Abbrevations And Other Terms

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A Dictionary of important

ABBREVIATIONS &

@ther Terms

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.ABBREVIATIONS &

ther Terms

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, 1995.;

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a.

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Abbreviations

States of America' ="U,S. A. 1 ').

RAdio Detecting Arid RaHgiug' =: ''RADAR'*

- 9^05

GATT (77-ff), INSAT
RITES (3_^), SAARO ^5), UNESCO

AIDS (tSidSS^).... 9C*

gj 5 ^. eo^cras 1 -- sr^SW 8 ^SB^ ^SSvga Abb-
reviations^) tjgeoS; Political, Mi^dical, Educational,
official, Industrial* Scientific aer* S5eo

Abbreviations

'UDitcd States of Amerlca'=''U,S.A. f ').

"RAdio Detecting Aald ftaagiug* =: "RADAR**

s

GATT (jr&\ INSAT
RITES (B^), SAARC '<>5? r ), UNESCO
AIDS ^cSS^).... QC

reviations^b "fsSSoQ; Political, Medical, Educational,
official, Indmtrial, Scientific aer S5eo

Abbreviations 6

ASRTU : Association of State Road and Transport Un
dertakings

AVARD : Association of Voluntary Agencies for Rural
Development

AWIC : Association of Writers and Illustrators for Ch-

FAO : Food and Agriculture Organisation

L tJ n &

FCAT : Film Certification Appellate Tribunal

FEE : Federation of Engineering Industries of India

FFI : Film Federation of India

FFSI : Federation of Film Societies of India

FICCI : Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry

FOCUS: Forum for Communal Understanding and Syn-

FPTA : Federation of Paper Traders Association

f

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Abbreviations <-V^ : .x^ ; -7

FTH : Film and TPisje^ institute of India

HOGA : Hindustan Oil seeds Growers Association

HUDCO : Housing and Urban Development Corpora

tion
IAAS : Indian Audit and Accounts Service

IAMR : Institute of Applied Manpower Research

ICAA : International Civil Airports Association

ICC : Indian Chamber of Commerce

(saoSc&S' 3*oa5 ^q? S'&S^)
ICCR : Indian Council for Cultural Relations

IFWJ : Indian Federation of Working Journalists

(gofldSSS" ">tf'SoiS' 5" SSS^o^ astf^&S^)
nCT : Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

HFT : Indian Institute of Foreign Trade)

IIIT : Indian Institute of Information Technology

EPA : Indian Institute of Public Administration

Abbreviations 8

IMPA : Indian Motion Pictures Association

IMPPA : Indian Motion Picture Producers Association

INMAS : Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sc-

ences

if

tU

INTUC : Indian National Trade Union Council

ISRO : Indian Space Research Organisation

ISSP : Indian Scientific Satellite Project

ITI : Industrial Training Institute

ETMA : Indian Television Manufacturers Association

IYR1 : Indian Veterinary Research Institute

TWAI : Inland Waterways Authority of India

JCC : Junior Chamber of Commerce

JRC : Junior Red Cross (ac&5 BfS, Joint
Rivers Commission (3*000^

Abbreviations 9

MECON : Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants

Limited
MIGA : Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

MRTPC : Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices
Commission

CD

NAFED : National Agricultural Co-operative Market-
ing Federation of

NCCF : National Co-operative Consumers Federation

NCERT : National Council of Educational Research
and Training

NCRB : National Crime Records Bureau

NDC : National Development Council

NECC : National Egg Co-ordination Committee

NFAI : National Film Archives of India

NFC : Nuclear Fuel Complex

,

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Abbreviations 10

NIC : National Integration Council

Nffi : National Institute of Education

NIFT : National Institute of Fashion Technology

NIPA : National Institute of Performing Arts

NIRD : National Institute of Rural Development

NITEE : National Institute for Training in Industrial
Engineering

NLM : National Literacy Mission

NPA : National Ports Authority

NPC : National Productivity Council

NVDA : Narmada Valley Development Authority

NVF ; National Volunteer Force

PAC : Public Accounts Committee

Abbreviations 1 1 S>oistf

PAI : Pesticides Association of India

PEN : Poets, Editors and Novelists Association

RRO : Refugee Relief Organisation

SAIL : Steel Authority of India Limited)

SAMEER : Society for Applied Microwave Electronics
Engineering and Research SPIbdS $5 ep'

Q ~ o<

3 5 -\)
SFI : Students Federation of India

SIMA : South Indian Mill Owners Association

SPCA : Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

SPCC : Society for the prevention of Cruelty of Child

ren &*& $5 a &

SSC : Staff Selection Commission

UPSC : Union Public Service Commission

ZSI : Zoological Survey of India (awg&ff ^5

Abbreviations 12

Abbreviations of
Companies & Industries

ACC : Associated Cement Companies

AEI : Associated Electrical Industries

AIFPI : All India Federation of Plastic Industries

AIRIA : All India Rubber Industries Association

S e
AMUL^: Anand Milk Udyog Limited

ASP : Alloy Steel Plant (^e7>dS fed"

N. ro &

BALCO : Bfaarat Aluminium Company Limited

BCCX : Bharat Cooking Coal Limited

BEL : Bharat Electronics Limited

BHEL : Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

BHPV : Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels

BPCL : Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

8 ] Abbreviations 13

BRL : Bharat Refineries Limited

BYNL : Bharat Yantra Nigam Limited

CCI : Cement/Cotton Corporation of India

CEL : Central Electronics Limited

CIFTI : Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Indu

stry

GIL : Coal India Limited (*<;"
CISF : Central Industrial Security Force

CLB : Company Law Board

CMA ; Coal Mines Authority

CMPDI : Central Mine Planning and Design Institute

("So &" aS" jp&oft woS" a^S" si^^tooQ^)
COFMOW: Central Organisation For Modernisation Of
^Workshops liDff ^avS" $5

CONCOR : CONtainer CORporation of India

(SoS j& s-5'^aS' 5 goAo^p)
CRISIL : Credit Rating and Information Services of

India Limited

CSIR : Centre of Scientific and Industrial Research

Abbreviations _ 14 S$oSs*$

CUL : Carborundum Universal Limited

CWC : Central Warehousing Corporation

DCM : Delhi r Cloth Mills

fc > co ro

DEIL : Digital Equipment India Limited

DFHI : Discount and Finance House of India

DTC : Delhi Transport Corporation

oJ

DVC : Damodar Valley Corporation

ECIL : Electronics Corporation of India

EDC : Export Development Corporation

EDL : Engineers India Limited

EITMA : Eastern India Textile Mills Association

FACT : Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore (Ltd)

(1)53 &5\ <o ^^g^"\

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FCI : Food Corporation of India

7 FC : Film Finance Corporation

Abbreviations 15

FSI : Food Specialities of India (Ltd,,)

GAIL : Gas Authority of India Limited

QIC : General Insurance Corporation

GM : General Motors

HCI : Hotel Corporation of India

cw

HCL : Hindustan Cables /Copper Limited

HDFC : Housing Development Finance Corporation

HEC : Heavy Engineering Corporation

HEL : Heavy Electricals Lnnited("5r>!>

HFCL : Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited

HEL : Hindustan Insecticides Limited

HLL : HindustanLever

Hindustan Latex Limited (&po#bp' C7SS\

HMT: Hindustan Machine Tools(oPo<^^'
HMV : His Master's Voice

Heavy Motor Vehicles

*

Abbreviations 16

HPC : Hindustan Paper Corporation

13
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation

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HPF : Hindustan Photo Films

HSL : Hindustan Steel Limited (^POtfbopS' |5"

HHZL : Hndustan Zinc Limittd (
IA : Indian Airlines (go&c&S' Si53
IBM : International Business Machines

ICC : Indian Cement Corporation

ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Company of
India

IDC ; Industrial Development Corporation

IDPL : Indian E>rugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited

IFC ; Industrial Finance Corporation

EFFCO : Indian Farmers Fertilizer Corporation

IISCO : Indian Iron and Steel Company

Abbreviations 17

IOC : Indian Oil Corporation

IOL : Industrial Organics Limited

IPCL : Indian Petrochemicals Company Limited

IPICOL : Industrial Promotion and Investment Corpo
ration

IRIL : Indian Rayon Industries Limited

ISCON : Indian Steel CONstruction Company

ITC : Indian Tobacco Company(go&c&

ITDC : Indian Tourism Development Corporation

(aoad^S" to^OssS) 3cSeao<S"

JCI : Jute Corporation of India

KGF : Kolar Gold Fields '(*er>5

KVIC : Khadi and Village Industries Commission

L & T : Larsen and Toubro Limited

LIC : Life Insurance Corporation (of India)

MAMC : Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation

Abbreviations 18 sSo^&tf S&otoij

MAPP : Madras Atomic Power Project

MECL : Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited

MMTC : Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation

MNC : Multi National Corporation

(& SasJff s'Sv^aSf)

MRF : Modi Rubber Factory

MUL : Maruti Udyog Limited

NAAI : National Airport Authority of India

(^aSd* 5 5*5 ^tp5^ sU soSd&o) ^
NACE, : National Agrq Chemicals Industries Limited

NALCO : National Aluminium Company Limited

NBC : National Broadcasting Company

NBCC : National Building Construction Corporation/

NDDC : National Dairy Development Corporation

NELCO : National Electronics Company Limited

NFCL : Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limit-ed

Abbreviations 18

MAPP : Madras Atomic Power Project

MECL : Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited

MMTC : Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation

MNC : Multi National Corporation

MRF : Modi Rubber Factory

MUL : Maruti Udyog Limited (Sp&a Afi^gS StoSff)

NAAI : National Airport Authority of India

NACE, : National Agrq Chemicals Industries Limited

NALCO : National Aluminium Company Limited

oy>toacS)Sb
NBC : National Broadcasting Company

NBCC : National Building Construction Corporation

NDDC : National Dairy Development Corporation

NELCO : National Electronics Company Limited

NFCL : Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited

f It

Abbreviations

M

PAL : Premier Automobiles Limited

PFCI : Power Finance Corporation of India

(55555 2>

PSE : Public Sector Enterprises (o5sD""&| D 5
RAPP : Rajastan Atomic Power Plant

RCF : Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers

RE, : Reliance Industries Limited

RSP : Rourkela Steel Plant (dir'S^ep <S"
RTC : Road Transport Corporation

SCCL : Singareni Colleries Company Limited

"

SCI :Shipping Corporation of India

SEB : State Electricity Board

SEBI : Stock Exchange Board of India

SECL : South-Eastern Coalfields Limited

(!r><r

^ I

SFC : State Financial Corporation

ij Abbreviations 21

SIDCO ; State Industrial Development Corporation

SMPL : Standard Motor Products Limited

i

L

STC : State Trading Corporation

TAPS : Tarapur Atomic Power Station

TELCO : Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company

TFAI : Trade Fair Authority of India

TISCO : Tata Iron and Steel Company

TOMCO : Tata Oil Mill Company

fTCI : Tea Trading Corporation of India

UTI : Unit Trust of India

Abbreviations of Health
& Medic Al sciences

AHA : Academy of Hospital Administration

AIIM5 : All India Institute of Medical Sciences

BO : Body Odour

CAT& : Centralised Accident and Trauma Services

Abbreviations 22

CCU : Critial/Cardiac Care Unit

"15

CftD : Certificate of Disability for Discharge

CDRI : Central Drug Research Institute

CFSL : Central Forensic Science Laboratory

CGHS : Central Government Health Scheme

CMC : Christian Medical College( L |^^
CME : Continuing Medical Education

CNS : Central Nervous System
ECT : Electro- Conversant Therapy

ENT : Ear, Nose, Throat (sdfiS, 5*5,
FMT : Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

