Important Abbreviations

Abbreviations are commonly required in the competitive exams but it takes a fair amount of time in order to search through the internet and find the right answer for the term a student is looking for. In the following list, almost all the important abbreviations that can be fruitful for a competitive exam aspirant, have been enlisted.

Abbreviations starting with the letter “A”:

•  ADB: Asian Development Bank 
•  ADR: American Depositary Receipt 
•  AGM: Annual General Meeting 
•  AIDWA: All India Democratic Women’s Association 
•  AIT UC: 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
•  ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations 
•  ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Automated teller machine 
•  AC Alternating Current 
•  AG: Accountant General 
•  AICC: All India Congress Committee 
•  AIR: All India Radio 
•  AM: Antemeridian 
•  ARP: Air Raid Precaution 
•  ABM: Anti Ballistic Missiles
• ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad 
•  AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra 
•  ACU: Asian Currency Union
•  ADC: Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge 
•  ADF: Asian Development Fund 
•  ADIDAS: All Day I Dream about sports 
•  ADS: Air Defence Ship 
•  AG: Accountant General; Adjutant General  
•  AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 
•  AllMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences 
•  AIR: All India Radio; Annual Information Report 
•  am: ante meridiem; before noon
• AT&T: American telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd. 
•  ATA: Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array 
•  ATC: Air Traffic Controller 
•  ATM: Automatic Teller Machine 
•  ATR: Action Taken Report 
•  ATV: Automatic Transfer Vehicle 
•  AUDI : Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt 
•  AUM: Assets Under Management 
•  AVC: Army Veterinary Corps 
•  AVM: Additional Volatility Margin 
•  AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
• ASCI: Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative 
• ASCII: American Standard Code for Information

Abbreviations starting with the letter “B”:

• BA: Bachelor of Arts 
•  BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation 
•  BC: Before Christ 
•  BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin 
•  BEd: Bachelor of Education 
•  BSF: Border Security Force 
•  BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 
•  BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation 
•  BC: Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander
• BSF: Border Security Force 
•  BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 
•  BCBS: Basel committee for Banking Supervision 
•  BCSBI: Banking Codes and Standards Board of India 
•  BIFR: Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction 
•  BIS: Bank for International Settlements, Bureau of Indian Standards 
•  BOLT: BSE On-Line Trading (System) 
•  BOP: Balance of Payments 
•  BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer 
•  BPL: Below Poverty Line 
•  BPO: Business Process Outsourcing 
•  BSCS: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 
•  BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange 
•  BSR: Basic Statistical Returns

Abbreviations starting with the letter “C”:

• C & AG : Comptroller & Auditor General 
•  CA: Chartered Accountant 
•  CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education 
•  CACP: Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price 
•  CAD: Capital Account Deficit 
•  CAG: Controller and Auditor General of India 
•  CAPART: Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology 
•  CAR: Capital adequacy ratio 
•  CARE: Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. 
•  CBS: Core banking solution 
•  CC: Cash Credit
• COD: Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery 
•  CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board 
•  CPI: Communist Party of India 
•  CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxists) 
•  CPU: Central Processing Unit 
•  CR: Central Railway 
•  CRAC: Cyber Regulation Advisory Council 
•  CRDi: Common Rail Direct injection 
•  CRISIL: Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited 
•  CRM: Customer Relationship Management 
•  CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force 
•  CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio 
•  CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 
•  CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 
•  CTT: Commodities Transaction Tax 
•  CVRDE: Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment

Abbreviations starting with the letter “D”:

• DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance 
•  DAP: Development Action Plan 
•  DBOD: Department of Banking Operations and Development 
•  DBS Bank Ltd: The Development Bank of Singapore Limited. 
•  DCA: Department of Company Affairs 
•  DCM: Department of Currency Management 
•  DD: Demand Draft 
•  DDS: Data Dissemination Standards 
•  DICGC: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India 
•  DMA: Departmentalized Ministries Account 
•  DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor 
•  DPEP: District Primary Education Program 
•  DC: Direct Current 
•  DDT: Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-Ethane 
•  DIR: Defence of India Rules Esq: Esquire 
•  DLO: Dead Letter Office 
•  DPI: Director of Public Instruction 
•  DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance 
•  DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
• DDT: Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant) 
•  DIN: Director Information Number 
•  DM: District Magistrate; Deputy Minister 
•  DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor 
•  DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a regional political party of Tamil Nadu) 
•  DNA: Deoxy-ribo Nucleic Acid 
•  DO: Demi-official (letter) 
•  DOD: Department of Ocean Development 
•  DPEP: District Primary Education Programme 
•  DPI: Director of Public Instruction 
•  DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory 
•  DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “E”:

