Acronyms

AAI

Airports Authority of India

ACNA

Advisory Committee on National Accounts

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADRs

American Depositary Receipts

AdSS

Administrative Statistical System

AE

Advance Estimates

AG

Accountant General

AICTE

All India Council of Technical Education

AIDIS

All India Debt & Investment Survey

AIES

All India Educational Survey

 

 

AIITS

All India Income Tax Statistics

AIRCS

All India Rural Credit Survey

AIRDIS

All India Rural Debt and Investment Survey

AIU

Association of Indian Universities

ALE

Agricultural Labour Enquiry

AMFI

Association of Mutual Funds in India

ANC

Ante-Natal Check up

ANM

Auxiliary Nurse Mid-Wife

ASI

Annual Survey of Industries

ASSOCHAM

Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry

 

 

BAG

Budget at a Glance

BE

Budget Estimates

BEA

Bureau of Economic Analysis

BgSE

Bangalore Stock Exchange

BoP

Balance of Payments

BPM5

BoP Manual, 5th Edition of the IMF

BR

Business Register

BSA

Balance Sheet Abstract

BSE

Bombay Stock Exchange

BSO

Block Statistical Organisation

 

 

BSR

Basic Statistical Returns

CAA&A

Controller of Aid Accounts and Audit

CAB

Cotton Advisory Board

CACP

Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices

CADAs

Command Area Development Authorities

CADP

Command Area Development Programme

CAG

Comptroller & Auditor General of India

CAPE

Crop Acreage and Production Estimation

CARE

Credit Analysis and Research Limited

 

 

CBDT

Central Board of Direct Taxes

CBEC

Central Board of Excise and Customs

CBHI

Central Bureau of Health Intelligence

CBRI

Central Building Research Institute

CBS

Consolidated Banking Statistics

CCA

Controller of Certifying Agency

CCIT

Chief Commissioner of Income Tax

CCS

Cost of Cultivation Studies

CD

Compact Disk

CD Blocks

Community Development Blocks

CDs

Certificates of Deposits

CDSL

Central Depository Services Limited

 

 

CEA

Central Electricity Authority

CFC

Consumption of Fixed Capital

CGA

Controller General of Accounts

CGHS

Central Government Health Scheme

CGWB

Central Ground Water Board

CHC

Community Health Centre

CIF

Chief Inspector of Factories

CIFRI

Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute

CII

Confederation of Indian Industries

CIL

Coal India Limited

 

 

CIN

Corporate Index Number

CIWTCI

Central Inland Water transport Corporation of India

CLSS

Company Law Settlement Scheme

CMFRI

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute

CMI

Census of Manufacturing Industries

CMIE

Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy

CMO

Chief Medical Officer

COCSSO

Conference of Central and State Statistical Organisations

COFOG

Classifications of Functions of Government

COICOP

Classification of Individual Consumption by purpose

 

 

COOIT

Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade

COPNI

Classification of non-Profit Institutions by Purpose

COPP

Classification of Producers by Purpose

CoR

Certification of Registration

CP

Commercial Papers

CPC

Central Pay Commission

CPD

Coordination & Publication Division

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CPI (AL)

CPI Agricultural Labourers

CPI (IW)

Consumer Price Index (Industrial Workers)

 

 

CPI (R)

CPI Rural

CPI (RL)

CPI (Rural Labourers)

CPI (U)

CPI (Urban)

CPI (UNME)

CPI (Urban Non-Manual Employee)

CPR

Couple Protection Rate

CPWD

Central Public Works Department

CRIS

Committee on Reforms in Insurance Sector

CRISIL

Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited

CRR

Cash Reserve Ratio

CRS

Civil Registration System

CSEKL

Capital Stock Exchange Kerala Limited

CSO

Central Statistical Organisation

CV

Commercial Vehicle

CW

Consultancy Wing

CWC

Central Water Commission

 

 

CWWG

Crop Weather Watch Group

DAC

Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

DAHD

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying

DARE

Department of Agricultural Research and Education

DCA

Department of Company Affairs

DCI

Dental Council of India

DCI&S

Development Commissioner for Iron and Steel

DCSSI

Development Commissioner for Small Scale Industries

DCU

Departmental Commercial Undertakings

DDP

District Domestic Product

 

 

DEAP

Department of Economic Analysis and Policy

DES

Directorate of Economics and Statistics

DESACS

Department of Statistical Analysis and Computer Services

DESMOA

Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture

DFHI

Discount and Finance House of India

DG&CEO

Director General and Chief Executive Officer

DGCI&S

Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics

DGCSO

Director General Central Statistical Organisation

DGE&T

Directorate General of Employment and Training

DGFASLI

Directorate General of Factory Advice Services & Labour Institutes

 