HAI : Health Action International

.
HP : High Pressure (TtpjjksS), Horinonic Progression

ICDS : Integrated Child Development Services

(goaiSSi" gj" SoS330<" ^6^5)
ICFS : Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science

ECMR : Indian Council of Medical Research

55

Abbreviations " 23

ICRI : Indian Cancer Research Institute

ICU : Intensive Care Unit (aoS^
IMA : Indian Medical Association

IPA : Indian Pharmaceutical Association

ISIC : Indian Spinal Injuries Centre

^^

IVDU : Intravenous Drug User(sjO|&r3e6S
MC : Medical Certificate
MCH : Medical College Hospi
MCI : Medical Council of India

MDT : Multi Drug Therapy

MT : Mentally Retarded

MTP : Medical Termination of Pregnancy

NAMS : National Academy of Medical Science

NCB : Narcotics Control Bureau

NICD : National Institute of Communicable Disease

Nil : National Institute of Immunology

NIMS : Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences

NIN : National Institute of Nutrition

Abbreviations 24

-''- - ' ni i - tn L ' ja * a "^ " ''"-" ' ; ' i fl,^

NMEP : National Malaria Eradication Programme

OPD : Out Patient's Department

"Sp

PH : Physicallp Handicapped
Public Health (SSf "Spd)
PHC : Primary Health Centre
PM : Post Mortem (*5
PNI : Psycho- Neuro Immunology

PT : Physical Therapy (

RAM : Random Access Memory

RMLH : Ram Manohaf Lohia Hospital

SIDS : Sndden Infant Death Syndrome

(ssas" SJ^SPO^T 35" ^s"^^)

STD : Sexually Transmitted Diseases

TB : Tubercle Bacillus (Tuberculosis^

TLC : Tender Loving care

TNF : Tumour Necrosis Factor(to^5

UCMS : University College of Medical Sciences

VD : Venereal Disease
VS : Veterinary Surgeon

Ahbrw iatiitns of Muthv-

AI : First class ($5

BIT : Binary Digit byte.=

Abbreviations 25

BPD : Barrels Per Day

BPI : Bits Per Inch

BPS : Bits Per Second (<\ 1>5

X (J

C : Third Class (# 5), Hundred [Roman Numeral]

CGS : Centimetre Gram

C P: Cost Price (s*5 I

CPI : Consumer Price Index

CPM : Characters Per Minute

CPS : Characters Per Second

D : Five hundred (Roman Numeral)

EDSAC : Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calcu

lator >3g>3ar & f ^^^s id"&|^6)

EDVAC:Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic comp
uter oi3*^ A

ENIAC : Hectronic Numerical Integrator And Calco

lato^agafcS^gSieSeS' goS^S oS
FPS : Foot Pound Second (&<"
GCF : Greatest Common Factor
GCM : Greatest Common Measure^SS
GDP :|Gross Domestic Product
GNI cjGross Natiooal Income
GNP :*Gross National Product
GPD ^Gallons Per Day (rro^j 15 5)
HCF ; Highest Common Factor
I : One [Roman Numeral]
IQ : feetligence Quotient

IR ; Intelligence Ratios
^

Abbreviations 26

1ST : Indian Standard Time (sjoAcft^ |po#5
KMPS : Kilometres Per Second(C*cp<b5^ "
KPH : Kilometres Per Hour S^arfcS "S:5

KVA : Kilo -Volt- Ampere
L : Fifty [Roman Numeral]

LCM : Lowest Common Multiplexors
LEN : Length (So^

LH : Left Hand (35
3LMT : Local Mean Time

LOG : Logarithm

LPM : Lines Per Minute (3

\o

M : Thousand [Roman Numeral]

MAP : Million Acre-Feet

MIPS : Million Instructions Per Second

MKS : l^etre Kilogram

MT : Metric Tonnes

N : Number

NM : Nautical Mile

Qr : Quarter (s-^ff

RPM : Revolutions Per

RPS : Revolutions Per

TPI : Tracks Per Inch

V : Five [Roman Numeral]

WPM : Wotds Per Minute

WPS : Words Per Second

X : Ten [Roman Numeral] BJ5"
First Unii^wE Qtmntity ($5

Abbreviations 2?

Y : Yard o&*), Second Unknown Quantity

Z : Third Unknown Quantity (#5
ZBB : Zero Based Budgeting (^5*

ZPG : Zero Population Growth (6* pS^&^ ]ff)

Abbreviations with
Voriegn Base

ABA : American Bankers Association

ABC : American Broadcasting Company

ACE : American Council on Education

ACLU : American Civil Liberties Union

ACUiAsian Clearing Union (ss&c&S'S
ADB : Asian Development Bank

ADF : African Development Fund

AFC : Asian Foot ball Confedcratiom

AFP : Asian Free Press

AFRICA : Action For Resisting Invasion, Colojjalism.
and Apartheid $5

AGF : Asian Games Federation^fcc^
AHPC : American Home Products Corporation

Abbreviations 28

AIM : American Indian Movement

ANA : American Newspapers Association

ANC ; African National Congress

ANN : Asian News Network

ANSC : American National Standard Code

ej 3

ANZUS : Australia, New Zealand, United States of

America (Pacific Pact Countries)

APA : Associated Press of America

APC : Asian Productivity Council

APEC : Asian Pacific Economic Cooperatiom

APPEAL : Asian Pacific Programme of Education

All (&&<&$ 3&5>f i^L"" 5 * ^^
APU : Asian Parliamentarians Union

ARCA : Associate of Royal College of Arts

ARCM : Associate of Royal College of Music

^
* A

ARCS : Associate of Royal College of Science

ARIC : Associate of Royal Institute of Chemistry

* r

6] Abbreviations 29

ASC : American Standard Code (esd&SSS" ro&5
ASEAN : Association of South East Asian Nations

Spi" -gsS <s*s>c

ASP AC : ASia and PAcific Council

BA : British Academy

BASIC : British -American Security Information Council

BBC : British Broadcasting Corporation

BCWA : British Council of World Affairs

BENELUX : BElgiumNBtherlands and Luxembourg
(Customs

< A

BIS : British Information Service (i<S5L

\u

S%5), Bank of International Settlements

BO AC : British Overseas Airways Corporation
^SS^5 ^oa5SS ^af^&S) ; N, B. :
'British Airways (BA)' n SitfSSa-

BSS : British Standard Specifications

CARE : Cs>- operative for American Relief Evarywli^re

$5 u3D5^ 81)

CASTAP : Conference om Application 6f Ssicacd and
T^c;ha^logy in AVu

a 5*23! sf

Abbreviations 30

CBC : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CDC : Commonwealth Development Corporation

CENTO : CENtral Treaty Organisation

CGF : Commonwealth Games Federation

CHOGM : Commonwealth Heads Of Government
ting (^SSbS'S^ "pf\ i> ^SS^^3DO<S"

** \ o cJ ot.

CIA : Central Intelligence Agency [USA], ("

83^ 32^ [d5. ciffiS. oi])
COME5C : COMinonwealth Expedition

OJ

COMSAT : COMmunication SATeUite Corporation

[USA], (^Sxn'gS&'i^ ^SS_^ S 8 5^'3aS' [d8b.<3
CRY : Child Relief and You"(t3 | &&S" <9o^ cS8)

ECAFE : Economic Commission for Asia and Far Bas|

N. 1 : ^ ^
EGLk : Economic Commissioner Latin America ;

ECM : European Co&tEKm Market

Befeafcfe

Economic Commnnity

EFTA : EarcffeaBr Free Tra$e Assodation

{tiff

ELDO : European Launcher Development Organisaton

"

EMS : European Monetary System

ENS : Eastern Newspaper Society

EPRLF : Edam Peoples' Revolutionary Liberation

Front
EROS : Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students

ESA : European Space Agency(c&p5*^c&^ t)^S
ESRO : European Space Research Organisation

EST : Eastern Standard Time

FAMYS : Federation of Assemblies of Muslim Youth
of Srilanka^tfS&S 1 & ^o&

FAP : Free Asia Press (j& &<5& jla5)
FBA : FeUow of British Academy

FBI : Federal Bureau of Investigation [U. S.

FCPS : Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons

FRCP : FeUow of Royal College of Physicians

FRCS : Fellew of Royal College of Surgeons

FRGS : Fellow of Royal Grograpidcai

Abbreviations 32 tfola^tJ

FRPS : Fellow of Royal Photographic Society

v>
U

FRSS : Fellow of Royal Statistical Society

GB : Great Britain

GCC : Gulf Ce-opratiom Ceuncil

GDR : Gtmam Bcmocratic Republic

GMT : Greenwich Mean Time

HE : His [Htr] Excellemcy (Spff [SS5]

HH : His [Her] Hi^kmtss (&f [SS5] ^35),
Haass ^5p^

HL : Hens*

HM : Her [his] Majesty (3*5 ["!"]

HMS : His [Her] Majesty's Service

f"

IAEA : Intermatismtl Attfiw Eaargy Agency

IAPB : attrmatlwal A^wcy for Prevemtion of Blind-
ness

IATA : International Air Tras^rt Association

CBRD : Internatiomal Bank for Reconstruction and De-
velopment [World Bank] t (go&'5^oSic^5" Sjgo"

ICC : IfiterBatiwsd Crfefcet C^aference

Abbreviations S3

ICJ : International Court of Justice

C3

ICRC : International Committee of Rei Crss

ICRISAT : International Crops Research Institute for

the Semi- Arid Tropics

IDA : Islaaiic Democratic Alliance

, International Development Association

IE A : International Energy Agnc/

IFAD : International Fund for Agricultural *v*lp-

ment
IFTU : International Federation of Trade Unions

HO : Intermational Institute for Cottom

IISS : latormational Institute of Strategic Studies ,

UI r Islami Jamhoori Ittehad

ILO : Latermational Labour Organisation

IMF : International Monetary Fund

IMI : Imtentttional Managtmtmt Institute

Abbreviations 34 $ot&j$

INCB : Internationa! Narcotics Control Board

INSTRAW : International Research and Training Ins-
titute for the Advancement of Women
6"?>5^ &o S^So^ $5 fi> v^S^Sao^

INTELEX : INternational TELeprinter Exchange

INTELSAT: INternational TELecommunication SATte-

INTERPOL : INTERnational Criminal POLice Organis-
ation fao&'S^acS^" I^D^^* gJ 6 !)^

\ ot. v_

IPI : International Press Institute

IRNA: IRanjan News Agency

IRRI : International Rice Research Institute

5

ISBN : International Standard Book Number

ea o

ISD : International Subscriber Dialing

ISSN : International Standard Serial Number

JAL : Japan Air Lines

JEMA : Japan Electrical Manufacturers Association

JETRO : Japan External TRade Organisation

JUI : Jamiat TJIomz Islaoi

Abbreviations 5 j$ois*&

KADU : Kenya African Democratic Union

KAL : Korean Air Lines

KBE : Knight of British Empire

KGB : Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (

SACommittee for State Se-

, D /

KKK : Kn Klux Klan (& STj ^5)-A white terrorist

anti-Negro Society in USA.
KLF : Khalistan Liberation

KUNA : Kuwaiti News Agency

LA : Los Angeles (er5 ^oB

LAFTA : Latin American Free Trade Association

LBA : Ladakh Buddhist Association

>5

LDC ; Least Developed Countries (!>5
LITE : Liberation Tigers of Taipil Eelam

MENA : Middle East News Agency

METO : Middle East Treaty Organisation

r ^ "*

MRAS : Member of tie Royal Academy of

(3>oo5 ^ a CPCSS^" i^ak^ 1> "3^5)

