Financial Abbreviations and Acronyms in India

Abbreviation	Definition
AD	Authorized Dealer
ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADR	American Depository Receipt
AFS	Annual Financial Statement
AGM	Annual General Meeting
AIRCSC	All India Rural Credit Survey Committee
ARIMA	Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average
AFS	Available For Sale
ASSOCHAM	Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM	Automated Teller Machine
BIS	Bank for International Settlements
BOI	Bank of India
BoP	Balance of Payments
BSCS	DESACS RBI Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BSE	Bombay Stock Exchange
BSR	Basic Statistical Returns
CAD	Capital Account Deficit
CAG	Controller and Auditor General of India
CBS	Consolidated Banking Statistics
CC	Cash Credit
CD	Certificate of Deposit
CD Ratio	Credit Deposit Ratio
CDBS	Committee of Direction on Banking Statistics
CF	Company Finance
CFRA	Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts
CGRA	Currency and Gold Revaluation Account
CII	Confederation of Indian Industries
CO	Capital Outlay
CP	Commercial Paper
CPI	Consumer Price Index
CPI-IW	Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
CR	Capital Receipts
CRAR	Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio
CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CSO	Central Statistical Organisation
CVC	Central Vigilance Commission
DAP	Development Action Plan
DBOD	Department of Banking Operations and Development
DCA	Department of Companies Affairs
DCB	Demand Collection and Balance
DCCB	District Central Cooperative Bank
DCM	Department of Currency Management
DD	Demand DraftDDSData Dissemination Standards
DEIO	Department of External Investments and Operations
DESACS	Department of Statistical Analysis & Computer Services
DGBA	Department of Government and Bank Accounts
DGCI&S	Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics
DI	Direct Investment
DICGC	Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
DID	Discharge of Internal Debt
DMA	Departmentalized Ministries Account
DRI	Differntial Rate of Interest Scheme
DSBB	Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
DVP	Delivery versus Payment
ECB	External Commercial Borrowing
ECB	European Central Bank
ECGC	Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
ECS	Electronic Clearing Scheme
EDMU	External Debt Management Unit
EEA	Exchange Equalization Account
EEC	European Economic Community
EEFC	Exchange Earners Foreign Currency
EFR	Exchange Fluctuation Reserve
EPF	Employees Provident Fund
ETF	Exchange Traded Fund
EUR	Euro
EXIM Bank	Export Import Bank of India
FC	Finance Commision
FCCB	Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
FCNR(B)	Foreign Currency Currency Non-Repatriable(Banks)
FCNRA	Foreign Currency Currency Non-Repatriable Account
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA	Foreign Exchange Management Act
FI	Financial Institution
FICCI	Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FII	Foreign Institutional Investor
FIMMDA	Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India
FISIM	Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
FPI	Flow Of Funds
FRA	Foreign Portfolio Investment
FRBM	Forward Rate Agreement
FRN	Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
FWG	First Working Group on Money
FX	Foreign Exchange
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GDR	Global Depository Receipt
GFD	Gross Fiscal Deficit
GFS	Government Finance Statistics
GIC	General Insurance Corporation
GLS	Generalized Least Squares
GNIE	Government Not Included Elsewhere
GoI	Government of India
GPD	Gross Primary Deficit
G-Sec	Government Securities
HDFC	Housing Development Finance Corporation
HFT	Held For Trading
HICP	Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
HO	Head Office
HUDCO	Housing & Urban Development Corporation
IBRD	International Bank Reconstruction and Development
IBS	International Banking Statistics
ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICICI	Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
ICMR	Indian Council of Medical Research
IDB	India Development Bonds
IDBI	Industrial Development Bank of India
IDD	Industrial Development Department
IDFC	Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IFC(W)	International Finance Corporation (Washington)
IFCI	Industrial Finance Corporation of India
IFR	Investment Fluctuation Reserve
IFS	International Financial Statistics
IFSC	Indian Financial System Code
IGLS	Iterative Generalized Least Squares
IIBI	Industrial Investment Bank of India
IIP	Index of Industrial Production
IIP/InIP	International Investment Position
IMD	India Millennium Deposits
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IN	India
INR	Indian Rupee
IOTT	Input-Output Transaction Table
IP	Interest Payment
IPO	Initial Public Offer
IRB I	Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
IRDA	Insurance Regulatory Developement Authority
ISDA	International Swaps and Derivative Association
ISIC	International Standard Industrial Classification