 

DGFT

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

DGHS

Directorate General of Health Service

DGIT

Director General of Income Tax

DIC

District Industries Centre

DICGC

Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation

DIETS

District Institutes of Education Training

DISE

District Information System for Education

DISNIC

District Information System of National Informatics Centre

DIPP

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

DGTD

Directorate General of Technical Development

 

 

DME

Directory Manufacturing Establishment

DMI

Directorate of Market and Inspection

DNBS

Department of Non-Banking Supervision

DoE

Department of Electronics

DoPT

Department of Personnel and Training

DOT

Department of Telecommunications

DPC

Departmental Promotion Committee

DPD

Data Processing Division

DPEP

District Primary Education Programme

DS&HE

Department of Secondary and Higher Education

DSDO

Data Storage and Dissemination Office

 

 

DSE

Delhi Stock Exchange

DTL

Demand and Time Liabilities

DTO

Department of Telecom Operations

DTR

Daily Trade Return

DTS

Department of Telecom Services

EARAS

Establishment of an Agency for Reporting Agricultural Statistics

EB

Enumeration Block

EC

Economic Census

ECB

External Commercial Borrowing

ECD

Economic Census Division

 

 

ECGC

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation

EDCIL

Educational Consultants India Limited

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDMU

External Debt Management Unit

EDP

Electronic Data Processing

EFC

Expenditure Finance Committee

EFT

Electronic Fund Transfer

EGS

Education Guarantee Scheme

ELC

Equipment Leasing Company

EMIP

Employment Market Information Programmes

 

 

ENC

Export Negotiated Contract

ENVIS

Environmental Information System

EPF

Employees Provident Fund

EPFO

Employees Provident Fund Organisation

ER-I & II

Employment Return  I & II

ESI I-IV

Educational Statistics 1-IV

ERU

Economic Research Unit

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESIC

Employees State Insurance Corporation

ESIS

Employees State Insurance Scheme

 

 

EUS

Employment-Unemployment Survey

EXIM

Export Import Bank of India

f.o.b.

Free on Board

FAO

Food & Agricultural Organisation

FASAL

Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro-meteorology and Land based observations

FCNR(B)

Foreign Currency Non-Resident Accounts (Banks)

FDES

Framework of Environment Statistics

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FEMA

Foreign Exchange Management Act

FI

Financial Institution

FICCI

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

FIIs

Foreign Institutional Investors

FIIS

Financial Institutions Information System

FIPB

Foreign Investment Promotion Board

 

 

FISIM

Financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured

FLS

Family Living Survey

FOD

Field Operations Division

FSI

Forest Survey of India

FSS

Financial Sector Survey

FSU

First Stage Unit

FuS

Follow-up Surveys

GAAP

General Accepted Accounting Principles

GAIL

Gas Authority of India Limited

GC

Governing Council

 

 

GCES

General Crop Estimation Survey

GDI

Gender Development Index

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GDRs

Global Depositary Receipts

GFCE

Government Final Consumption Expenditure

GFS

Government Finance Statistics

GIC

General Insurance Corporation of India

GIS

Geographical Information Systems

GNP

Gross National Product

GTI

Gross Trading Income

 

 

GVA

Gross Value Added

GVO

Gross Value of Output

HAG

Higher Administrative Grade

HCV

Heavy Commercial Vehicle

HDFC

Housing Development Finance Corporation

HDI

Human Development Index

HFC

Housing Financing Company

HLCC

High Level Coordination Committee

HMIS

Health Management Information System

HPFC

Hire Purchase Financing Company

 

 

HUDCO

Housing & Urban Development Corporation

HUF

Hindu Undivided Family

IAIS

International Association of Insurance Supervisors

IAMR

Institute of Applied Manpower Research

IAP

Index for Agriculture Production

IASRI

Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute

IBM

Indian Bureau of Mines

IBS

International Banking Statistics

IC

Investment Company

ICAR

Indian Council of Agriculture Research

ICD

International Classification of Diseases

ICE sector

Information Technology, Communication and Entertainment sector

ICFRE

Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education

ICICI

Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

 

 

ICS

Improvement of Crop Statistics

IDBI

Industrial Development Bank of India

IDFC

Infrastructure Development Finance Company

IDR Act

Industrial Development Regulation Act

IEBR

Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources

IEC

Information, Education & Communication

IES

Indian Economic Service

IFCI

Industrial Finance Corporation of India

IIBI

Industrial Investment Bank of India Limited

IIP

Index of Industrial Production

 