MRCP ; Member of Royal College of Physicians

"

MS^CS : Member of Royal College of Snrgeoss
" ! ' ' : "

MZO : Muslim Zehad Organisation

n

NAM : Non-Aligned Movement

NAP : National Award Party (^

NATA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration

pj

NATO : North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NCNA : New China News

NNPT : Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NSA : National Security Agency

NY : New York

NYC : New Yort City
NZ : New Zeland (pg
OAOEC : Organisation of Arab Oil Exporting Countries

OA8 : Orjaiusatiom of American States

OAU : Organisation of African Unity

OEEC : Oqtnisation fot Euro^an Economic Co-optra-

tios
OIC : OrjanisatioH of Mamie Countries

OFBC : Orgaaisation of Petroleum Exporting Couesntri

j Abbreviations

PATA : Pacific Area Travel Associatiom

PGA : Parliamentarians for Global Action

CO

PIA : Pakistan International Airways

PLO : Palestine Liberation Organisation

PNP : Pakistan National Party

PPP : Pakistan People's Party
QC : Queen's Council

QUANTAS : Queensland And Northern Territory At-
rial Service(I<;S'

\ oi <

RA : Royal Academy

RAAF :, Royal Australian Air Force

(tPt&eJ ^t^dSoS' cicxo5
RAF : Royal Air Force
S3?f AC : Roj'al Nepal Airlines Corporation

SAARC : South Asian Association for Regional Co-op-
eration

^

SACOLA : South Asian Collation for Legal Actibfc

(tPff *&& "dSSSi^ $5 ttff^f ^S5)
S&LT ^ Strategic Arma Umitatioa Treaty

SAVB ; SAARC Mdio Visual

SEATO : S*uth-East Asia Treaty Organisation

i i - * * .

Abbreviations 8 SoSs*&&

SHAPE : Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers ia

SIA : Singapore International Airlines

SLFP : Sri I-anka Freedom Party (jlooS

SPA : Saudi Press Agency

START : STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty

SUNFED : Special United Nations Fund for Economic
Development !bi" oSo^sS' ^Si $o<f $5

SWAPO : &>uth-West Africa People's Organisation

SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank FinanciaJ Te-
lecommunications Sr"^^S $5

TOUCHzThe Or^wiisation for Universal Communal Ha-
rmony (df^g^Si^ $5c&jJMStfj<5r

TULF ; Tamil United Liberation Front

TWA : Trans World Airlines

UAE : Unhsd Arab Emirates (o83S^ v$g

0AR : United Arab Republic

r

UK : United Kingdom
UN : United Nations

UN ABC : United Nations Atomic Energy Commission

&

Abbreviation* 39 sSoi*>s

UNCTTRAL : UnUed Nationi Conference on Interna-
tional TRAde Law

UNCOD : United Nations Conference om Desertifica-
tion (d&>3 335" 5a\ S"8^B5\ S" 3s05)ia^

v a <v cy cJ f$^ ^ /

UNCTAD : United Nations Confenence on Trade and
Development

UNDC : United Nations Disarmament Commission

UNDP : United Nations Development Programme

UNDRO : United Nations Disaster Relief Organisation

ea

UNEP : United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO : United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation(d&>38<ST

"

UNFAD : United Nations Fund for Agricultural Deve-

UNICEF : United Nations International
Emergency

UNIDO : United Nations Industrial Development Org-
nkation

UNO : United Nations Organisation

40

USA : limited States of America

(d&13_S<f J^ f> 93365)
VSAID : United States Agency for International

velopfflifit [d&SSS" ) B& $5

SIS : United States Information Service

VOA : Vsice of America
WASM1 : World Assembly of Small and Medium
prises (oS5^"pl:ol)
WAY : World Assembly of Youth

WB :World ank (3<j 53|oi")
WEC : World Emergency Conference

WFP : Wrid Fod Programme

WFTII : World Federation, of Trade Unions
!lUd '/ccTf^: i>i t ^^j ' "-

WFUNA : World Federation of Iniicd Rations Associa-

, *'/i "< * 4

ockey Association

Kfcilt& Organisation

Wl : Wast ladies (35

V ea

WIPO : World MeiUctka! Property Organisation 7
(Sfe ao&^Wcft^ i^SSfe SSSfiSTE

X tJ L eo n^- /

WPBSA: World Professioaal Billiards and Snooker Asso-

41

WRi : War Resisters International

WTO : World Tourism Organisation

WTUC : World Trade Union Congress

WW :World War (atfj sr5)

WWF : World WildlifeFund

ZANA : ZAmabia News Agency

ZANU * Zimbabwe African National Union

ZOPFAN : Zone Of Peace, Freedom And Neutrality

5,

Bankiny and Ifusiness
Abbreviatious

A/C : Account (

AB: Andhr

ABGD : Accelerated^ Business Collection a#d

(SSxS'Ssff s^sS sses* off ; ass&

N *" 'A /

AGM : Assistant General Manager ^

AIB : Associate of Institute of Bankers

AIBEA : All India Bank EM^loye^s t J A^ociation : +

V

. , ( ' -

A!K>A ; AH India

AIBOC : All India

AMR : Additions, Modifications and Replacement

AO : Accounts Officer

APR; Annul Pfr

AR ; Accounts Reclevable

AY : Annual Yalue

BBIL : Bharath Business International Limited

PEFI : Bank Employees Federation of India

BOB : Bank of Baroda

BOH : Bank of Hyderabad (15*50!" 2
BOI : Bank of India (Bgo"

BO? : Balance of Payments
BSRB : Banking Service Recru
(ipjoSofi 66^5 8 l &*<s'3x><'

CA : Cnrrent Account (S'Soir

S : Chartered and Standard (Bank)

CAP : Cost And Frieg&t (sS woff

CB : Canara Bank(lS$u^3o^), Central Bank

CB0 : Cask Btfcm Delivery
CBI : Central Bank of

CD : Certificate of Depo$k

CDS : Cofflpelsoqr Deport Scheme

42

AMR : Additions, Modifications and Replacement

AO : Accounts Officer

APR: Annul Fer-ceatatt
AR ; Accounts Rcclevable
AY : Annual Value

BBEL : Bharath Business International Limited

: Bank Employees Federation of India

BOB : Bank of Baroda (srgoS"

BOH : Bank of Hyderabad (B*ol" *5
BOI : Bank of India (irgof

BOP : Balance of Payments
BSRB : Banking Service Rwmitment Board
(iPgoSofi 66^5

CA : Current Accorait

C&S : Oiartered and Standard (Bank)

CAP : Cost And Friegbt

CB : Canara Bank^u^sfo^, Central Bank

CBD : Cask Bfor Delivery
CBI : Central Bank of

CD : Certificate of Deposit (S$B$>i
Carnal

CDS : Cofl^risoqr Deposit

1

44

GPF : General Provident Fund

HP : Higher Purchase QSpc&S

IB : Indian Bank (s?o<Sc&^ sr

IDBI : Industrial Development Bank of India

$o<f ^

INBEF : Indian National Bank Employees Federation

INBOC : Indian National Bank Officer's Congress

IOB : Indian Overseas Bank

JA : Joint 'Account

LG : tetter of Credit

LL: Limited Liability

LOG : Line of Commuiucation

LOI : Letter of Indent

MCA : Monetary Compensatory Account

MD ; Managing Director
ML : Maintaittance
MT : Hail Transfer

NABARD : National
Development

for Agricultural drid ;

$5

NBs : Nationalised Baufcs

NBI : New Bank of
NC ;

' -f

o

NF : No Funds

1

y

i "" ' '

7J Abbreviations 45

NFE : Net Foreign Exchange
NIB : National Investment Bank

NQ : Notes and Queries

OBC : Oriental Bank of Commerce

(!6do<be5* 8" go I" J ^^'^)
OD : On Demand (<B &poi;),Out

Over Draft (LSSS (js ^), Over Drawn (L&5
OTC : Over the Counter (iS5
P&L : Profit and Loss {\Ss*$
PAYE : Pay As You Earn (t>
PBs : Private Banks (
PF : Private Fund (^ $ctf ), Provident Fund

PL : Personal Loan

PN : Promissory Note

PNB : Punjab National Bank

POD : Payment on Delivery

Ps : Public Sector Banks

QCSC : Quick Customer Service Counter

Reserve Bank of India (dssS^ ST|O"
ROI : Refund on Investment

i

RPA : Rupee Payment Areas {J&i* "!

RRB : Rural Regional Bank (&$& tssSS& 23*30:)

SBA : Savings Bank Account (IbSo^ srgol"

SBI : State Bank of India (

SSP : State Bank of Patiala

SXDBI : Small Industries Development Bask of ladia

i

I *

Abbreviations 46

SLR : Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SO : Seller's Option(1bo5^ eS&), Sold out
SRBC : Southern Regional Business Centre

TB : Trail Balance (

TC : Travelling cheque ^j^Z&oK 3f )

TDS :Tax Deduction at Source

TL : Total Loss (&*&&

TM : Trade Mark (\&

TT : Telegraphic Transfer (Se)jrr5)i"

UBI : Union Bank of India

UCO : United Commercial (Bank)

_
VAT : Value Added Tax spe^ tifr&g

VB : Vysya Bank (S ^g^gol") , ViJaya Bank

WB : Wtrld Bank

WOS : Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries

WTPI : Wholesale Price Index
WS V Wifedrawal slip

Hefemee Abbreviations

AA : Aati- Aircraft

AAP : Auxjliart Air Force

- j ^ 1

: Astosmtic Back Ught Control

Missiles

47

AC : Ashok Chakra

ACC : Auxiliary Cadet Corps <$Ao& iS<*"

ACW : Air Craft Woman

AF : Air Forct (<ioa>5

AFB : Air Force Base

AFMC : Air Force Medical College

AFTC : Air Force Technical college

(<^oa5 5*5^ SS^^e? 5*31}
AHQ : Army Head Quarters (eafe^ "Spff

Air Head Quarters (<iox>5
AI : Aimy Instruction (^6j

\ >2>

AH. : Aeronautics India Limited

AJT : Advanced Jet Trainer
ALH : Advanced light Helicopter

AMC : Army Medical Corps
AOC : Army Ordnance Corps

* *

Air Officer Commanding (^oaS &&&ET
APO : Army Post Offidte (% SS*|
AQMG : Assistant Quarter Master^GeBeral

s>5

ARO : Army Recruiting Officer

*"^

ARP : Air Raid Precautions (

ARSA : Air Route Surveillance Administration

ASC : Army Service Corps

*

ASDF : Air Se^f-Defence Force

ASI : Air Speed Indicator
A&R ^ Air-Sea Rescuer

; Anti- Submarine Rocket Mis s ile

ASRL : Anti-submarine Rocket Launchers

ASW : Anti-Submarine Warfare

ASWACS : Aerospace Surveillance Warning And Con
trol

AVC : Army Veterinary Corps
AVM : Air Vice Marshal (<iao5 S_S
AVSM : Athi Visbisht Seva Medal"

