MEd: Master of Education
• MEE: Master of Electrical Engineering
• MERC: Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
• MERI: Marine Engineering and Research. Institute
• MES:Military Engineering Service
• MFA: Master of Fine Arts
• MFSC: Master of Fishery Science
• mg: milligram
• MGP: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
• MGRADMK: MGR Anna Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam Administration
• MGSIPA: Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public
• MI: Military Intelligence
• MIC: Methyl Isocyanate MIDC: Maharashtra Industrial Development
• Corporation
• MIP: Monthly Income Plan
• MISA: Maintenance of Internal Security Act
• MJ: Master of Journalism
• ML: Master of Laws
• ml:millilitre
• MLA: Member of Legislative Assembly: Money
• Laundering Act MLC: Member of Legislative Council
• MLF: Multilateral (Nuclear) Force
• MLibSc: Master of Library Science MLIS: Master of Library and Information Science
• MLitt: Master of Literature or Master of Letters
• mm: millimetre MMDS: Multi-Channel Microwave Distribution
• System
• MME: Master of Mechanical Engineering
• Mme: Madame MMRDA: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development
• Authority MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation
• MNC: Multinational Company
• MNF: Mizo National Front MO: Master of Obstetrics or Master of Obstetrics
• and Gynaeocology: Money Order: Medical Officer: Mail Order
• MODEM: Modulator Demodulator
• mol: mole amount of substance
• MODVAT: Modified Value Added Tax
• MOU: Memorandum of Understanding MPEd: Master of Physical Education
• MP: Member of Parliament: Military Police: Madhya Pradesh
• MPCB: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
• mpg:miles per gallon
• mph:miles per hour
• MPA: Master of Public Administration
• MPF: Multinational Protection Force Commission
• M.Pharm: Master of Pharmacy
• M.Phil: Master of Philosophy
• mps: metres per second
• MPSC: Maharashtra Public Service Commission
• Mr: Master or Mister
• MRAS: Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences; Member of the Royal Asiatic Society
• MRCP: Member of the Royal College of Physicians
• MRCS: Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
• MRCVS: Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
• MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices
• Commission
• MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System
• MRVS: Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation MS: Master of Surgery
• MSAM: Master of Ayurved in Medicine and
• Surgery
• MSC: Master of Science
• MSCP: Manipur State Congress Party
• MSEB: Maharashtra State Electricity Board
• MSEDCL: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution
• Company Limited MSRDC: Maharashtra State Road Development
• Corporation Limited MSRTC: Maharashtra State Road Transport
• Corporation
• MSS: Manuscripts
• M.Stat: Master of Statistics
• MSW: Master of Social Work
• MSY: Mahila Samruddhi Yojna
• mt: metric ton
• MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime
• MTDC: Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation
• M.Tech: Master of Technology
• M.Text: Master of Textiles
• MTNL: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
• MTV: Music Television
• MVC: Maha Vir Chakra
• M.V.Sc: Master of Veterinary
• N: Newton; North; Northern Science
• n: neuter: nominative; noon; noun
• NA: Not Applicable NAAI: National Airport Authority of India NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
• Development
• NAFED: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India
• NAFTA: North America Free Trade Agreement
• NAI: National Archives of India
• NAL: National Aerospace Laboratories
• NALCO: National Aluminium Company Limited
• NAM: Non-Aligned Movement
• NARO: National Amnesty and Redemption Organisation
• NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NASDAQ:National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
• NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Service Companies
• NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• NAV:Net Asset Value
• NAWO: National Alliance for Women
• NAYE: National Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs nb: nota bene (mark well)
• NBA: Narmada Bachao Andolan
• NBDB: National Book Development Board
• NBT: National Book Trust
• NCA: National Commission on Agriculture
• NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research
• NCB: Narcotics Control Board
• NCBC: National Commission for Backward
• Classes
• NCBE: National Confederation of Bank
• Employees
• NCBS: National Centre for Biological Sciences
• NCC: National Cadet Corps
• NCCF: National Co-operative Consumers’ Federation
• of India Limited NCDC: National Coal Development Corporation
• NCERT: National Council of Educational Research and Training
• NCFCYP: National Centre of Films for Children and Young People
• NCL: National Chemical Laboratory, Northern
• Coalfields Limited, National Centre for Labour
• NCO: Non-Commissioned Officer
• NCP: Nationalist Congress Party
• NCRB: National Capital Region Board
• NCSC & ST: National Commission for Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes
• NCST: National Committee of Science and Technology: National Conference on Science
• and Technology
• NCTE: National Council for Teachers’ Education NCTI: National Centre for Trade Information NCW: National Commission on Women
• NDA: National Defence Academy;
• Democratic Alliance
• National
• NDC: National Development Council NDDB: National Dairy Development Board
• NDF: National Defence Fund
• NDFB: National Democratic Front of Bodoland
• NDRI: National Dairy Research Institute
• NDS: National Defence Service
• NE:North East; North Eastern
• NEC: North-Eastern Council
• NEDC: National Economic Development Council
• NEEM: National Elementary Education Mission
• NEERI: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
• NEP: New Education Policy: New Economic Policy
• NER: Northeastern Railway
• NF: National Front
• NFAI: National Film Archives of India
• NFDC: National Film Development Corporation
• NFIR: National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
• NFR: Northeast Frontier Railway
• NGO:Non-Governmental Organisation
• NGRI: National Geophysical Research Institute
• NHAI: National Highway Authority of India
• NHB: National Housing Bank
• NHPC: National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
• NHRC: National Human Rights Commission NIBM: National Institute of Bank Management
