LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACC Associated Cement Companies Limited

ANOVA Analysis of Variance
API Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
APPML Andra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited
ARTC Assam Railway and Trading Company
ATF Aviation Turbine Fuel
AV Birla Adity Vikram Birla
BCCI Bulk Cement Corporation (India) Limited
BKT Balkrishna Industries Limited
BMW Bavarian Motor Works
BPCL Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
BPSD Barrels Per Stream Day
C&D Co-operation and Development
CCC Cash Conversion Cycle
CCP Creditors Conversion Period
CCR Cash Coverage Ratio
CFC Chlorofluoro Carbon
CFL Coromandel Fertilizers Limited
CIPLA Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories
CMO Central Marketing Organisation
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CNS Central Nervous System
COGS Cost of Goods Sold
CORIL Caltex Oil Refining India Limited
CPS Custom Pharmaceutical Services
CR Current Ratio
CRAMS Contract Research and Manufacturing Services
DAP Di-Ammonium Phosphate
DCP Debtors Conversion Period
DIO Days Inventory Oustanding
DMF Drug Master File
DPO Days Payable Outstanding

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DSO Days Sales Outstanding
EBIT Earnings Before Interest and Tax
ECM Efficiency of Cash Management
EOQ Economic Order Quantity
FCC Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
FMCG Fast Moving Consumer Goods
GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEE Generalized Estimating Equations
GEECL Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited
GNFC Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited
GSFC Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited
GSK Glaxosmithkline Limited
GSPC Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited
HBJ Hazira-Bijeypur-Jagdishpur
HFP Hunyani Flexible Products
HMML Hindustan Milkfood Manufacturer Limited
HPCL Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
HSL Hindustan Steel Limited
ICP Inventory Conversion Period
IEA International Energy Agency
IOC Indian Oil Corporation
ISO International Standards Organization
IT Information Technology
ITR Inventory Turnover Ratio
J&K Jammu & Kashmir
JISCO Jindal Iron and Steel Company
JSE Johannesburg Stock Exchange
JSPL Jindal Steel & Power Limited
JSW Jindal South West Limited
JV Joint Ventures
JVSL Jindal Vijayanager Steel Limited
KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology

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KRBL The Khushi Ram Behari Lal Limited
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
MCC The Medicines Control Council
MCL Madras Cements Limited
MEL Maharashtra Elektrosmelt
MFPI Ministry of Food Processing Industries
MHRA Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
MMbbl Million Barrels
MMT Million Metric Tons
MMTPA Million Metric Tonne Per Annum
MOP Murate of Potash
MRF Mudras Rubber Factory Limited
MRPL Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited
MSEZ Mangalore Special Economic Zone
MT Million Tones
MT Metric Tons
NCE New Chemical Entity
NELP The New Exploration Licensing Policy
NPK Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potash
NSE National Stock Exchange
NTBS No Touch Breast Scan
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturers
OIL Oil India Limited
OMPL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited
ONGC Oil & Natural Gas Commission
OTC Over The Counter
PI Performance Index
PTR Payable Turnover Ratio
PUS Public Sector Units
QCC Operating Cash Cycle
QR Quick Ratio
R&D Research and Development

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RCF Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited
RE Religious Education
RIL Reliance Industries Limited
RINL Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
RMC Ready Mix Concrete
ROA Return on Assets
ROI Return on Investment
RPS Retention Price Scheme
RTR Receivable Turnover Ratio
SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited
SAILCON SAIL Consultancy Division
SD Standard Deviation
SEF Sulphar Enhanced Fertilizers
SMA Spinal Muscular Atrophy
SME Small and Medium Enterprises
SPARC Sun Pharma Advanced Research Center
SPR Strategic Petroleum Reserve
SSP Single Super Phosphate
SSP Sesmi Synthetic Penicillin
SSPML Seshasayee Paper Mills Limited
TGA The Therapeutic Goods Administration
TISCO TATA Iron and Steel Company
TMT Thousand Metric Tons
TPA Third Party Administration
UAE United Arab Emirates
UI Utilization Index
UK United Kingdom
USA United States of America
USFDA United States Food and Drug Administration
WCME Working Capital Management Efficiency
WHO World Health Organization
ZSE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

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