 

ILAFS

Infrastructure Leasing And Financial Services

ILC

Indian Livestock Census

ILO

International Labour Organisation

IMD

Indian Meteorological Department

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMR

Infant Mortality Rate

INFOTERRA

A Global Environmental Information Network of United Nations Environment Programme

INIP

International Investment Position

IOTT

Input-Output Transactions Table

IPP

Index of Prices Paid

 

 

IPP-CP

IIP - Capital Formation

IPP-FC

IIP - Final Consumption

IPP-IC

IIP - Final Intermediate Consumption

IPR

Index of Prices Received

IRDA

Insurance Regulatory Development Authority

ISCO

International Standard Classification of Occupations

ISE

Inter-connected Stock Exchange

ISEC

International Statistical Education Centre

ISI

Indian Statistical Institute

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification

 

 

ISM&H

Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy

ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation

ISS

Indian Statistical Service

ISO

Information System Organisation

ISWGNA

Inter Secretariat Working Group on National Accounts

IT

Information Technology

ITC(HS)

Indian Trade Classification based on Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System

ITT

Index numbers of Terms of Trade

IUD

Intra-Utrine Device

IWGEDS

International Working Group on External Debt Statistics

IWT

Inland Water Transport

JAG

Junior Administrative Grade

JCCS

Junior Certificate Course in Statistics

 

 

KVIC

Khadi & Village Industries Commission

LBS

Locational Banking Statistics

LC

Loan Company

LIC

Life Insurance Corporation of India

LPG

Liquid Petroleum Gas

LSE

Ludhiana Stock Exchange

LUS  

Land Use Statistics

MACT

Motor Accident Claims Tribunal

MBFC

Mutual Benefit Financial Company

 

 

MCCD

Medical Certification of Cause of Death

MCH

Maternal and Child Health

MCI

Medical  Council of India

MCPC

Middle Class Price Collection

MFS

Monetary and Financial Statistics

MHRD

Ministry of Human Resource Development

MIS

Management Information System

MIUs

Market Intelligence Units

MoS&PI

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

MoWR

Ministry of Water Resources

 

 

MPR

Monthly Progress Report

MRPC

Market Research & Planning Cell

MSE

Madras Stock Exchange

MSFTI

Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade in India

MTP

Medical Termination of Pregnancy

MVA

Motor Vehicles Act

NABARD

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NABS

National Advisory Board on Statistics

NACO

National AIDS Control Organisation

NAD

National Accounts Division

 

 

NAIS

National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

NAS

National Accounts Statistics

NASSCOM

National Association of Software and Service Companies

NBFC

Non-Banking Financial Company

NBFIs

Non-Banking Financial Intermediaries

NBNFC

Non-Banking Non-Financial Company

NBO

National Buildings Organisation

NCA

National Commission on Agriculture

NCAER

National Council of Applied Economic Research

NCERT

National Council of Educational Research and Training

NCFC

National Crop Forecasting Centre

NCS

National Commission on Statistics

NCTE

National Council of Teacher Education

NDCU

Non- Departmental Commercial Undertakings

 

 

NDME

Non-Directory Manufacturing Establishment

NDP                   

Net Domestic Product

NDS

Negotiated Dealing Screen

NE

North Eastern

NES

National Employment Service

NFHS

National Family Health Survey

NFP

National Focal Point

NFSG

Non-Functional Selection Grade

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NH

National Highways

 

 

NHB

National Horticultural Board

NIA

National Insurance Academy

NIAC

New India Assurance Company Limited

NIC

National Industrial Classification

NICNET

National Informatics Centre Network

NIEPA

National Institute for Educational Planning & Administration

NIPFP

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

NISHAN

National Identity System Home Affairs Network

NIUA

National Institute of Urban Affairs

NNP                   

Net National Product

 

 

NOF

Net Owned Funds

NPA

National Plan of Action

NPE

National Policy on Education

NPISH

Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households

NPR

National Population Register

NR(NR)

Non-Resident (Non-Repatriable)

NRA

Natural Resource Accounting

NRI

Non-Resident Indian

NSC

National Statistical Commission

NSCCL

National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited

 

 

NSDL

National Securities Depository Limited

NSE

National Stock Exchange

NSEIL

National Stock Exchange of India Limited

NSO

National Statistical Office

NSS

National Sample Survey

NSSO

National Sample Survey Organisation

NTMIS

National Technical Manpower Information System

NVA

Net Value Added

OAME

Own Account Manufacturing Enterprise

OASIS

Old Age Social and Income Security

OBC

Other Backward Castes

OCB

Overseas Corporate Bodies

OEA

Office of   The Economic Adviser

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

 