• NIFM: National Institute of Financial
• Management
• NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology
• NII: National Institute of Immunology
• NIO: National Institute of Oceanography
• NIRD: National Institute of Rural Development
• NITIE: National Institute of Industrial
• Engineering
• NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• NOIDA: New Okhla Industrial Development
• Authority
• NOTA: None Of The Above
• NP: Notary Public NPC: National Productivity Council
• NPCC: National Projects Construction
• Corporation NPCIL: Nuclear Power Corporation of India
• Limited
• NPL:National Physical Laboratory
• NPPA:National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
• NPT: Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NR: Northern Railway
• NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency
• NSC:National Service Corps
• NSE: National Stock Exchange
• NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
• OAPEC: Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OAS: Organisation of American States
• OBC:Other Backward Classes
• OIC: Organisation of Islamic Conference
• OIL: Oil India Limited
• ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
• OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OS: Operating System
• PA: Pascal; Personal Assistant; Press Association
• PAC: Public Accounts Committee, Political Affairs Committee; Provincial Armed Constabulary
• PAP: Password Authentication Protocol
• PB: PetaByte (1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes)
• PC: Personal Computer: Program Control; Privy Councillor; Police Constable
• PCR: Polymerised Chain Reaction
• PDS: Public Distribution System
• PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of
• Animals
• PF: Provident Fund
• PhD: Doctor of Philosophy
• PM: Past Morning: Prime Minister; Post Master
• PMG: Post Master General PMK: Pattali Makkal Katchi
• POK: Pak-Occupied Kashmir
• PPF: Public Provident Fund
• PPP:Point-to-Point Protocol
• PRO: Public Relations Officer
• PS: Post Scriptum (an addition to the main text); Personal Secretary: Private Secretary
• PSU: Public Sector Unit
• PWD: Public Works Department
• PWPI: Peasants and Workers Party of India
• 9A:Quality Audit/Assurance/Assessment
• 9C:Quality Control
• RAM: Random Access Memory
• RBI: Reserve Bank of India
• R & D: Research and Development
• RDBMS: Relational DataBase Management System
• RJD: Rashtriya Janata Dal
• RLD: Rashtriya Lok Dal
• RLO: Returned Letter Office (see DLO)
• RMS: Railway Mail Service
• RMMS: Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh
• ROM: Read Only Memory
• RPI: Republican Party of India
• RSP: Revolutionary Socialist Party
• RSS: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
• RTI: Right to Information
• s:second (s) (time); singular; son
• SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional
• Co-operation
• SAD: Shiromani Akali Dal
• SAI: Sports Authority of India
• SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited
• SAP: Samata Party
• SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• SBI: State Bank of India
• SC: Scheduled Caste: Supreme Court; Security
• Council
• SDF: Sikkim Democratic Front
• SEATO: South East Asia Treaty Organisation
• SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India
• SHM: Simple Harmonic Motion
• SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India
• SISI: Small Industries Service Institute SIT: Special Investigation Team
• SJP (R): Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
• SMS: Short Message Service SQL:Structured Query Language
• SR: Southern Railway
• SS: Shiv Sena; Steam Ship
• SSC: Secondary School Certificate
• ST: State Transport; Scheduled Tribe
• STD: Subscriber Trunk Dialling
• STF: Special Task Force; Special Trust Fund
• STP: Standard Temperature Pressure
• t, T: (metric) ton; temperature; time
• TB: Tuberculosis
• TDB: Technology Development Board
• TDP: Telugu Desam Party
• TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
• TISS: Tata Institute of Social Sciences
• TLC: Thin Layer Chromatography
• TMC: Tamil Manila Congress
• TOM: Total Quality Management
• TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
• TSH: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
• TV: Television
• UDCT: University Department of Chemical
• Technology
• UK: United Kingdom
• UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
• UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
• UNESCO: United
• Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
• UNFPA: United Nations Fund for Population
• Activities
• UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for
• Refugees
• UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s
• Emergency Fund
• UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
• UN: United Nations
• VVPAT: Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
• UP: Uttar Pradesh
• UPSC: Union Public Service Commission
• UPU: Universal Postal Union
• URL: Universal Resource Locator
• US: United States
• USA: United States of America
• USENET: USER NETwork
• UTI: Unit Trust of India
• UV: Ultraviolet
• V:volt; volume; velocity; Roman Figure 5
• VAT:Value Added Tax
• VB: Visual Basic
• VBA:Visual Basic for Applications
• VCR: Video Cassette Recorder
• VDU: Visual Display Unit
• VGA: Video Graphics Array
• VGC: Video Graphics Controller
• VGM: Video Graphics Monitor VHP: Vishwa Hindu Parishad
• VIP: Very Important Person
• viz: videlicet (namely)
• VJTI: Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
• VM: Virtual Machine
• VPP:Value Payable Post
• VR: Virtual Reality
• VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme
• VSNL: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
• VSSC: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
• w, W:watt (W is standard); week
• WAN: Wide Area Network
• WB: World Bank
• WCL: Western Coalfields Limited
• wf: wrong font
• WHO: World Health Organisation
• WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
• WMO: World Meteorological Organisation
• WORM: Write Once, Read Many times
• WR: Western Railway
• WS: Work Station
• WTC: World Trade Centre
• WTO: World Trade Organisation
• WWF: World Wildlife Fund
• www: World Wide Web (the Internet)
• XT: eXtended Technology
• YB: Year Book
• Y2K: Year 2000
• YASHADA: Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration
• ZPG: Zero Population Growth
• ZSI: Zoological Survey of India

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