• EDUSAT: Education Satellite 
•  EEE: Exempt Exempt Exempt 
•  EEFC Accounts: Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account 
•  EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation 
•  EFA: Education for All 
•  EFT: Electronic fund transfer 
•  EGOM: Empowered Group of Ministers 
•  EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment 
•  EMS: European Monetary System 
•  EPF: Employees Provident Fund 
•  EPFO: Employees Provident Fund Organisation 
•  ERNET: Educational and Research Network 
•  ESA: European Space Agency 
•  ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacify 
•  ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act
•  EDUSAT: Education Satellite 
•  EEG: Electro-encephalography 
•  EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation 
•  EFA: Education for All 
•  EFF: Extended Fund Facility 
•  EHTP: Electronic Hardware Technology Parks 
•  ELISA: Enzyme-Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS)

Abbreviations starting with the letter “F”:

• FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation 
•  FCCB: Foreign Currency Convertible Bond 
•  FCNR: Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Accounts Scheme 
•  FCNR(B): Foreign Currency Currency Non-Repatriable (Banks) 
•  FCNR(B) : Foreign Currency Non-resident (Banks) 
•  FDI: Foreign Direct Investment 
•  FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act 
•  FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act 
•  FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 
•  FII: Foreign Institutional Investors 
•  FIMMDA: Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India 
•  FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (Of India) 
•  FMCG: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
• FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.) 
•  FCNR: Foreign Currency (non-resident) Accounts Scheme 
•  FDR: Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt 
•  FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act 
•  FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act 
•  FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 
•  FII: Foreign Institutional Investors 
•  FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India) 
•  FLAG: Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe 
•  FM: Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated 
•  FPSB: Financial Planning Standards Boards (India) 
•  FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management 
•  FSSA: Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India) 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “G”:

•  GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council 
•  GDP: Gross Domestic Product 
•  GEF: Global Environment Fund 
•  GIC: General Insurance Corporation 
•  GNP: Gross National Product 
•  GOI: Government of India 
•  GST: Goods and Service Tax 
•  GK: General Knowledge 
•  GMT: Greenwich Mean Time 
•  GPF: General Post Office 
•  GAGAN: GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation 
• GIST: Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology 
•  GPS: Global Mobile Personal Communications System 
•  GMRT: Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope 
•  GMT: Greenwich Mean Time 
•  GNP: Gross National Product 
•  GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System 
•  GOC: General Officer Commanding 
•  GOOGLE: Global Organisation Of Oriented Group Language of Earth 
•  GPO: General Post Office 
•  GPRS: General Packet Radio System 
•  GPS: Global Positioning System 
•  GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle 
•  GSP: Generalised Special Preferences 
•  GST: Goods and Service Tax 
•  GSTP: Global System of Trade Preferences

Abbreviations starting with the letter “H”:

• HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited 
•  HDI: Human Development Index 
•  HSBC: Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 
•  HUDCO: Housing & Urban Development Corporation 
•  HMT: Hindustan Machine Tools 
•  HP: Horse Power 
•  HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School 
•  HCF: Highest Common Factor 
•  HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation 
•  HDI: Human Development Index 
•  HDTV: High Definition Television
• HMS: Hybrid Mail Service 
•  HP: Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power 
•  HTML: HyperText Markup Language 
•  HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
•  HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation 
•  HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current

Abbreviations starting with the letter “I”:

•  IAAI: International Airport Authority Of India 
•  IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service 
•  IADF:  International Agricultural Development Fund 
•  IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency 
•  IASB: The International Accounting Standards Board 
•  IBRD:  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
•  ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 
•  ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
• IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India 
•  IDR: Indian Depository Receipts 
•  IES: Indian Economic Service 
•  IEX: Indian Energy Exchange 
•  IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development 
•  IFC: International Finance Corporation 
•  IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard 
•  IFSC:  Indian Financial System Code 
•  IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions 
• ISKCON: International Society for Krishna Consciousness 
•  ISO: International Standardisation Organisation 
•  ISP: Internet Service Provider 
•  ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation 
•  ISS: International Space Station 
•  IST: Indian Standard Time 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “J”:

• JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission 
•  JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer 
•  JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee 
•  JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group 
•  JWG: Joint Working Group

Abbreviations starting with the letter “K”:

• Kg: Kilogramme 
•  KG: Kindergarten 
•  KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing 
•  KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing 
•  KVIC: Khadi & Village Industries Corporation 
•  KYC: Know your customer

Abbreviations starting with the letter “L”:

•  LBW: Leg Before Wicket Ltd-Limited 
•  LMG: Light Machine Gun 
•  LMP: Licentiate in the practice of Medicine 
•  LAC: Line of Actual Control 
•  LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 
•  LCA: Light Combat Aircraft 
•   LDC: Least Developed Countries 
•   LHC: Large Hadron Collider 
•  LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (of India) 
•  LLP: Limited Liability Partnership 
•  LML: Lohia Machines Limited 
•  LOAC: Line of Actual Control 
•  LTA: Light Transport Aircraft 
•  LTTE : Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 
•  LAMPS: Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies 
•  LDC: Least Developed Countries 
•  LIBOR: London Interbank Offer Rate 
•  LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (Of India) 
•  LLP: Limited Liability Partnership

Abbreviations starting with the letter “M”:

• MA: Moving Average 
•  MAIT: Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology 
•  MAT: Minimum Alternative Tax 
•  MCA: Ministry of Company Affairs 
•  MCAP: Market capitalization / Midcap 
•  MDG: Millennium development goals 
•  MEP: Minimum Export Price 
•  MFA: Multi-Fiber Agreement 
•  MFI: Microfinance institution 
•  MFIN: Microfinance institution network 
•  MFN: Most Favoured Nation 
•  MGNREGA: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 
•  MIBOR: Mumbai Interbank offer rate
•  MPEG: Motion Picture Experts Groups 
•  MRF: Madras Rubber Factory 
•  MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
•  MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practises Commission 
•  MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System 
•  MSA: Maritime Safety Agency 
•  MSCF: Maritime Security Cooperation Framework 
•  Mss: Manuscript 
•  MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime 
•  MTO: Multilateral Trade Organisation 
•  MUNO: Maha Vir Chakra 
•  MVC: Maha Vir Chakra

Abbreviations starting with the letter “N”:

• NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 
•  NAEP: National Adult Education Program 
•  NAFED: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd 
•  NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement 
•  NAM: Non-Aligned Movement 
•  NAMA: Non-Agriculture Market Access 
•  NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation 
•  NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Services Companies 
•  NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 
•  NAV: Net Asset Value 
•  NBFC: Non-Banking Finance Companies
•  NCERT: National Council Of Education Research And Training 
•  NCPCR: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights 
•  NDC: National Development Council 
•  NEFT: National Electronic Fund Transfer 
•  NEGP: National E-Governance Plan 
•  NEP: National Education Policy 
•  NFO: New Fund Offers 
•  NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation 
•  NHAI: National Highways Authority of India 
•  NHDP: National Highways Development Project 
•  NHRC: National Human Rights Commission 
•  NIC: National Industrial Classification 
•  NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology
•  NRI: Non-Resident Indian 
•  NSC: National Statistical Commission 
•  NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited 
•  NSE: National Stock Exchange 
•  NSSO: National Sample Survey Organisation 
•  NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation 
•  NCC: National Cadet Corps 
•  PDF: National Defence Fund 
•  NEFA: North East Frontier Agency 
•  NSS: National Service Scheme 
•  NAA: National Airport Authority
•  NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency 
•  NSA: National Security Act 
•  NSC: National Service Corps; National Security Council 
•  NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited 
•  NSE: National Stock Exchange 
•  NSR: National Skills Registry 
•  NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation 
•  NWDA: National Water Development Agency 
•  NWRC: National Water Resources Council 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “O”:

•  OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries 
•  OIL: Oil India Limited 
•  OLTAS: On-Line Tax Accounting System 
•  OMCS: Oil Marketing Companies 
•  ONGC: Oil And Natural Gas Commission 
•  OPEC: Organisation Of Petroleum Exporting Countries 
•  OSCE: Organisation For Security And Cooperation In Europe 
• OBC: Other Backward Classes 
•  OBU: Offshore Banking Unit 
•  ODA: Official Development Assistance 
•  ODF: Open Document Format 
•  ODS: Ozone Depletion Substances 
•  OECD: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development 
•  OGL: Open General Licence 
•  OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries 
•  OIGS: On India Government Service 
•  OIL: Oil India Limited 
•  ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission 
•  OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries 
•  OSCE: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
•  OSD: Officer on Special Duty 
•  OXML: Open Extended Marking Language

Abbreviations starting with the letter “P”:

• PAC: Public Accounts Committee 
•  PACS: Primary Agriculture Credit Societies 
•  PAN: Permanent Account Number (Of Income-Tax) 
•  PATA: Pacific-Asia Travel Association 
•  PCI: Per capita income 
•  PD: Primary Deficit 
•  PDO: Public Debt Office 
•  PDS: Public Distribution System 
•  PIL: Public Interest Litigation 
•  PIO: Persons Of Indian Origin 
•  PN: Participatory Note 
•  PNB: Punjab National Bank. 
•  PO: Principal Office 
• POW: Prisoner of War 
•  PP: Public Prosecutor; Particular Person 
•  PRO: Public Relations Officer 
•  PS: Post Scriptum; PostScript; written after 
•  PSC: Public Service Commission 
•  PSE: Public Sector Enterprises 
•  PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 
•  PTA: Preferential Trade Area 
•  PTI: Press Trust of India 
•  PTO: Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order 
•  PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids 
•  PVC: Param Vir Chakra 
•  PVSM: Param Vishisht Seva Medal 
•  PWD: Public Works Department

Abbreviations starting with the letter “Q”:

•  QIB:  Qualified Institutional Buyer 
•  QIP: Qualified Institutional Placement 
•  QR: Quantitative Restriction 
•  QMG: Quarter Master General 
•  QR: Quantitative Restriction

Abbreviations starting with the letter “R”:

• RBI: Reserve Bank Of India 
•  RDBMS: Relational Database Management System 
•  RE: Revenue Expenditure 
•  REC: Rural Electrification Corporation 
•  RIDF: Rural infrastructure development fund 
•  RMB: Renminbi (Chinese) 
•  RR: Revenue Receipts 
•  RRB: Regional Rural Bank 
•  RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index 
•  RSETI: Rural Self Employment Training Institute 
•  RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement 
•  R&D: Research and Development 
•  RSS: Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh 
•  RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging 
•  RAF: Rapid Action Force 
•  RAM: Random Access Memory
•  RLO: Returned Letter Office 
•  RLV: Reusable Launch Vehicle 
•  RPM: Revolution Per Minute 
•  RPO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional Passport Officer 
•  RRB: Regional Rural Bank 
•  RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index 
•  RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement System 
•  RTI: Right to Information

Abbreviations starting with the letter “S”:

• SBI: State Bank of India. 
•  SC: Schedule Caste 
•  SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 
•  SCOPE: Standing Conference On Public Enterprises 
•  SDF: shipping declaration form 
•  SDR: Special Drawing Rights 
•  SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India 
•  SEBI: Securities And Exchange Board Of India 
•  SEWA: Self-employed women’s association 
•  SEZ: Special Economic Zone 
•  SFC: State Financial Corporation 
•  SGL: Subsidiary General Ledger 
•  SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India 
•  SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio 
•  SSI: Small-Scale Industries 
•  ST: Schedule Tribe
•  SEATO: South East Asia treaty Organisation 
•  ST: Scheduled Tribe 
•  SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 
•  SAFTA: South Asian Free Trade Area 
•  SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited 
•  SAPTA: SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement 
•  SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 
•  SATNAV: Satellite Navigation (Initiative) 
•  SAVE: SAARC Audio Visual Exchange 
•  SC: Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste
• SOS: Save Our Souls distress signal 
•  SPG: Special Protection Group 
•  SPIN: Software Process Improvement Networks 
•  SPV : Solar Photo Voltaic 
•  SQUID: Superconducting Quantum Interference Device 
•  SRE: Space Capsule Recovery Experiment 
•  SRV: Submarine Rescue Vessel 
•  SSN: Social Security Number 
•  STARS: Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station 
•  START: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
•  STD: Subscriber Trunk Dialling; Sexually Transmitted Diseases 
•  STEP: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park 
•  STT: Securities Transaction Tax