(^ 5)55; tisr Sa^^")
AWACS : Airborne Warning And Control System

BSF : Border Security Force
BW : Biological Warfare
CAS : Chief of Air Staff (1)5

CBW : Chemical and Biological

*^ ^

CD : Civil Pefeice

CJ>S ; Combined Defence Services

s " r< f ~ i

CG : Coast Guard (|
CNS : Chief of Naval Staff (1)5
CO : Conynanding officer
OAS : Chief Of Army Staff
; CeptraJ Ordnance Depot

49

: Company Sergeant Major

gj

: Chemical Warfare C$Sbg SPol^Y Chemical

Weapon

: Deputy Assistant Quartet Master entral

PBPAS : Defence Institute of Physiology
Sciences

: Defence of lidia Rules

: Dedicated Missile Carrier

: Director of Military IntelTigen.ee
(3 BS5 SoSfeS aotofiBS^O

^*^ *>-... eJ/

BFSA : Dtep Penetration Strike Aircraft 3

^^^tS" Ib^f icxo5i s^S^y

. o

: Defence Research and Development O^gfiais-
tion (4"?>^ &"&5\ *o<?T

v <j tj

WC : Defence Security Corps
Diftiaguished Service Cross
IgEDC : DefBOB Scientific

BSM : Distinguished Seivke Mteial

i>SO : Distinguished Setvfcss Ordfer

Abbrevtatlojn 50

FAA ; Fleet Air Arm

FDTHL : Flight an4 Duty Time Limitations

Field Marshal (|><f
FO : Flying Officer

r < ~

66 : General Command (&$&
OCA ; Ground Controlled Approach

r*

* ' < 3'

GCH : General Court Martial s^Se? *5
GHQ : General Head Quarters

GM : Guided MissQe (7^3S

\t_ 4 _

GOC : Gentral' Office Coainiaja^iBf . . - lf i . t

"' J ' ""

it'

GSO : Gewrat Staff Officer (seJSS^" SHE

tv tV - * **^B

HAA : B^vy Anti^Airaaft (IrS)
HAL : Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

HARM : Highspeed Anti Radiatiop Missite

.j

HERO : Hezard of Electromagnetic Radiati6n:f^Byp

HQ : Head Quarters (~2p<f

IA : Indian Army

IAF : Indian Air Fore*

IAMC : Indian Army Medical Corps

ICBM : Inter- Continental Ballistic Missilt

w

rifttloM 51

_

JDSA : Institute of Defence Serices and Analysis

IMA : Indian Militaiy Academy

IN : Indian Navy

'..Indian National Army (&>&<&$
1 Intermediate range Nuclear Force
fc&^So^ ^off ^i^ce^S ^5^)
JNS : Indian Navy Ship (go&c 1!> SxS)
IPKF : Indian Peace Keeping Force

IRBM : Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

ITBF t Jndo-Tibetan Border Police

JCO : Junior Comiiiiioned

JOG : Joint Operation Command

KIA : Killed In Action ( a c&|S)
JAC : Line of Actual Control

Landing Craft

LCA : Lljtt Combat Aircraft (8*
t : Life Guard (3 n*)

"^^ "" ^ Q^MV **

LMG : LigM Machine Gun (8
^niiing Zone
: Military Armistic Commissiom

I , I*- * I ' .

At&reriations 52 ^o^s^tf J5

0^ . .^ ^- ^B

MAD : Mutual Assured Distruction

MBFR : Mutual Balance Force Reduction

MC : Military Cross (o&>6
MCC : Missile Control Centre
MCF : Master Control Facility(&*o$&
MES : Military Engineering Service

MGO : Master General of Ordnance

MI : Military Intelligence
JfflA : Missing In Action
MIRTV r Multiple Independently Re- ntry Targetable
Vehicle

co

MTTS : Military Intelligence Training Sclu

: Multi-LattralNuclear) Forct

HM : Military Med

MP : Military Police

___

HPS : Missing Persons

MRBM : Medium Rangje Bsffistic

WTB : Motor Torpedo Boat

HTC : MaM Vir Chafaa

&J&G : Natioiua Air Guard (t&$ 3o$>5 n5)

8] Abbreviations 53 _&

NAIC : Naval Armament Inspection Cadre

NCO : Non-Commissioned Officer

NDA : National Defence Academy

NSG : National Security Guards

OG : Officer Commanding
OTS : Officer's Training School

POK : Pakistani Occupied Kashmir

POW : Prisoner Of War

PVC : Param Vir Chakra (S3tf& 1)5

PVSM : Param Vishisht Seva Medal

QFD ; Quick Function Deployment

NDF : National Defence Fund (t&$& d"3>S^ $5o<f )
NRA : National Reconstruction Army

QMG : Quarter Master General ("S^tfS
RADAR : Radio Detecting And Ranging

RIMC : Rastriya Indian Military College

: Resident Naval Officer
ROBERT : Rocket Borne Emergency Radio Transmitter

Q fj

Abbreviations

RTA : Railway Territorial Army

SAA : Small Arms Ammunition

SAC : Strategic Air Command
SAM : Surface -to- Air Missile
SHO : Station House Officer (
SLAR : Side-Looking Airborne Radar

SLBM : Sea-Launch Ballistic Missile

a3e)S3i" oto"o)cS"V Submarine Launch Balli

ea '

stic Missile

_

SLCM : Sea Launched Cruise Missile

SNAR : Sound Navigation And Ranging

SP : Shore Patrol (S?5

SRAM : Short Range Attack Missile
(&5 "Sol" ^iSj^l" o^"S^")

SSAB : Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Board

SSM : Surface to Surface Missile

S to
STF : Special Task Force

TA : Territorial Army
TB : Torpedo Boat

IBD : Torpedo Boat Destroyer
IBM : Tactical Ballistic Missile

Abbreviations 55

TIAM : Tactical Land Attack Missiles (Tomahawks)

TVM : Track- Via-Missile

ULMS : Undersea Long-range Missile System

VA : Vice Admiral (3 5

WAAC : Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

WAAF : Women's Auxiliary Air Force

WIA : Wounded In Action tSoS^ siS"

WO : Warrant Officer (sptfcug' e|j{S5) t War Office

ZRO : Zonal Recruiting Office (SfUff 8(&ffloS |)5)
ZTC : Zonal Training Centre (S^^^ S^Sofi "^0^5)

Educational

Abbreviations

AMIE : Associate Member of the Institute Of Enginee-
ring

(e^&c&S;!? SDoaS ssSi 3 t z&%>&x*

V Q

AMU : Aligarah Muslim University

ASCI : Administrative Staff College Of India

ATC : Authorised Training Centre

BA : Bachelor Of Arts

BAg. : Bachelor Of Agriculture

Abbrviations 56

BAMS : Bachelor Of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery

oJ 33

BASIC : Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction
Code

BCL : Bachelor of Civil Law
B. Com : Bachelor of Commerce

BDOS : Basic Disk Operating System

BDS : Bachelor of Dental Surgery

BE : Bachelor of Engineering

SEd. : Bachelor of Eduction

BHMS : Bacbdor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Su

rgery (3*e>5 5q? ""Sj^cpSXi
BHU : Banaras Hindu University

B1M : Bachelor of Indian Medicine

BIOS : Basic Input-Output System

BLIS : Bachelor of Library and Information Science

^SSe:5 elJ 3 [p6 e9O<" s^$c&' ~
IMS : Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

B Pharm : Bachelor of Pharmacy
BPT : Bachelor of Phjsio -Therapy

BSc : Bachelor of Science

Abbreviations 57

BSMS : Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery

(SP^eS esf? 8x5 aa&g 1 e>o <f

BTech : Bachelor of Technology
B Tex. : Bachelor of Textiles

BUMS : Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery

CASE : Central Advisory Board for Education

(3

CAI : Computer Aided Instruction

^ -

CAL : Computer Aided Learning

CASE : Computer Aided Software Engineering

CAT : Common Aptitude Test

CBSE : Central Board of Secondary Education

("aojtoi 1 8*5 5 "^^0^6
CBT : Children's Book Trust

imter Based Training (So^p
CLASS : Computer Literacy And Studies in Schools

(go^g^S S&Sfe ^c5 g&S ^^ ^Zr^i)
COBOL : Common Business Oriented Language

CSI : Computer Society of India

DA : Diploma in Anaesthesia {&&?>
DAy.M : Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine

DBMS : Data Base Management System

Abbreviations 58

DCE : Diploma in Civil Engineering

DCl : Diploma in Child Health

DCPM : Diploma in Clinical Pathology and Microbio
logy

DDS : Doctor of Dental Science^ Surgery

3

DDV : Diploma in Dermatology and Venereology

DEE : Diploma in Electrical Engineering

DFP : Diploma in Family Planning

DHA : Diploma in Hospital Administration

DHMS : Diploma in Homeopathic Medicine and Sur
gery

D. Litt : Doctor of Literature

DMCW : Diploma in Maternity and Child Welfare

CO

DME : Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

DMRT : Diploma in Medical Radiation Therapy

DOS : Diploma in Orthopaedic Surgery

DPH ; Diploma in Public Health

Abbrviations 59

DPM : Diploma in Psyckiatric Medicine

DPS: Delhi Public^School

DPT : Diploma in Printing Technology

D. Sc : Doctor of Science (s|5 5" 2

DTCD : Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases

DUM : Doctor of Unani Medicine

DVM : Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

EMCET : Engineering, Medicine Common Entrance

^L ^r |J H 1 *^ ^^ i-AI *W N^ *^ j 1^ pi^j |[Q *

ESL : English as Second Language

(go AS. cJ^ ^ "Si&oS' GPofitS)
GATE : Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

GCA : Government College of Architecture

GHMS : Graduate in Homeopathic Medicine and
Surgery

30(5 J5

HRD : Human Resources and Development

HS : High School (Ts*

IAS : Indian Administrative Service

IEDC : Integrated Education for Disabled Children

Abbrviatloas 60

IBS : Indian Engineering/Economic Service

IPS : Indian Forest - Foreign Service

IIS : Indian Information Service

Q,

IIT : Indian Institute of Technology

IMS : Indian Medical Service
IPS : Indian Police Service (so&oft^ *$)
IRS : Indian Revenue Service (so&o&S"
JEE : Joint Entrance Examination

J1PMER : Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Me
dical Education and Research^ssoSS^S

22

,JNTU : Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

JNU : Jawaharlal Nehru University

KG : Kinder Garten

KNIT : Kamala Nehra Institute of Technology

KVS : Kendriya Vid^alaya Sanghatan

LCE : Licentiate in Civil Engineering

LDS : Licentiate in Dental Surgery
(3

>0

f] Abbreviations

JJEE : Licentiate in Electrical Engineering

LLB i Legum Baccalaureous [Bachelor of Laws]

LLP :. Legum Doctors [Doctor of Laws]

LLL : Low Level Languages
LLM : Master of JLaws (&*
LME : Licentiate In Mecbanic&l Engineering

It <i> OJCOU*
% oi
LMS : Licentiate in MeiJicine aa& Surgery

rsij;

r --_. ^ ^ w ^-_- ___ -_-_-_ -1 - _^.

