IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS
Interview Questions About General Knowledge
- VDU = video display unit
- CRT = cathode ray tube
- CRO Cathode Ray Oscillator
- SARS Severe Accute respitoratry syndrome
- BOT Built operate transfer
- AMU Atomic mass unit
- EMF Electromotive Force or Electromagnetic Field (Most apt is Electromotive Force)
- ADH Anti diuretic harmome
- STP Standard Temperature and Pressure
- NPT Network time protocol
- CRT Cathode ray tube
- SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- BOT Built Operate transfer
- AMU Atomic Mass Unit
- EMF Electromotive force
- ADH Anti Diuretic Hormone
- STP Standard Temperature Pressure
- GeV Giga Electron Volt
- NTP Normal Temperature Pressure
- CRT Cathode Ray Tube
- The ore of mercury metal.–cyanabar
- SARS : severe acute respiratory syndrome
- NTP : network time protocol
- RQ : respiratory quotient
- PVC : polyvinyl chloride
- NPN : negative positive negative
- WAN : wide area network
- ECG: electro cardio gram
- CPU: central processing unit
- BCG : bacillus of calmette –Guerin
- STP standard temperature and pressure/ Shielded Twisted Pair
- ATP Adenosine Tri-Phosphate
- PNP proton – neutron – proton
- [Positive-Negative-Positive (transistor) ]
- LAN local area network
- KWh kilo watt hour
- BTU British Thermal Unit
- LDL Low-density lipoprotein
- [commonly referred to as bad cholesterol]
- ROM Read only memory
- MAF million acre feet
- SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging
- LCD=LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
- HDL= HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE/High-Density Lipoprotein
- UHF= ULTRA- HIGH FREQUENCY
- LED= LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
- BASIC= BEGGINER’S ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE
- HST = HIGH SPEED TECHONOLGY
- DBS=DATA BASE SERVER
- V.L.C.C stands for Very large crude carrier.
- VTOL = vertical take off and landing
- SETI = Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence = a project to find Aliens
- Fax is the short form of Facsimile which means identical copy
- SETI => Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence.
- On the PH scale what does PH stand for-Potential Hydrogen
- ABM: Anti Ballistic Missiles
- ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
- AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra
- ACU: Asian Currency Union
- AD: anno Domini; in the year of Lord Christ
- ADB: Asian Development Bank
- ADC: Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge
- ADF: Asian Development Fund
- ADS: Air Defence Ship
- AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer
- AG: Accountant General; Adjutant General
- AI: Air India
- AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- AIR: All India Radio; Annual Information Report
- AITUC: All India Trade Union Congress
- AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer
- ALH: Advanced Light Helicopter
- AM: ante meridiem; before noon
- AMC: Army Medical Corps; Asset Management Companies
- AME: Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers
- APC: Agricultural Prices Commission
- APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- APPLE: Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
- APPU: Asian Pacific Postal Union
- ARC: Asset Reconstruction Company
- ARDR: Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
- ASAT: Anti-Satellite weapon
- ASC: Army Service Corps
- ASCI: Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative
- ASCII: American Standard Code for Information
- ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations
- ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting
- ASIMO: Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
- ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
- ASMA: Antarctica Specially Managed Area
- ASSOCHAM: Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- ATA: Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array
- ATC: Air Traffic Controller
- ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
- ATR: Action Taken Report
- ATV: Automatic Transfer Vehicle
- AUM: Assets Under Management
- AVC: Army Veterinary Corps
- AVM: Additional Volatility Margin
- AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
B
BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre- BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
- BC: Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander
- BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin—Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine
- BICP: Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices
- BIFR: Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
- BIOS: Basic Input Output System
- BKU: Bharatiya Kisan Union
- BMD: Ballistic Missile Defence System
- BOLT: BSE On-Line Trading (System)
- BOSS: Bharat Operating System Solutions
- BPO: Business Process Outsourcing
- BPR: Bottom Pressure Records
- BRO: Border Road Organisation
- BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange
- BSF: Border Security Force
- BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
C
CA: Chartered Accountant- CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education
- C & AG: Comptroller & Auditor General
- CAIR: Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
- CAPART: Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology
- CAPES: Computer-Aided Paperless Examination System
- CAS: Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff; Conditional Access System
- CB: Citizen Band (Radio)
- CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation
- CBFC: Central Board of Film Certification
- CCPA: Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
- CD: Conference on Disarmament
- C-DAC: The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
- CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
- CECA: Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
- CERN: European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Pronounced CERN in French)
- CFC: Chlorofluro Carbon
- CFS: Container Freight Station
- CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
- CIA: Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.)