Abbreviations starting with the letter “T”:

• TC: Temporary Change 
•  TDS: Tax Deduction at Source 
•  TIFR: Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research 
•  TIN: Tax Information Network 
•  TINXSYS: Tax Information Exchange System 
•  TISCO: Tata Iron and Steel Company 
•  TPDS: Targeted Public Distribution System 
•  TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India 
•  TRIMS: Trade-Related Investment Measures 
•  TRIPS: Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights 
•  TRYSEM: Training Of Rural Youth For Self Employment 
•  TT: Telegraphic Transfer 
•  TA: Travelling Allowance 
•  TB: Tuberculosis 
•  TELEX: Teleprinter Exchange 
•  TMO: Telegraphic Money
• TA: Travelling Allowance; Territorial Army 
•  TAAI: Travel Agents Association of India 
•  TACDE: Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment 
•  TADA: Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act 
•  TAPS: Tarapur Atomic Power Station 
•  TB: Tuberculosis 
•  TCP: Transfer Call Protocol 
•  TDC: Transport Development Council 
•  TDS: Tax Deduction at Source 
•  TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal 
•  TELCO: Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company 
•  TERLS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station 
•  TFT: Thin-Film Transistor 
•  TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
• TNT: Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive) 
•  TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language 
•  TPP: 20-Point Programme 
•  TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 
•  TRIMs: Trade-Related Investment Measures 
•  TRIPS: Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights 
•  TRP: Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer 
•  TRYSEM: Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment 
•  TTE: Travelling Ticket Examiner 
•  TTF: Tourism Task Force 
•  TVS : T.V Sundaram(Co-Founder)

Abbreviations starting with the letter “U”:

•  UNCTAD: United Nations Conference On Trade And Development 
•  UNFCCC: United nation framework convention on climate change 
•  UNFPA : United Nations Fund For Population Activities 
•  UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees 
•  UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Commission 
•  UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund 
•  UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation 
•  UNRRA: United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration 
•  UNDP: United nations Development Programme 
•  UNO: United Nations Organisation 
•  UAE: United Arab Emirates 
•  UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 
•  UF: United Front 
•  UFO : Unidentified Flying Object 
•  UGC: University Grants Commission 
•  UK: United Kingdom 
•  ULFA: United Liberation Front of Assam 
•  UN: United Nations 
•  UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
•  UNDP: United Nations Development Programme 
•  UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force 
•  UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme 
•  UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 
•  UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Abbreviations starting with the letter “V”:

• VAT: Value-Added Tax 
•  VC: Venture Capital 
•  VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme 
•  VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme 
•  VIP: Very Important Person 
•  VPP: Value Payable Post 
•  VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra 
•  VCR: Video Cassette Recorder 
•  VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme 
•  VHRR: Very High-Resolution Radiometer 
•  VIP: Very Important Person 
•  VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under Siege 
•  VISI: Very Large Scale Integration 
•  VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol 
•  VPN: Virtual Private Network

Abbreviations starting with the letter “W”:

•  WMO: World Meteorological Organisation 
•  WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency 
•  WAP: Wireless Application Protocol 
•  WAVE: Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise 
•  WDF: Wasteland Development Force 
•  WEF: World Economic Forum 
•  WFP: World Food Programme 
•  WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions 
•  WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance 
•  WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation 
•  WIPRO: Western Indian Products
•  WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation 
•  WMO: World Meteorological Organisation 
•  WTO: World Trade Organisation

Abbreviations starting with the letter “X”:

• XML: Extensible Mark-up Language

Abbreviations starting with the letter “Y”:

• YWCA: young women’s Christian Association 
• YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association

Abbreviations starting with the letter “Z”:

• ZAPU: Zimbabwe Africa Peoples Union 
• ZPZ: Zero Population Growth 
• ZS: Zoological Society 
• ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan

• Conclusion

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