(^^^ -pjfc 3

LPH : Licentiate is Public HeaKh

LPT Licentiate in Priatiag Teeb&ology

MA : Master of Arts (5Sj*S5

v ti

MBA : Master of Easiness Administration

63

MBSS i BacBelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

E ; Master of Business Economics

GA : Master of Computer Applications

: Master of Commerce
; Dbctor of Medicine
: Master of Dental Surgery

of Engiroering '

Abbreviations

M.Ed. : Master of Education (3S3*|55

MLIS : Master"6f Library and Information Science

MPA : Master of Public Administration

ro

M.Phil : Master of Philosophy
MS + : Master of Surgery
M.Sc : Master of Science
MSW : Master of Social Work

M.Tech : Master of Technology
M.Text : Master of Textiles

NET : National Book Trust (asJeS e
NEHU : North-Eastera Hill

NEP : New Eduction Polfoy

NVS : Navodaja Vidyalaya Samithi

OED : Oxford EBglisfe EHoioaary

PCMA ; Physics, Chemistry* Mati|Eiatics
tude Test)

PET : Physical Education Teacher

PG ^ Post Gradaate
PGT : Post Graduate Teacher (cS*|>
Ph.D : Doctor of Philosophy (&S5
PTA : Parent -Teacher Association

Abbreviations 62

M.Ed. : Master of Education

MLIS : Master"of Library and Information Science

*>
MPA : Master of Public Administration

M.Phil : Master of Philosophy
MS + : Master of Surgery
M.Sc : Master of Science
MSW : Master of Social Work

M.Tech : Master of Technology
M.Text : Master of Textiles

NBT : National Book Trust ^ajc^w^ <yj& L^S/ I
NEBU : North-Eastern Hill University J

NEP : New Edneftlion PolTcy
NVS : NaYodaja Vidyalaya

OED : Oxf orf Emgtisb

^

PCMA ; Physics, Chemistry^
tude Test) - \

f B%i-*j

PET : Physical Education Teacher

PG 4 Post Gradaate

POT : Post Graduate Teacher (SF5

\ C3

Ph.D : Doctor of Philosophy (s|6
PTA : Parent -Teacher Association

Abbreviations

AI : Artificial Intelligence

Amnesty International .1

Air India (ckxsS. sj<
AID : Agency for International Development

AINEF AH India News Paper Employees Federation

f -5 v *~ -- '

( S^^O&dS 11 oSj^QcG cOoJO a)

AIR : All ladia Radio (&

'AM : Ante Meridiem [before noon]

AP : Andfara Pradesh (Ojtf^SlSf ), Arunachal Pradesl

, Associated Press

ARC : Administrative Refortos Commission

*

AS! : Archaeological Survey of India

(^Sx.&PC^sSS^T ^o^ 5 sro&cJ5p')
AWARE : Action for Welfare and AwakeBiag m

* *

Environment

BC : Before Christ (&$*5f ^1 Backward Class

,

BIS : Bureau of Indian Standards

EOT : Build- Operate-Transfer
BSf : Botonical Survey of India

BSS : Bharat Sevak Samaj (^e5^ t)oSS"
CA < Classified Advertisement

Abbreviations 65-

CAD : Computer Aided Design

CAP : Common Agricultural Policy

CASE : Commission -on Alternative Sources of Energy

o

CAT : Central Administrative Tribunal

CBDT : Central' Board of Direct Taxes

O, 063

CBEC : Central Board of Excise and Customs

CBFC : Central Board of Film censors

CBI : Central Bureau, of Investigation

CCA- : City Compensatory Allowance

^

CCC : Commodity Credit Corporation

CDP. : Community Development Programme

CFD : Citizens For Democracy _(feSS^ $5
CFSI : Childrens Film Society of -India

CGT: Central Ganga AutKority (lio^3 /ion 8
CHT : Centre of High Technology

oi*

CJLD : Criminal Investigation Department

Abbrevations " 66

CIS : Central Information Service

CNN : Cable New* Network (a? r>g5
COFEPOSA : Conservation of Foreign . Exchange and
Prevention of Smuggling Act

woS" a}3c5 e^ S^ftoS

CPC : Civil Procednre Code

CPWD :* Central Public Works Department)

Cr. PC : Criminal Procedure Code

CRPF : Central-Reserve Police JForce

CST : Central Sates fax (!>a{&5* ^
*CVC : Central Vigfiaa

DA : Deafness Allowance &ct&3\5 aeS&Y Daily,
Allowance (3_t> &j\} -

; Directorate of Adfw^^g W^^isoaf PahMcity

Mtogenumt

Abbreviations

ECGC : Export Credit -and GuaTMtee Corporation

o

EEO : Equal Employment Opportunity

EOS : Employment Guarantee Sheme

-EOM : End of Month

EOU : Export Orienteij Dnit

CD

EPZ : Export Processing Zpne

ESI : Employees Stgte lnsB3rai3!ce

EW : East West (ffi "S5>

V . JBD , f.83/

FCFS : First '

FIR r First
FPS : Fak ^

K

' *

B Stepor'

> i * * - x

'

^ *

t i.

Vv

^

OFF : Gandhi

GSI : Geological Survey

Gf A : Gift Tax Act

>

HC : High Covirt

BRA : House Rent Alloiasafi^ f J

Abbreviations

HYV : High Yielding Varieties (j- OSPO^ SB

^ Q c_

I&B : Information and Broad casting

IANS ; India Abroad News Service

1C : Jdentity Card

IDA : Industrial Disputes Actr

1ENS : Indian and Eastern Newspaper's Society

_

IFFI :- International Film Festival of India

IGNOU ; Indira Gandhi National Open Unversity

IITF : Indira International Trade fair

IMFL : Indian Made Foriegn Liqaor

: Indir_a Mahila Yojna (

V

INS ; Indian Newspapers Society

INTACH : Inifea National Tn^t Ibr Art and Cultural
Heritage

o

IPC : Indian Peaal Code

IPR : InteHectnal Property Rigbts

18. : Ifitersal Revenue

: Indian Standards Institution

t"*lb a^i^gas) :

10] Abbreviations

ITD : Income Tax Department

CO

JTN : Independent Television News

J&K : Jammu and Kashmir

JANAM : JAna NAtya Manch (22^

JRY : Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

KAVAL : Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Agra and Lu

cknow (^^&p^5, esoS^gyS,
KVK : Krishi Vignan Kendra
LTC : Leave Travel Concession
MC : Municipal Committee
MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Reader

(&7\}<B!T aol" s^j-SSS 6^5)

\ oi & ?3 f

MISA : Maintenance of iBtersal Secnrity Act

MODVAT : Modified Yaloe Added Tax

N : North

NABP : National Adult Education Programme

NCC : National Cadet Corps
NE : North-East (sr
NFS : Not For Sale
[NOG : No Objection Certificate (^
NP : Notary Public (5*&)& S3^l")
NPE : National Policy on Education

NRI : Non-Resident Indian
NS : North-South

Abbreviations 70

NSA : National Security Act

NSS : National Service Scheme

NW : North- West (^_-S|)

OBC : Other Backward Classes (&5 3gF

OGL : Open General Licence (LlaS" stf e5" 3

OK : Orl Korrect [All correct, all right] *

OT : Old Testment (Lj> S|3Do), Operation Theatre

(OS33&S* 6&&5), Over Time (uS5 S S>)
PC : Personal Computer (o5tf^ r
PCR : Police Control Room (gS*l)S
PDA : Preventive Detention Act

PDS : Public Distribution System

(SSSr a&^axpgSiS' SfaSo)
PG : Paying Guest ("&o^o^R|)
PIB : Press Information Bureau

PM : Post Meridiem [after midday]

PR : Public Relations(3>r
PS : Post Script (g^H S^
PSC : Public Service Commission
PT : Part Time (r>5 S &)
PTI : Press Trust of India (
PTO : Please Turn Over (jbi"
PUC : Paper Under Consideration

PWD : Public Works Department

Abbreviations 71

Q : Queue

QC : Quality Control

R : Registered

RAW : Research and Analysis Wing

RC : Red Cross (c3T

RCC : Re inforced Cement Concrete

(8 aS'SFS^yf aSbO^f 3OL<")

RNI : Registered Newspaper of India

RSVP : Raspondez Sil Voes Pfek [Flease Reply]

RSWC : Right Side tip Wit* Care

S : South

SAP : Structural Adjustment Facility

SC : Sheduled Caste (lx&p<5" i|), Supreme Court

SDR : Special Drawing Rights

SE : South-East lri"-^s), Stock Exchange

SEPUR : Self-Employment Programme for the Urban

Poor (~^5^-opd5)3&og) |JX*|JT'> ^ ^ ^8^SSp
SGPC : Shiromaui Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee

SHAR : SHriharikota Range
SIT : Special Investigation Team

Abbreviations 72

SITA : Supression of Immoral Traffic [in Women a
girls] Act (sJ

SKP : Sahitya Kala Parishad

SLP : Special Leave Petition ("^eS" t>

\ <\>

SOS : Save Our Souls ("&

SS : Social Security <&&&

ST : Sales Tax "fed"- fc Sheduled Tribe

SW : South- West
TAD A : Terrorist And Disruptive Activities [Prevei
tion] Act

63

TERLS : Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Statioi

TN : Tamil Nadu

TRIP : Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights

TTD : Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam

UNI : United News of India(d&>p SS"
UP : Uttar Pradesh

VSSC : Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

"Sr^S

WB : West Bengal (S5

WPB : West Paper Basket (35 "

WVS : Women's Voluntary Service

YB : Year Book

Abbreviations 73

YMCA : Young Men's Christian Association

YOB : Year of Birth (ad&5

YWCA : Young Women's Christian Association

Official Abbreviations

ACP : Assistant Commissioner of Police

ADC : Aide-de-Camp

ADM : Additional District Magistrate

AFA : Assistant Financial Adviser

CD

AG : Accountant General (5oSo^
Attorney Geseral (&&*&\ s^tf^")

\ CH

AGCR : Accountant General of Central Revenues

AISL ; All India Service Liability

OJ

AMO : Administrative Medical Officer

ASG : Additional Solicitor General

ASI : Assistant Sub- Inspector

ASP : Assistant Superintendent of Police

EDO : Block Development Officer

(3*1" SSSoSSDO^ ^^^5)
\ M /

BO : Bran-h Office (^sro-S

Abbreviations 74

EOF : Biginning of File

BP : BiUs Payable(adT^ "l>ci&2X><),Blue Print

CA : Chief Accountant (5 goSod") t Chartered

Accountant (ST'tfS ^S'oSodT)
GAG : Comptroller and Auditor General

CC : Chief Commissioner (&5 ^

CC1E : Chief Controller of Imports and Exports

CDMO : Chief District Medical Officer

CE : Chief Engineer (1)5

CEC : Chief Election Commissioner

CEO : Chief Educational Officer
oJ5) f Chief Electoral Officer

COM : Chief General Manager
CGO : Central Government Office

DC > Deputy Commissioner

CJ : Chief Justice (1)5

CL : Casual Leave

CM : Chief Minister (5

CMO : Chief Medical Officer (&5
CR : Confidential Report

r

CTO : Chief Technical Officer (&5 Sjg<"
Commercial Tax Offficer (gSbScSSt

CVC : Chief Vigilance Commissioner

Abbreviations

DG : Director General

DGCA : Director General of Civil Aviation

GO

DGMS : Director General of Mines Safety

DGP : Director General of Police

(3 325 a^tfe? & a^&S)