 

OIC

Oriental Insurance Company Limited

OIL

Oil India Limited

ONGC

Oil & Natural Gas Commission

ONS

Office of National Statistics

OWS

Occupational Wage Surveys

PAN

Permanent Account Number

PAO

Pay and Accounts Office

PC

Personal Computer

PCA

Primary Census Abstract

PDO

Public Debt Office

 

 

PEC

Post Enumeration Checks

PF

Provident Fund

PFCE

Private Final Consumption Expenditure

PGOE

Protectorate General of Emigrants

PHC

Primary Health Centre

PIM

Perpetual Inventory Method

PLR

Prime Lending Rate

PMSD

Planning, Monitoring and Statistics Division

PNC

Post-Natal Check up

POSB

Post Office Saving Bank

 

 

PPQS

Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage

PrAO

Principal Accounts Office

PSB

Public Sector Bank

PSU

Public Sector Undertaking

PWD

Public Works Department

QE

Quick Estimate

RBD

Registration of Births and Deaths

RBI

Reserve Bank of India

RCTC

Risk Capital and Technology Finance Corporation

RCTFCL

Risk Capital and Technology Finance Corporation India

 

 

RE

Revised Estimate

REER

Real Effective Exchange Rate

repo

Repurchase Agreement

RGI

Registrar General of India

RITES

Railway Infrastructure Technical & Economic Services

RMIS

Rationalisation of Minor Irrigation Statistics

RNBC

Residuary Non-Banking Company

ROC

Registrar of Companies

RPI

Retail Price Index

RRB

Regional Rural Bank

RS

Remote Sensing

RSE

Relative Standard Error

RST

Remote Sensing Technology

RTGS

Real Time Gross Settlement

 

 

RTO

Road Transport Office

SAC

Space Application Centre

SAG

Senior Administrative Grade

SASAs

State Agricultural Statistics Authorities

SDDS

Special Data Dissemination Standards

SDI

State Directorate of Industries

SDP

State Domestic Product

SDRD

Survey Design & Research Division

SDRs

Special Drawing Rights

SEB

State Electricity Board

 

 

SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of India

SEEA

System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting

SFC

State Financial Corporation

SFDs

State Forest Departments

SFTIC

Statistics of Foreign Trade in India by Countries

SGL

Subsidiary General Ledger

SHCI

Stock Holding Corporation of India

SHGs

Self-Help Groups

SIA

Secretariat for Industrial Assistance

SIC

Standard Industrial Classification

 

 

SIDBI

Small Industries Development Bank of India

SIDC

State Industrial Development Corporation

SIDO

Small Industry Development Organisation

SISI

Small Industries Services Institute

SLCC

State Level Coordination Committee

SLR

Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SNA 

System of National Accounts

SNMI

Survey of Non-Manufacturing Industries

SOFTEX

Software Exports

SPCL

Statistics of Prices and Cost of Living

 

 

SRA

System of  Regional Accounts

SRS

Sample Registration System

SSBs

State Statistical Bureaus

SSMI

Sample Survey of Manufacturing Industries

SSSs

States' Statistical Systems

STC

Securities Trading Corporation

STCI

Securities Trading Corporation of India Limited

STD

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STS

Senior Time Scale

SWG

Second Working Group on Money Supply

TAC

Tariff Advisory Committee

TAC(SPCL)

Technical Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices and Cost of Living

TAQ

Trades and Quotes

TB

Tuberculosis

 

 

TCD

Technical Committee for Directions

TCS

Tata Consultancy Services

TDICI

Technology Development and Information Company of India Limited 

TERI

Tata Energy Research Institute

TFCI

Tourism Finance Corporation of India

TISCO

Tata Iron & Steel Company

TRS

Timely Reporting Scheme

UEE

Universalisation of Elementary Education

UFS

Urban Frame Survey

UGC

University Grants Commission

 

 

UIIC

United India Insurance Company

UNCHS

United Nations Centre For Human Settlements

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNME

Urban Non-Manual Employee

UNSD

United Nations Statistics Division

UN-SNA

United Nations System Of National Accounts

UNSO

United Nations Statistical Office

UT

Union Territory

UTI

Unit Trust of India

 

 

VAPW

Value Added per Worker

VSAT

Very Small Aperture Terminal

VSI

Village and Small Industries

WB

World Bank

WCA

World Census of Agriculture

WCFIES

Working Class Family Income and Expenditure Survey

WDM

Wholesale Debt Market

WF

Work force

WPI

Wholesale Price Index

WTO

World Trade Organisation

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