- CIBIL: Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd
- CIC: Chief Information Commissioner
- CID: Criminal Investigation Department
- C-in-C: Commander-in-Chief
- cif: cost, insurance and freight
- CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
- CISF: Central Industrial Security Force
- CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
- CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Unions
- CLASS: Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools
- CLAWS: Centre for Land Warfare Studies
- CM: Command Module; Chief Minister
- CMP: Common Minimum Programme
- CNG: Compressed Natural Gas
- CNN: Cable News Network
- CNS: Chief of the Naval Staff
- CO: Commanding Officer
- COD: Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery
- CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board
- CPI: Communist Party of India
- CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxists)
- CPU: Central Processing Unit
- CR: Central Railway
- CRAC: Cyber Regulation Advisory Council
- CRDi: Common Rail Direct injection
- CRISIL: Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
- CRM: Customer Relationship Management
- CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio
- CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force
- CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- CTT: Commodities Transaction Tax
- CVRDE: Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
- D
DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance - DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
- DC: Deputy Commissioner; Direct Current in Electricity
- DDT: Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant)
- DIN: Director Information Number
- DM: District Magistrate; Deputy Minister
- DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
- DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a regional political party of Tamil Nadu)
- DNA: de-oxyribonucleic acid
- DO: Demi-official (letter)
- DOD: Department of Ocean Development
- DPEP: District Primary Education Programme
- DPI: Director of Public Instruction
- DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation
- DST: Daylight Saving Time
- DRES: Department of Renewable Energy Sources
- DTH: Direct to Home (broadcasting)
E
ECG: Electro Cardio-gram- ECS: Electronic Clearing Service
- ECT: Electro-convulsant Therapy (electric shock treatment)
- EDUSAT: Education Satellite
- EEG: Electro-encephalography
- EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation
- EFA: Education for All
- EFF: Extended Fund Facility
- e.g.: exempli gratia; for example
- EHTP: Electronic Hardware Technology Parks
- ELISA: Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS)
- EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment
- EMS: European Monetary System
- EMU: Electric-Multiple Unit; Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit; (European) Economic and Monetary Union
- E & OE: Errors and Omissions Excepted
- EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- ER: Eastern Railway
- ERM: Exchange Rate Mechanism
- ERNET: Educational and Research Network
- ESA: European Space Agency
- ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act
- ESOP: Employee Stock Option Programme
- etc.: et cetera (and other things)
- EU: European Union
- EVM: Electronic Voting Machine
F
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation- FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.)