\ - _ eo '

DIG : Deputy Inspector General

DJ : District Judge (S|^f asf)

DM : District Majistrate (*^f S^Jj^). Divisional

Manager (^^)2^e5" &^as5)
DMET : Directorate of Marine Engineering Training

(3 3g"3^ e^ 3^3 S" ao^t>5o^ SSo^)

Vo D ^ '

DPI : Director of Public Instructions

(3 3|5 o5 SSgi" aS" JSS^)
DRI : Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

^

DSP : Deputy Superintendent of Police

EL : Earned Leave

EO : Executive Officer

EOF : End of File

FRRO : Foreigners Regional Registration Officer

GAO : General Accounting Officer

GM : General Manager
GO : Government Order

HO : Head Office

Abbreviations

76

IG : Inspector General
ITI : Income Tax Inspector
ITO : Income Tax Officer
LDC : Lower Division Clerk
MC : Municipal Commissioner
MO : Medical Officer (3*&Z&
MPP : Mandal Praja Parishad
MRO : Mandal Revenue Officer

NGO : Non-Gazetted Officer
O-in-O : Officer-in-cliarge
OO : Office Order (&5

P&A : Pay& Accounts ("t:

and Administration (
PA : Personal Assistant

Attorney

PIO : Principal Information Officer

PM : Prime Minister

PMO : Principal Medical Officer

PP : Public Prosecutor

PRO : Public Relations Officer

PS : Personal/ Private Secretary

RD : Regional Director
Refer to Drawer ($$5

RDO : Revenue Divisional Officer

, Personnel

, Power of

11] Abbreviations 7?

RO : Recruiting Officer (Q\$3*&ofi

RPFC : Regional Provident Fund Commissioner

RPO : Regional Pasport Officer

RTO : Regional Transport Officer

SD : Special Duty

SDO : Sub-Divisional officer ($-&&$

SG : Security Guard (!b&<>5^ n5), Solicitoj General

"

SI : Sub-Inspector

SL : Sick/Special Leave (&f/Tb^&ST I)S)

SO^: Sect ion/ Special Officer

SPO : Special Police officer (l^&e" 3|)5

SRO : Statutory Rules and Orders

TA : Technical/Traffic Ai^sistant
^SijDO^"), Travelling Allrwance (

TD : Treasury Department

UDC : Upper Division Ck -k

VIP : Very Important Pers >n (SS aogpBD<S"

VVIP : Very Very Important Person

(36 36 aopBo" SS^S.

Political Abbreviations

AAGSP : All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad

AASU : All Assam Studer ;s Union

Abbreviations 78

ABSU : All Bodo Students Union

ADMK : Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

AGP: Asom Gana Parishad (SP^&J tfes

AIADMK : All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazha

AIGC : All India Congress Committee

AIMC : All India Mahila Congress

AISSF : All India Sikh Students Federation

AITUC : All India Trade Union Congress

AMFC : Anti-Mandal Commission Forum

(d^pofi &>oef gaySSiS' ^CSS))
APSU : All Party Students Unity

BAG : Business Advisory Committee

BJP : Bharatiya Janatha Party
BKU : Bharatiya Kisan Union
BMAC : Babri Masjid Action Committee
(SF|> SSafcfi SiSS S^)

BMS : Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
BSP : Bahujan Samajwadi Party

CCPA : Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs

Abbreviations 79

CDU : Christian Democratic Union

CITU : Centre of Indian Trade Unions

CPB : Central Parliamentary Board

CPI : Communist Party of India

pg> r s?oc:p
CPI (M) : Communist Party of India (Marxist)

CWC : Congress Working Committee

DCC : District Congress Committee

DK Dravida Kazhagam
DMK : Dravida Munnetra

DYFI : Democratic Youtt Federation of India

GHC : Gorkha Hill Council (f^u*

GNLF : Gorkha National Liberation Front

HMS : Hind Mazdoor Sabha (S^oS &isr*6
IPF : Indian Peopled Front (goic^^
IUML : Indian Union Muslim League

IYC : Indian Youth Congress

JAF : Joint Action Front
JD : Janatha Dal

Abbreviations 80

JKLF : Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front

JKSLF : Jammu&Kashmir Students Liberation Front

JMM : Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha

JP : Janatha Party (gcSs^S), Jathiya Party

^pS), JiyaPrakash Narayan (asdtfi^o
JPC : Joint Parliamentary Committee

JVM : Janatha Vidyarthi Morcha (aj^s o)t3g5
JVP : Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

LD : Lok Dal

LDF; Left Democratic froat (35

MOP : Maharasthrawadi Gomanthak Party

MLA : Member of Legislative Assembly

CO

MLC : Member of Legislative Council

MNF : Mizo National Front

MP : Member of Parliament

NF : National Front

NFTU ; National Front of Trade Unions

NSF : Naga Students Federation

NSUI : National Students Union of India

Abbreviations 81

PCC : Pradesh Congress Committee

PDF : Progressive Democratic Front

PSP : Praja Socialist Party

PUCL : People's Union for Civil Libertes

PUDR : People's Union for Democratic Rights

PWG : People's War Group ($(535*5
RMM : Rashtriya Mukthi Morcha
(cnlx^dSS S&j S 3prp^

> S3 ^ fl . tJ/

RSP : Revolutionary Socialist Party

RSS : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

SP : Socialist Party

SSP : Samyuktha Socialist Party (SoQd&> J?
TDP : Telugu Desam Party
UAD : United Akali Dal (

Q_

UDF : United Democratic Front

UU?A : Urited Liberation Front of Assam

VHP iswa Hinda Parishad
YC : Youth Congress (c&S

Postal and Telegraphic
Abbreviations

BP ; Book-Post

Abbreviations 82

BPM : Branch Post Master (\pcS

BTEM : Bharathiya Telecom Employess Federation

CTMX : Computerised Trunk Manual Exchange

CTO : Central Telegraph Office

DEL : Direct Exchange Lines (jj

DLO : Dead Letter Office (

DOT : Department of Telecommunications

FNTO : Federation of National Telecom Organisations

GPO : General Post Office (stftf SS*S

IIMC : Indian Institute of Mass Communications

INPEX : Indian National Philatelic Exihibition

IPO : Indian Postal Order

ITI : Indian Telephone Industry

M.O : Mail Order SJCOD S, Money Order

MT: Mail Transfer

MTNL : Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

NSC : National Savings Certificate

OCS : Overseas Communication Service

Abbreviations 83

OIGS : On Indian Government Serice

P&T : Post and Telegraph (S*| e0o<
PB : Post Box (&* gyS^), Post Bag
PBX : Private Branch Exchange

PC: Post Card (%*

PCO : Public Call Office (SfiC 3eS"

PIN : Postal Index Number

PM : Post Master

3

PMG : Post Master General (S*S

PO : Post Office ^ sstS, Postal Order

POSB : Post Office Savings Bank

PP : Postal Parcel sPd* ^6, Particular Person

PPF : Public Provident Fund

PPP : Pre-Paid Post (^

QMS : Quick Mail Service (S^F

RD : Record Delivery (Qir5 3>^S6) f Recurring Depo

sit (ssaofi &^^)

RLO : Returned Letter Office (d&ti 3<b5
RP : Rtply Paid (5^

RPO : Railway Pos

SA.E : Self Addressed Envelope

SASE : Self Addressed Stamped Envelope

SD ; Special Delivery

Abbreviations 84

SP : Speed Post (fc^S"

SS ; Service Stamps ($S&

STD : Subscriber's Trunk Dialing

(&S ^t^&S^ L&oi" tfcffifiofi)
TAX : Trunk Automatic Exchange

cJ V

TCIL : Tele communications Consultants India Limited

TELEX : TELprinter Exchange (&)\&>oto5
TEMA : Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Associa-
tion (Se)B*& ^^SSDO(S" 5SrSj

TMO : Telegraphic Money Order

UPC : Under Postal Certificate (o5
VPBP : Value Payable Book-Pest

axsl"

VPL : Value Payable Letter
VPP : Value Payable Post (
WT : Wireless Telegraphy (3f

Abb Deviations

ACC : Air Conditioned Coach (oiox>5

AIRF : All India Railwaymen't Federation

ASM : Assistant StationMaster

N eo

BG : Broad Guage ((jrS" 7^1")

CR : Central Railway (Hjoj&d B

CRIS : Centre for Railway Inf *rmation Systems

(1bo<b5 $5

ER : Eastern Railway (-^s S5^ I

12] Abbreviations 85

F : Female

FC : First Class

FP : Free Pass (|jb

G.T. Ex. : Grand Trunk Express.(|jroc? ^ol"

GTR : Gross Traffic Receipts ( "

ICF : Integrated Coach Factory

' So

IMPRES: IntegratedMulti Passenger Reservation System

INRWF : Indian National Railway Workers Federation

IR : Indian Railways

IRAS : Indian Railway Accounts Service

IRCON : Indian Railway CONstruction Company

(godciSo^ B ^ g ^^ ^ Soli?))
IRISET : Indian Railwa;/ Institution of Signal Engine-

ering and Telecommui ications

IRSS : Indian Railway "Jtore Service

IRT : Institute of Rail ' "ransport

IRTS : Indian Railway "raffic Service

LB : Lower Berth (<5*c 5
M : Male (Sa*?)

MB : Middle Berth (&>t g
MG : Metre Guage (to b5

NCCRS : National Cooi iidation Committee for Rail-

Abbreviations , 86

way men's Struggle

NER : North Eastern Railway (5 J5

NFIR : National Federation of Indian Railwaymen

NFR : North-east Frostier Railway

_ -

NG : Narrow Guage (c3" ns

NPG : Non- Perishable Goods

NR : Northern (spg^

PG : Perishable Goods

POW : Palace Oa Wheels

PT ; Platform Ticket

R&R : Rest and Recreation (35

RAC : Reservation Against Cancellation

RC : Reservation Counter

RCF : Railway Coach Factory

RITES : Rail India Technical and Economic Services

(Bd" sjo&o^ SS^g^" 9oS"

\Q C^

RMS : Railway Mail Service

RP : Railway Police _

RPF : Railway Protection Force

RR : Railway Reciept

RRB : Railway Recruitment Board

RRT : Rail-cum-Road Ticket (Bd
RS : Railway Station
RT : Return Ticket

RTA ; Railway Territorial Army (3

* * \ e

Abbreviations

RTO : Railway Transport
RTT : Railway Time Table

SC : Second Class (^o<f

_

SCR : South Central Railway (& 1bo>* ]B3j)
SCRA : Special Class Railway Apprentice

SCS : Special Checking Squad
SER : South Eastern Railway
SM : Station Master :
SR : Southern Railway
SST : Self Service Trolley
TC : Ticket Collector (fflliS"
TTE : Travelling Ticket Examiner

UB : Upper Berth (S^5 3:)
UR : Un- Reserved (&$
VT : Victoria Terminus
WL : Waiting List
WR : Western Railway (30S"
WT : Without Ticket (S)^ 9

Scientific and Techno-
logical Abbreviations

AC : Alternating Current

Air Conditioner
ACL : Academy of Computer Learning

ADP : Automatic Data Processing

At)PRl : Advanced Data Processm| Research Institute

Abbreviations 88

AE : Automatic Exposure

AEC : Atomic Energy Commission

AF : Audio Frequency

AIDS : Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIIMS : All India Institute of Medical Sciences

ALS : Anti Lymphocyte Serum

AM : Amplitude Module

AMD : Age-related Macular Degeneration

AMT : Audio Magnetic Tape

AMU : Atomic Mass Unit

APPLE : Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment

ASLV Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

ASR : Airport Surveillance Radar

ATE : Automatic Test Equipment

ATS : Anti-Tetanus Serum (d&oa-S&r*cS5
AVC : Automatic Volume Control

BARC : Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

BCG : Bacillus Calmette Guerin

Abbreviations 89

BP : Boiling Point (s

Blood Pressure (<o< "^s S)
BRM : Biological Response Modifier

BVO ; Brominated Vegetable Oil

C : Centigrade ("aoSiS), Carbon
CBN : Cubic Baran Nitrite (&*^ af e
CC : Carbon Copy (^tf^S" s&)
CCTV: Close Circuit Tele-Vision
CD : Compact Disk (op|
CFC : Chloro-Fluoro-Caibon
CG : Centre of Gravity ("&o<bS

-

CGA : Colour Graphics Adapter (Se5
CGD : Chronic Granulomatous Disease

COM : Computer Output Microfilm

CP : Candle Power (v>o&5 S3

GPT : Colour Picture Tube (

CRT : Cathode Ray Tube

CT : Computed Tomography

CVR : Cockpit Voice Recorder (5"!"

