| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ATM |
Automated Teller Machine |
| ADR |
American Depositary Receipt |
| AIDWA |
All India Democratic Woman’s Association |
| AITUC |
All India Trade Union Congress |
| AMFI |
Association of Mutual Funds in India |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APL |
Above Poverty Line |
| APM |
Administered Pricing Mechanism |
| ARC |
Asset Reconstruction Company |
| ARDR |
Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief |
| ASBA |
Application Supported by Block Amount |
| ASEAN |
Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ASEM |
Asia-Europe Meeting |
| ASSOCHAM |
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
| BIFR |
Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BCBS |
Basel committee for Banking Supervision |
| BCSBI |
Banking Codes and Standards Board of India |
| BIS |
Bureau of Indian Standards |
| BOLT |
BSE On-Line Trading (System) |
| BOT |
Build, Operate and Transfer |
| BPL |
Below Poverty Line |
| BPO |
Business Process Outsourcing |
| BSE |
Bombay Stock Exchange |
| CA |
Chartered Accountant |
| CABE |
Central Advisory Board of Education |
| CABE |
Central Advisory Board of Education |
| CACP |
Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price |
| C & AG |
Comptroller & Auditor General |
| CAPART |
Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology |
| CAR |
Capital adequacy ratio |
| CARE |
Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. |
| CBS |
Core banking solution |
| CCI |
Competition Commission of India |
| CCIL |
Clearing Corporation of India limited |
| CDSL |
Central Securities Depository Limited |
| CECA |
Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement |
| CEPA |
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| CIBIL |
Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd |
| CII |
Confederation of Indian Industry |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CHOGM |
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CITU |
Centre Of Indian Trade Unions |
| CMP |
Common Minimum Program |
| CPI(UNME) |
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees |
| CPI(AL) |
Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labors. |
| CPI(IW) |
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers |
| CPI(RL) |
Consumer Price Index for Rural Labourers |
| CRAR |
Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio |
| CRISIL |
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited |
| CRR |
Cash Reserve Ratio |
| CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| CST |
Central Sales Tax |
| CTT |
Commodities Transaction Tax |
| CBI |
Central bureau of Investigation |
| DA |
Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance |
| DMIC |
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor |
| DPEP |
: District Primary Education Program |
| ECA |
Essential Commodity Act |
| ECB |
External Commercial Borrowings |
| ECS |
Electronic clearing system |
| EDUSAT |
Education Satellite |
| EEE |
Exempt Exempt Exempt |
| EET |
Exempt Exempt Taxation |
| EFA |
Education for All |
| EFT |
Electronic fund transfer |
| EEFC Accounts |
Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account |
| EGOM |
Empowered Group of Ministers |
| EMI |
Equated Monthly Installment |
| EMS |
European Monetary System |
| HDFC |
Housing Development Finance Corporation |
| HSBC |
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
| ICICI |
Credit and Investment Corporation of India |
| IDBI |
Industrial Development Bank of India |
| IFSC |
Indian Financial System Code |
| INR |
Indian Rupee |
| NEFT |
National Electronic Funds Transfer |
| RTGS |
Real-Time Gross Settlement |
| RBL |
Ratnakar Bank Limited |
| PAN |
Permanent Account Number |
| PO |
Probationary Officer & Post Office |
| TDS |
Tax Deducted at Source |
| IRDA |
Employees' State Insurance |
| SEBI |
Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SIDBI |
Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| SLR |
Single Lens Reflex & Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| UCO |
United Commercial Bank |