- FCNR: Foreign Currency (non-resident) Accounts Scheme
- FDR: Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt
- FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act
- FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
- FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- FII: Foreign Institutional Investors
- FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India)
- FLAG: Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe
- FM: Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated
- FPSB: Financial Planning Standards Boards (India)
- FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
- FSSA: Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India)
- FTA: Free Trade Area
- FTP: File Transfer Protocol
G
GAGAN: GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation- GAIL: Gas Authority of India Limited
- GAIN: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
- GATS: General Agreement on Trade in Services
- GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GCA: General Currency Area
- GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
- GCM: Greatest Common Measure
- GEF: Global Environment Fund
- GHQ: General Headquarters
- GIC: General Insurance Corporation
- GIST: Graphics and Intelligence-based Script Technology
- GMPS: Global Mobile Personal Communications System
- GMRT: Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope
- GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
- GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System
- GNP: Gross National Product
- GOC: General Officer Commanding
- GPO: General Post Office
- GPRS: General Packet Radio System
- GPS: Global Positioning System
- GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
- GSP: Generalised Special Preferences
- GST: Goods and Service Tax
- GSTP: Global System of Trade Preferences
H
HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School- HCF: Highest Common Factor
- HDI: Human Development Index
- HDTV: High Definition Television
- HE: His (or Her) Excellency; His (or Her) Eminence; High Explosive; Horizontal Equivalent
- HITS: Headend In The Sky
- HMMWV: High Mobility Multipurpose-Wheeled Vehicle
- HMS: Hybrid Mail Service
- HP: Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power
- HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language
- HTTP: Hypetext Transfer Protocol
- HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation
- HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current
- I
IAAI: International Airport Authority of India - IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service
- IADF: International Agricultural Development Fund
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
- IAF: Indian Air Force
- IAMC: Indian Army Medical Corps
- IAS: Indian Administrative Service
- IATA: International Air Transport Association
- IATT: Inland Air Travel Tax
- IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- IBEX: Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission
- ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organisation
- ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- ICCR: Indian Council of Cultural Relations
- ICCW: Indian Council for Child Welfare
- ICDS: Integrated Child Development Service
- ICJ: International Court of Justice (with Headquarters at the Hague)
- ICL: Indian Cricket League
- ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research
- ICPA: Indian Cricket Players’ Association
- ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
- IDA: International Development Association
- IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India
- IDSA: Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis
- i.e.: id est; that is
- IEA: International Energy Agency
- IES: Indian Economic Service
- IEX: Indian Energy Exchange
- IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard
- IFS: Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service
- IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions
- IFWJ: Indian Federation of Working Journalists
- IGNOU: Indira Gandhi National Open University
- IIPA: Indian Institute of Public Administration
- IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies
- IIT: Indian Institutes of Technology
- ILO: International Labour Organisation
- IMA: Indian Military Academy
- IMET: International Military Education Training Programme
- IMF: International Monetary Fund
- IMO: International Maritime Organisation
- IN: Indian Navy; Intelligent Network
- INA: Indian National Army
- INK: International Newspaper Kiosks
- INMARSAT: International Maritime Satellite Organisation
- INMAS: Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences
- INS: Indian Naval Ship; Indian Newspaper Society
- INSAS: Indian Small Arms System
- INSAT: Indian National Satellite
- INTERPOL: International Police Organisation
- INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress
- IOC: International Olympic Committee
- IP: Indian Police
- IPC: Indian Penal Code
- IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IPEC: International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour
- IPR: Intellectual Property Right
- IPS: Indian Police Service; Indian Postal Service
- IPTV: Internet Protocol Television
- IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union
- IQ: Intelligence Quotient
- IR: Infra-red
- IRA: Insurance Regulatory Authority
- IRBM: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
- IREP: Integrated Rural Energy Planning
- IRS: Indian Remote Sensing Satellite; Indian Revenue Service
- ISAF: International Stabilization and Assistance Force (in Afghanistan)
- ISC: Inter-State Council
- ISCS: Integrated Smart Card System
- ISD: International Subscriber Dialled (telephone)
- ISH: Information Super Highway
- ISKCON: International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- ISO: International Standardisation Organisation
- ISP: Internet Service Provider
- ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation
- ISS: International Space Station
- IST: Indian Standard Time
- ISTRAC: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
- ITDC: Indian Tourism Development Corporation
- ITO: International Trade Organisation; Income-tax Officer
- ITU: International Tele-communication Union
- IUC: Interconnect User Charge
- J, K, L
JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer - JNNURM: Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
- JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee
- JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JWG: Joint Working Group
- KG: Kindergarten
- Kg: Kilogramme
- KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing
- LAC: Line of Actual Control
- LCA: Light Combat Aircraft
- LDC: Least Developed Countries
- LHC: Large Hadron Collider
- LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (of India)
- LLP: Limited Liability Partnership
- LOAC: Line of Actual Control
- LTA: Light Transport Aircraft
- LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
M
MAT: Minimum Alternative Tax- MER: Mars Exploration Rover
- MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- MCF: Master Control Facility
- MEP: Minimum Export Price
- MES: Military Engineering Service
- METSAT: Meteorological Satellite
- MFA: Multi-Fibre Agreement
- MFN: Most Favoured Nation
- MIP: Moon Impact Probe
- MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service
- MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India
- MNC: Multi-national Corporation
- MNIC: Multi-purpose National Identity Card
- MODEM: Modulator-Demodulator
- MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
- MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System
- MSA: Maritime Safety Agency
- MSCF: Maritime Security Cooperation Framework
- Mss: Manuscript
- MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime
- MTO: Multilateral Trade Organisation
- MVC: Maha Vir Chakra
- MUNO: Maha Vir Chakra
N
NAA: National Airport Authority- NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. (It helps rural development by providing re-finance facility).