DAP : Di- Ammonium Pbospate(c

DASD : Direct Access Storage Device

_

DC": Direct Current (3 B|

DDT : Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (3

Debu

ggingToo(3

Abbreviations 90

DIM : Direct Injection Moulding
DMA : Direct Memory Access (3_Bf[
DMT : Di~ Methyl Terephthalate (3^
DNA : Di-Oxyribo Nucleic Acid

DOS : Disk Operating System
DSHD : Doable Sided High Density

DTP : Desk Top Publishing
EB : Electron Beam (dSs*^ &5b)
ECG : Electro Cardio Gram
EDP : Electronic Bata Processing

EEG : Electro Encephalo Graph

EHF : Extremely High Frequency

EHP : Electric Horse Power
EHV : Extra High Voltage

EMF : Electro Motive Force (<i*;)

EWG ; Electro Myo Gram

EMI : Electro-Magnetic Interface

DFDR : Digital Flight Data Recorder

EMU : Electric Multiple Unttf^SS^i" &&

ERTS i Earth Resources Telecommunication Satellite

Abbreviations 91

ESCES : Experimental Satellite Communication Earth
Station

ESP : Extra Sensory Power

ESV : Earth Satellite Vehicle (3_5

ET : Extra Terrestrial (^

> W

EVM : Electronic Voting Machine

EVR : Electro Video Recording
F : Farenheit
FAX : Facsimile

FBR : Fast Breeder Reactor (gp
FCCU : Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit

(^ottd" iSj>Sffll'

FDR : Flight Data Recorder

FM : Frequency Modulation (

GMW: Gram Moleculai Wcight(Lr^&3j3Sbje>5

GSV : Guided Space Vehicle

H :

HPPE : High Density ] J olythelene (

HF : High Frequency (^ 1&%

HGH : Human Growth Hormone

HIV : Human Immunotteficien'cy Virus

HPT : High Power Transmitter Qi* S
HSD : High Speed Diesel (Ir*

HT : High Tendon
HV : High Voltage

Abbreviations 92

I : Iodine

1C : Integrated Circuit

INSAT : Indian National SATellite

ITV : Indepen dent Tele- Vision
ISC : Indian Science Congress
IUCD : Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device

K : Kalium (Potassium)

KB : Kilobyte
KHz : Kilohertz

KV : Kilo Volt (*
LAB : Linear Alfcyl Benzene. (e)SoS55
LASER : Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission
of Radiation

LCD : Liquid Crystal Disph y (SS^ff [_ge" 45
LF ; Low Frequency

LM : Lunar Module

MOSFET : Metal Oxide Sili on Field Effect Trans-

sistor (S^ibeJ ejjfi" ^S5c f
MOX : Mixed OxTde Fuel (,

MP : Melting Point (ag ofi
MS : Multiple Sclerosis (&l
MSDOS : Micro-Soft Disk ( perating System

N : Nitrogen

NDPS : Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

13] Abbreviations 93

NMR : Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NPB : Nuclear Power Board (&*g c& SoS5

NPC : Nuclear Power Corporation

NPCL : Nuclear Power Corporation Limited

: Oxygen

P : Phosphorus

PB : Power Brakes (SSS5

PBS : Public Broadcasting System

: Printed Circuit Boards ((S>oSf
PCP : Penta Chloro Phynol
PLF : Plant Load Factor
PLSS : Portable Life Si pport System

PSLV : Polar Satellite : .aunch Vehicle

PTA : Purified Terepht ralic Acid

(52PgQ"^^ B^e)!" cJ
PVC r^Poly Vin^l Chlo ide
PVT :' Pressure, Volume, Temperature

RBC : Red Blood Cells (Bff

RBE : Relative Biological Effectiveness

RDF : Radio Direction Finder (S&Sp 2.3SS"

RF : Radio Frequency \
RNA, : Ribo-Nucleic A^id

Abbreviations 94

RT : Radio-Telephone (3<S3j- SSSs 6 ^), Room Tem-

perature
S : Sulphur

SCP : Single Cell Protein (fcofleJ *%>
SDA: Scientific Dynamic Action(1bo<S$)rs c$Sfci"d$r
SF : Science Fiction
SG : Specific Gravity
SLAR : Side-Looking Airborne Radar

SLV : Satillite Launch Vehicle
SMD : Senile Macular Degeneration

SMV : Slow Moving Vehicle

SNG ; Synthetic Natural Gas

SP : Self Propelled (1b^

SPOT : SateUite Positioning and Tracking

SROSS : Stretched Rohini Satellite Series

Q^-S SNIPES ras^^" >&S)

SSDD : Single Sided Double Dtasity
(S>oA5" ^M efco^" SS^A)

STARS : Satellite tra*ktaf And Rtntmg Station

(7*aS jd35o^ aff ^0583^ J^)
STEP : Satellitt Telecommunication Experiment Pro

ject (T^SS <" aes2^a'So5iS' Jir

STP : Standard Temperature and Pressure

i, _

STQ : Standards, Testing and Quality

^^ * **

Abbreviations 95

SVP : Saturated Vapour Pressure

SW : Short Wave (&?5 35)
TON : Total Digestible Nutrients

THl : Temperature Humidity Index

TM : Transcedental Meditation
TNT : Tri Nitro Toluene (B) ^

TRACT : Transportable Remote Area Communications
Terminal

TU : Transmission Unit

T.V : Tele Vision (S*>aasS>), ^Teonhai Velocity

U : Uranium

UFO : Unidentified Flying

UHF : Ultra High Frequency
UNIVAC ; UNIVersal

UV : Ultraviolet

UVEPROM": Ultra Viotet tfgU Bcfst^to Programm
able Read Only Memoryf @e7*^oSS^3^5" S

/ ^ \ / tu

(S^iT^oSaaxi" 65 ife
VA : Visual Aid
VCP : Video Cassette Player
VCR : Video Cassette Recorder (&Sr> "S"&ff
VD ; Vapour Density

Abbreviations 96 Sof

VHP : Very High Frequency (3& "Sr
VI : Volume Indicator
VOM : Volt Ohm Meter

VSF : Viscose Staple Fibre
VT : Vacum Tube (oP&p^S
VTR : Video Tape Recorder (t)<5o3j* 3S

VU : Volume Unit (sro
W : Wolfram (Tungsten)

WBC : White Blood Cells (3^ off ^
WH : Watt-Hour
WL : Wave length

ZETA : Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly

63

Sports Abbreviations

AAA : Amateur Athletic Association

CO

AAFI : Amateur Athletic Federation of India

AAI : Archery Association of India

ABA : Amateur Boxing Association

AFA : Amateur Football Association

AFC : Asian Football Confederation

AIBA : Amateur International Boxing Association

Abbreviations 97

AICS : All India Council of. Sports

ATLTA : All India Lawn Tennis Association

AIWHA : All India Women Hockey Association

ATP : Association of Tennis Professionals

BAI : Badminton Association of India

BCCI : Board of Control for Cricket in India

GBPS : Cricketers Benefit Fund Series

CZ : Central Zone

DLTA : Delhi Lawn Tennis Association

EP : Extended Play

J

EZ : East Zone

FA : Foot ball Association
FiFA : Federation of International Football Associa
tions

IAAF : International Amateur Athletic Federation

IABA : International Amateur Boxing Association

IFA : Indian Football Association

Abbreviations 98 Xot&gJS

IHF : Indian Hockey Federation(aoad&5' JS*|
IMF : Indian Mountaineering Federation

IDA : Indian Olympic Association

IOC: Indian Olympic Committee(sio<Sc&^
LTA : Lawn Tennis Association (ej*^ 23S)S
NBA : National Basketball Association^ &&<5"

, National Boxing Association

NIS : National Institute of Sports

NLTA : National Lawn Tennis Association

NSCI : National Sports club of India

NSO : National Sports Organisation

NZ : North Zone

SAI : Sports Autliority of Indig

SNIPES : Society of National Institute for Physical

Education and Sports

$5 % ittg^aS woff
SZ : South Zone (&**
TT : Table Tennis
WZ : West Zone (35

Abbreviations

ANNEXURE - 1
ABBREVIATIONS IN SMALL LETTERS

General Abbreviations

abbr. : abbreviation

abdom. : abdomen (^fifo&S), abdominal

abr. abridged f^ip&S"), abridgement

abs. : absolute (oe^opj^), abstract

acfc. : acknowledgement

actg. : acting

Ad. : Advertisement

Add. ; Address

addn. : addition

addnl. : additional (&&&)

adm. : administration

advt, : advertisement

aero. : aeronautics

aff. : affix (*>$>

afft. * affidavit

aft. : afternoon

agr. : agriculture

agt. : agent

alt. : altern... x

anat. : anatomy

Ans. : Answer (

appl. : appibati'oda

apt. : apartment ^^5S>6^ aptitude

arith. : arithmetic

assn. : association

asst. : assistant

astron. : astronomy

Abbreviations 100

atm. : atmosphere

attn. : attention

aud. ; audit

Aug. : August

auto. : automatic

avg. : average (

b&w. : block and white (3*1* &o 3

\ro a

baL : balance

Bib. : Bible (|U>5")

bldg. : building

bot. : botanical

brl. : barrel (233e5")

bros. : brothers

c&b, : caught and bowled (Cricket Term) [sd"

c/o. : care of
cal* : calender
calco: calculate

Q

caps.^: capitals

capt. : captain

cert.' : certificate

ch, : chapter (^fS), chur ;h

chem. : chemical (lo^^^) chemistry

chr. : Character (itfSS)

cifc. : Cost, insurance, frie| bt- and Commissiom

elk. : Clerk

co . : Company

ool. : colour (e), columr

conti : continued

14] Abbreviations 101

Cpl. : Corporal

Cum. : Cumulative

D/o. : Daughter of

deb. : debenture

Dec. : December

def. : definition

del. : delete (ASdS"), delegate

demo. : demonstration :