ISO	International Standards Organization
ITRS	International Transaction Reporting System
IWGEDS	International Working Group on External Debt Statistics
KVIC	Khadi & Village Industries Corporation
LAF	Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LAMPS	Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies
LAS	Loan & Advances by States
LBD	Land Development Bank
LBS	Locational Banking Statistics
LERMS	Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System
LIC	Life Insurance Corporation of India
LT	Long Term
LTO	Long Term Operation
M1	Narrow Money
M3	Broad Money
MA	Moving Average
MCA	Ministry of Company Affairs
MF	Mutual Fund
MIGA	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MIS	Management Information System
MMSE	Minimum Mean Squared Errors
MoF	Ministry of Finance
MOF	Master Office File
MRM	Monitoring and Review Mechanism
MRP	Maximum Retail Price
MSS	Market Stabilisation Scheme
MT	Mail Transfer
MTM	Mark-To-Market
NABARD	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NAC(LTO)	National Agricultural Credit (Long Term Operatiion)
NAIO	Non Administratively Independent Office
NAS	National Account Statistics
NASSCOM	National Association of Software and Services Companies
NBC	Non-Banking Companies
NBFC	Non Banking Financial Companies
NEC	Not Elsewhere Classified
NEER	Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
NFA	Non-Foreign Exchange Assets
NFD	Net Fiscal Deficit
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NHB	National Housing Bank
NIC	National Industrial Classification
NIF	Note Issuance Facility
NNML	Net Non-Monetary Liabilities
NPA	Non-Performing Assets
NPD	Net Primary Deficit
NPRB	Net Primary Revenue Balance
NPV	Net Present Value
NRE	Non-Resident External
NRG	Non-Resident Government
NRI	Non-Resident Indian
NSC	National Statistical Commission
NSE	National Stock Exchange
NSSF	National Small Savings Fund
OD	Over Draft
ODA	Official Development Assistance
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECO	Organisaton for Economic Co-operation
OFI	Other Financial Institutions
OLTAS	OnLine Tax Accounting System
OMO	Open Market Operations
OSCB	Other Indian Scheduled Commercial Bank
PACF	Partial Auto-Correlation Function
PACS	Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
PCARDB	Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
PD	Primary Deficit
PDAI	Primary Dealers Association of India
PDO	Public Debt Office
PDO-NDS	Public Debt Office-cum-Negotiated Dealing System
PDs	Primary Dealers
PES	Public Enterprises Survey
PF	Provident Fund
PIO	Persons of Indian Origin
PNB	Punjab National bank
PO	Principal Office
PRB	Primary Revenue Balance
PSE	Public Sector Enterprises
PUC	Paid Up Capital
QRR	Quick Review Report
RBI	Reserve Bank of India
RD	Revenue Deficit
RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
RE	Revenue Expenditure
REC	Rural Electrification Corporation
REER	Real Effective Exchange Rate
RFC	Residents Foreign Currency
RIB	Resurgent India Bonds
RIDF	Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
RLA	Recoveries of Loans & Advances
RLC	Repayment of Loans to Centre
RMB	Renminbi (Chinese)
RNBC	Residuary Non-Banking Companies
RO	Regional Office
RoCs	Registrars of Companies
RPA	Rupee Payment Area
RPCD	Rural Planning and Credit Department of RBI
RR	Revenue Receipts
RRB	Regional Rural Bank
RTP	Reserve Tranche Position
RUF	Revolving Underwriting Facility
RWA	Risk Weighted Asset
SAM	Social Accounting Matrix
SAS	Statistical Analysis System
SBI	State Bank of India
SCARDB	State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
SCB	State Cooperative Bank
SCB	Scheduled Commercial Bank
SCS	Size Class Strata
SDDS	Special Data Dissemination Standards
SDR	Special Drawing Right
SEBI	Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEBs	State Electricity Boards
SFC	State Financial Corporation
SGL	Subsidiary General Ledger
SGSY	Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar Yojana
SHGs	Self-Help Groups
SIDBI	Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIDC	State Industrial Development Corporation
SI-SPA	Systems Improvement Scheme under Special Project Agriculture
SJSRY	Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana
SLR	Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SLRS	Scheme for Liberation & Rehabilitation of Scavangers
SMG	Standing Monitoring Group
SNA	System of National Accounts
SRWTO	Small road & Water Transport Operators
SSI	Small-Scale Industries
SSSBEs	Small Scale Service & Business Enterprises
SWG	Second Working Group on Money Supply
TBs	Treasury Bills
TC	Temporary Change
TDSAT	Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal
TRAI	Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TT	Telegraphic Transfer
UBB	Uniform Balance Book
UBD	Urban Banks Department
UCB	Urban Cooperative Bank
UCN	Uniform Code Number
ULIP	Unit Linked Insurance Policy
US	United States
USD	US Dollars
USE	United Stock Exchange
UTI	Unit Trust of India
VC	Venture Capital
WPI	Wholesale Price Index
WSS	Weekly Statistical Supplement
YTM	Yield to Maturity
ZO	Zonal Office