- NACIL: National Aviation Company of India Ltd
- NADA: National Anti-Doping Agency
- NAEP: National Adult Education Programme
- NAFTA: North America Free Trade Agreement
- NAG: National Air Guard
- NAM: Non-aligned Movement
- NAMA: Non-Agriculture Market Access
- NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (of the U.S.A.)
- NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
- NATA: Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture
- NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NAV: Net Asset Value
- NB: Nota bene; note well, or take notice
- NCA: Nuclear Command Authority
- NCC: National Cadet Corps
- NCEP: National Committee on Environmental Planning
- NCERT: National Council of Education Research and Training
- NCR: National Capital Region
- NDA: National Defence Academy; National Democratic Alliance
- NDNC: National Do Not Call (Registry)
- NDPS: Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances
- NDRF: National Disaster Response Force
- NDTL: National Dope Testing Laboratory
- NeGP: National e-governance Plan
- NEDB: North-Eastern Development Bank
- NEP: National Education Policy
- NEPA: National Environment Protection Authority
- NFO: New Fund Offers
- NHDP: National Highways Development Project
- NHRC: National Human Rights Commission
- NIC: National Integration Council
- NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology
- NIO: National Institute of Oceanography
- NIS: National Institute of Sports
- NIT: National Institute of Technology
- NLMA: National Literacy Mission Authority
- NMD: Nuclear Missile Defence
- NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation
- NPL: National Physical Laboratory
- NPR: National Population Register
- NPT: (Nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NRBI: National Rural Bank of India
- NREGA: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
- NREP: National Rural Employment Programme
- NRF: National Renewal Fund
- NRI: Non-Resident Indian
- NRR: National Reproduction Rate
- NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency
- NSA: National Security Act
- NSC: National Service Corps; National Security Council
- NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited
- NSE: National Stock Exchange
- NSR: National Skills Registry
- NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation
- NWDA: National Water Development Agency
- NWRC: National Water Resources Council
O- OAS: Organisation of American States
- OAU: Organisation of African Unity
- OBC: Other Backward Communities
- OBU: Offshore Banking Unit
- ODA: Official Development Assistance
- ODF: Open Document Format
- ODS: Ozone Depletion Substances
- OECD: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development
- OGL: Open General Licence
- OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries
- OIGS: On India Government Service
- OIL: Oil India Limited
- OM: Order of Merit
- ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission
- OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OSCE: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- OSD: Officer on Special Duty
- OXML: Open Extended Marking Language
P- PAC: Political Affairs Committee; Public Accounts Committee
- PACER: Programme for Acceleration of Commercial Energy Research
- PAN: Permanent Account Number (of Income-Tax)
- PATA: Pacific-Asia Travel Association
- PCS: Public Civil Service; Punjab Civil Service
- PIB: Press Information Bureau
- Pin Code: Postal Index Number Code
- PIO: Persons of Indian Origin
- PLF: Plant Load Factor
- PM: Post Meridiem; after-noon; also Postmaster; Prime Minister; post-mortem (after death)
- PMG: Postmaster General
- PN: Participatory Note
- PO: Post Office; Postal Order
- POPs: Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point of Purchase
- POTA: Prevention of Terrorism Act
- POW: Prisoner of War
- PP: Public Prosecutor; Particular Person
- PRO: Public Relations Officer
- PS: Post Scriptum; Post Script; written after
- PSC: Public Service Commission
- PSE: Public Sector Enterprises
- PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
- PTA: Preferential Trade Area
- PTI: Press Trust of India
- PTO: Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order
- PUFA: Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids
- PVC: Param Vir Chakra
- PVSM: Param Vishisht Sewa Medal
- PWD: Public Works Department
Q, R- QMG: Quarter Master General
- QR: Quantitative Restriction
- RAF: Rapid Action Force
- RAM: Random Access Memory
- RBI: Reserve Bank of India
- RCC: Reinforced Concrete Cement
- RDF: Rapid Development Force
- RDS: Radio Data Servicing
- RDSS: Radio Determination Satellite Service
- REACH: Rehabilitate, Educate and Support Street Children
- RLO: Returned Letter Office
- RLV: Reusable Launch Vehicle
- RPM: Revolution Per Minute
- RPO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional Passport Officer
- RRB: Regional Rural Bank
- RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index
- RSS: Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh
- RSVP: Repondez s’il vous plait (Fr.) reply, if you please
- RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement System
S- SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