dep. : departure

dept. : department

diet. : dictionary

dip. : deploma

dir. : director (a"5|5), directory (3_B|6)

disc. : discount (S

disco. : discotheque

dist. : distance (&"&S\\ district (5S>^"), distbgnished

> eo *J/ 7 > o/e>/

div.: dividend

dn. :

do. : ditto
doc. : document
dol. : dollar
doz. : dozen
Dr. : Doctor

dup. : duplicate

edu : education

eff. : efficiency

eg, : exempli gratia (for example) [$5

elem. : elementary

elev. : elevation

Abbreviations

102

emp. : emperor
Encl. : Enclosure
Eng. : English
eng. : engine
env. : envelope
equip : equipment
esp. ; especially
Esq. : Esquire :
estd* : estimated
etc- : etcetera
ext. : external

extention
fath. : fathom
flc. : foolscap
Feb. : February
fem, : female
fict. : fiction :
fig. : figure
fin- : finance :
fn. : foot note :
fr : franc

freq. : frequency
fri. : Friday (
fwd. : forward.
gar- : garage

gaz. : gazette

gen. : general
geog. : geography
gr. : grade

established

exterior

feminine

gross
hab. Carp. : habeas Corpus

Abbreviations 103

h/o. : bouse of

Hon. : Honorary : 8d, Honorable

Hr. : Hour

hrs. : hours

i/c : incharge

ibid : ibidem (in the same place), [gD3& (g at>&

J5)]

ie. : id est (that is)
Inc. : Incorporated
incl. : included
Int. : Interest
ital. : italics
Jan, : January

git. : just in time (sS sjS" S^
Jr, : Junior
Jiu- : July
Jun. : June

ang. : language
Ibw. : leg before wicket
Ic. : lower case (<5*c&5
Idg. : landing (epoSo^)
leg. : legal (Stfd"), legislative
lib. : library (S^S, Liberal
ling. : linguistic

lith. : lithography
litt. : literature
ltd. : limited
lub. : lubricant
mag. : magnitude SDft
mar. ; March

Abbreviations 104

maths. : mathematics

matric : matriculation

max. : maximum

mbd. : million barrels a day

mech. : mechanical

med. : medium

memo. : memorandum

Met. : Meteorology

metro. : metropolitan

mfd. : manufactured

mgd. : million gallons per day atoScSfiS" n^esST S5

mgr. : manager

mgt. : management

mid. : middle

min. : minimum

misc. : miscellaneous

mktg. : marketing

mod. : modern Scp^, modification

Mon. : Monday

Mr. : Mister

Mrs. ; (atoi^S /5X>"S))

Ms. : Miss (x>5) f Mistress

mss. : manuscript

Mt. : Mountain

naut. : nautical

ncv. : no commercial value (JS*

neg. : negative
no. : number

nom. : nomination
Nov. : November

Abbreviations 105

obj : object

Oct. : October

off. : office

o/o. : office of

opp. : opposite

opt. : optical (&?), option

orch. : orchestra

ord. : ordinance

ordy. : ordinary

org. : organisation

pa. : per anum (

part. : particular
path. : pathology

pc. : percent

perqs. : perquisites

pharm.": pharmacy

photog. : photography

pkg. : package (pg^ ^

pkt. : packet

pi. : please (J>!"), plural

pm. : per month

pmt. : payment

poly. : polytechnic

pop. : population

pos. : positive

pref. : prefix (ij^^, preferred

prem. : premium

prev. : previous

prim. : primary

prin. : principal (iS)S^5j5"), principle

Abbreviations 106

pro tern. : pro tempore (for the time being) ($5

prob. : problem (i^SSa), probationary

prod : product (L^^|) production

prof : professor (jSFlpsSS)

prop. : property (ifpSS), proprietor

prov. : province (\3s*&S$ 9 provislonol

psych. : psychology (j&S'

pt. : pandit (53o4<) point

pub, : public (Sl"), publication

pvt. : private (J^^)

qty. : quality (Dd), quantity

quar. : quarterly

quot. : quotation

qrts. : quarters

r* : radius

rad. ; radiator

rd. : road

rec. : record (6"5S). receipt ($) recreation

reed. ; recieved

rect. : rectified ; (BS"3>ff), rectangle

ref. ; reference

refrig, : refrigeration
regn. : region
Regd. : Registered

rgt. : regimtnt

rep. ; report (5, representative

req. : requisition (3^Si^)

res. : reservation GafiS, residence

Abbreviations 107 So

retd. : retired (653 5V returned

\ Q -^ O / \ Q

Rev. : Reverend (c3c$c3oS)
rev. : revenue (33p), review
Rly. : Railway

rnd. : round

rt. : right

rtd. : refer to drawer

S/o. : Son of

Sat. : Saturday

sat. : saturation

sch. : school

set. : scout

Sec. : Secretary (!}[&>&), Section (*&), Second

Sectt. : Secretariat
Sept. : September
sep. : seperate
seq. : sequence
sgd. : signed
sign. : signature
sin : since

sing. : singular

sld. : sealed

Soc. : Society

socl. : sociology

Sol. Gen. : Solicitor General

sp. : special (^a^)- spelling

Abbreviations 108

Sq. : Square

Sr. : Senior

St. : Saint

st. : street

std. : standard

sub. : suburb

subj, : subject

suff. : suffix

Sun. : Sunday

Supdt. : Superintendent

suppl. : supplementary

Surg. : Surgery

sym. : symbol

syn. : synonym

syst, : system

tan. : tangent

tb. : tablespoon ful (a)c" &> 5

tech. : technical

tel. : telegram (SS|n&), telej hone
temp. : temporary (Sortf&), temparature
Test. : Testment
Thuw. : Thursday

tkt, : ticket

to. : train ton &> ;own

tot. : total

trans. : translation([d3*l^6&) [transaction
trib. : tributary
trop. : tropical

tsp. : tea spoon ful

15] Abbreviations

Tue. : Tues day

ugt. : urgent
nit. : ultimate
univy. : university

vac. : vacum
val. : value

veg. : vegetaran
vel. : velocity

vert. : vertical
vill. : village
videlicet
vocational

vz.
voc.

[namely -

vocab. : vocabulary
vol. tuvolume
: versus

volunteer

vss. : versons

vv. : vice versa (3_S 3

w/o. wife of (3

Wed. : Wednes day

wef, : with effect from '&

wf. : wrong font

wk. : week (&"), work

wkly. : weekly

X-mas : Christmas
X-tain : Christian

yd. : yard
yr. : year

Abbreviations 110

Dictionary Abbreviations

a. : adjective

J

adv. : adverb
aff. : affirmative
art. : article
aux. : auxiliary
bet. : between
c. : common gender
coll. : colloquial

comp. : composition (^o3*22^^) ( compound
compar. : comparative
conj. : conjunction
contr. : contraction

def. : definite
f. : feminine
fr. :

ger. : gerund
gram. : grammar
imper. : Imperative
ihd. : indefinite
indi. : indicative
int. : interrogative

^

interj. : iaterjection
m- : masculine
n. : noun
neg. : negative
obj. : objective

J

opp. : opposite
p. : past

Abbreviations 111 $oi&gJS

pa. : participial adjective

per. : person

poss. : possessve

pp. : past participle

prep. : preposition

prej : present

pr. p. : present participle (|S52ofi"

prin. : principal verb

pron. : pronoun

psy. : psychology

pt. : present tense'

refl. : reflexive

re. : relative

superl. : superlative

t-s. :* transitive

trL : trigonometry

vL :av*fb intransitive

m

vt. reverb transitive
wh. : which
&. : and (<a$
Etc. : et cetera

Abbreviations

^

adm. : admiral

Brig. : Brigadisr

C-in-C : Commander in Chief

capt. : captain

cdg. : commanding

col. : colonel

coy. : company

J

Abbreviations 112

divn. : division

Engr. : Engineer

fob. : free on board (jf>

foe. : free of charge

fan : free on rail

Gen. : General

Or. : Grade

H3v. : Havaldar

Lt : Lieuteuant

Lt Cdr. : Lieutenant Commander

Lt. Col. : Lieutenant Colonel

Lt. Gen. : Lieutenant General

Lt. Gov. Lieuteuant Governer

ji^ _^

Maj. : Major (S>so)

Maj. Gen. : Major General

Sergt./Sgt. : Sergeant

S. Maj. : Sergeant Major

SM Sgt. : Senior Master Sergeant

Sqn, : Squadron

Sqn. Ldr. : Squadron Leader

Scientific Abbreviations

Ag. : Argentum (Silvsr) = ^B

Al. : Aluminium

ale. : alcohol

alk. : alkaline

amp. : ampere

ap. hr. : ampere hour

Ar. : Arsenic

Abbreviations 113

At.

Au. : Aurum (Gold) = S'tf & (Fff)

Ba. s Barium ^

Br. : Bromine

Ca. : Calcium

C. C. : Cubic Centimetre

Cent. : Centigrade (1bo<a

Cf. m. : Cubic feet per minute (SpgBiT fed?

Cl. : Chlorine (fa5)

Cm. : Centimetre ("Soffl

Cu. : Cupuram (Copper) -

Cub. : Cubic (Sp^}

Cwt. : hundred weight

deg. : degree

dia. : diametre

dm. : decimetre/decametre

dpi. : dots per inch

elec. : electric (oi

Fe. : Ferrum iron

fl. oz. : fluid ounce (&><&

fp. : freezing point

ft. : feet

g. : gram

gal. : galon

galv. : galvanised (r^oeS I")

00 v coo '

ha. : hectare

Hb.

He. : Helium

Hg. : Hydrargyrum (Mercury) '=^

hp. : horse power

Abbreviations 114

ht. : height

in. : inch

ips. : inches per second (atS "*>

K, : Kilogram /Karat (S<^r>*>/ir

Kc/s, : Kilo cycles per second (3S*"SSe5"^ ">

Kg. : Kilogram (SS\?rJ)

Kl, : Kilo litre ($>*

Kw. : Kilo watt (S

1. : litre (t)&>5)

Ib. : libra pound (> L EP

Ld* : Lead

liq. : liquid

long. : longitude

m. : metre

mag. : magnetsm

me. : methyl (0*5 (5*)

Hg. : Megnesium

mg, : milligram

mil. ; million

mL : milli litre (obd>^5) O j j ^ &

Mn. : Manganese (^ToM^S)
Modem. : Modulator-demodulator

w ^^

mol, : molecule

mpg. : miles per gallon

mph. : miles per hour (

mps. : miles per second

ms. : mUli second (toe>

mw, : mega watt /medium wave

Abbreviations 115

Na. : Natrium (Sodium) =

Ne. : Neon (SOSES')

Ni : Nickel (S"35"j

Np. : Neptunium

nwt. : net weight

oz. : ounce (5*5

pb. : plumbum (Lead) =

phy. : physics

pt : platinum

Pu. : Plutonium

r. : radius

Ra, : Radium

rad. : radio

rh. : relative humidity

Sc. : Science (

Se. : Selenium

Si : Silicon

Sn. :.Stannum (tin) =

sp. gr. : specific gravity

Sr. ; Strontium

Te. : Tellurium

Th. : Thorium
Ti. : Titanium
v. : volt/voltage
vol. : volcano
wt. : weight
Xe. : Xenon
Zn. : Zinc
Zr. : Zirconium

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