Indian Acronyms and Abbreviations

o AAI - Airport Authority of India

o AGP - Asom Gana Parishad
o AI - Air India
o AIADMK - All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
o AIR - All India Radio
o AP - Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh
o ASLV - Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
o BCCI - Board of Cricket Control in India
o BG - Broad Gauge (trains); Broad Guage railway tracks (5ft. 6in. - the
broadest in the world)
o BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party
o BSP - Bahujan Samaj Party
o CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation
o CBSE - Central Board of Secondary Education
o CII - Confederation fo Indian Industry
o CM - Chief Minister
o CPI - Communist Party of India
o CPI (M) - Communist Party of India (Marxist)
o CPI (ML) - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
o CPWD - Central Public Works Department; PWD of the GOI
o DA - Dearness Allowance
o DD - Doordarshan
o DK - Dravida Kazhagam
o DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
o DoT - Department of Telecommunications
o DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation
o EMU - Electric Multiple Unit
o FC - Forward Caste
o FM - Finance Minister
o GoI - Government of India
o GSLV - Geostationary Launch Vehicle
o HC - High Court
o HP - Himachal Pradesh
o IA - Indian Airlines
o IAF - Indian Air Force
o IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University
o IIM - Indian Institute of Management
o IIT - Indian Institute of Technology
o IMD - India Meteorological Department
o INSAT - Indian National Satellite
o IPKF - Indian Peace Keeping Force
o IRS - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
o ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
o LS - Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament)
o LTTE - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
o m-cap - (stock) market capitalisation
o MDMK - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
o MEA - Ministry of External Affairs
o MG - Meter Guage (trains); Meter Guage railway tracks (1 meter)
o MP - Madhya Pradesh
o NDA - National Democratic Alliance
o NIC : National Informatics Centre
o NRI - Non-Resident Indian
o NSC - National Savings Certificate
o OBC - Other Backward Classes
o ONGC - Oil and Natural Gas Commission
o PAN - Permanent Account Number (for income tax assessees)
o PF - Provident Fund
o PMK - Pattali Munnetra Kazhagam
o PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
o PSU - Public Sector Unit
o PTI - Press Trust of India
o PWD - Public Works Department
o RAW - Research & Analysis Wing (Indian intelligence and counter-
intelligence agency)
o RS - Rajya Sabha
o RSS - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
o SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
o SAIL - Steel Authority of India
o SC - Supreme Court
o SC/ST - Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Harijans or Dalits)
o SEBI - Securities Exchange Board of India
o Sensex - Sensitive Index (of the Bombay Stock Exchange)
o SP - Samajwadi Party; Samata Party
o ST - Scheduled Tribes
o TN - Tamil Nadu
o ULFA - United Liberation Front of Asom
o UP - Uttar Pradesh
o VHP - Vishwa Hindu Parishad
o WB - West Bengal
o Prez.- President