- SAFTA: South Asian Free Trade Area
- SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited
- SAPTA: SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement
- SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- SATNAV: Satellite Navigation (Initiative)
- SAVE: SAARC Audio Visual Exchange
- SC: Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste
- SCI: Shipping Corporation of India
- SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- SCOPE: Standing Conference on Public Enterprises
- SDO: Sub-Divisional Officer
- SDR: Special Drawing Rights (created by the World Bank)
- SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India
- SFC: Strategic Forces Command
- SGPC: Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
- SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India
- SIT: Special Investigation Team
- SITE: Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
- SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- SMS: Short Messaging Service; Subscriber Management System
- SOS: Save Our Souls—distress signal
- SPG: Special Protection Group
- SPIN: Software Process Improvement Networks
- SPV: Solar Photo Voltaic
- SQUID: Super-conducting Quantum Interference Device
- SRE: Space Capsule Recovery Experiment
- SRV: Submarine Rescue Vessel
- SSN: Social Security Number
- STARS: Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
- START: Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
- STEP: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park
- STT: Securities Transaction Tax
- SWAN: State-wide Area Network
- SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunications
T
TA: Travelling Allowance; Territorial Army- TAAI: Travel Agents Association of India
- TACDE: Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment
- TADA: Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
- TAPS: Tarapur Atomic Power Station
- TB: Tuberculosis
- TDC: Transport Development Council
- TDS: Tax Deduction at Source
- TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal
- TERLS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
- TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- TIN: Tax Information Network
- TINXSYS: Tax Information Exchange System
- TISCO: Tata Iron and Steel Company
- TMC: Terrain Mapping Camera
- TMO: Telegraphic Money Order
- TNT: Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive)
- TPP: 20-Point Programme
- TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
- TRIMs: Trade Related Investment Measures
- TRIPS: Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
- TRP: Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer
- TRYSEM: Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment
- TTE: Travelling Ticket Examiner
- TTF: Tourism Task Force
- U
UAE: United Arab Emirates
UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - UF: United Front
- UFO: Unidentified Flying Object
- UGC: University Grants Commission
- ULFA: United Liberation Front of Assam
- UN: United Nations
- UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
- UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force
- UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
- UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
- UNFPO: United Nations Fund for Population Activities
- UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Commission
- UNI: United News of India
- UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund
- UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
- UNRRA: United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- UNTAC: United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia
- UPA: United Progressive Alliance
- UPSC: Union Public Service Commission
- UPTN: Universal Personal Telephone Number
- USA: United States of America
- USIS: United States Information Service
V
VAT: Value-added Tax- VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra
- VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
- VHRR: Very High Resolution Radiometer
- VIP: Very Important Person
- VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
- VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
- VPN: Virtual Private Network
- VPP: Value Payable Post
- VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme
- VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminals
- W
WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol - WAVE: Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise
- WDF: Wasteland Development Force
- WEF: World Economic Forum
- WFP: World Food Programme
- WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
- WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance
- WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
- WLL: Wireless in Local Loop
- WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction
- WR: Western Railway
- WTO: World Trade Organisation (previously called GATT); also World Tourism Organisation
- X, Y, Z
- XML: eXtensible Markup Language
- YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association
- YWCA: Young Women’s Christian Association
- INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) Established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep)
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