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Prakash Yedhula (Lawyer)     14 August 2009

List of Abbreviations

ABCP

Asset Backed Commercial Paper

ABSs

Asset Backed Securities

ACH

Automated Clearing Houses

ACU

Asian Clearing Union

ACU

Additional Competitive Underwriting

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADR

Asset Development Reserve

ADRs

American Depository Receipts

ADs

Authorised Dealers

ADWRS

Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme

AFC

Asset Finance Company

AFI

Annual Financial Inspection

AFS

Available for Sale

AIBP

Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme

AIDIS

All India Debt and Investment Survey

AIFI

All India Financial Institution

AIRB

Advanced Internal Rating Based Approach

ALD

Aggregate Liability to Depositors

ALM

Asset-Liability Management

AMA

Advanced Measurement Approach

AMCs

Authorised Money Changers

AML

Anti-Money Laundering

AMP

Advanced Measurement Approach

AMPIs

Aggregated Micro-Prudential Indicators

ANBC

Adjusted Net Bank Credit

APL

Above Poverty Line

APM

Administered Price Mechanism

ARC

Asset Reconstruction Company

AS

Accounting Standard

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

ATB

Auction Treasury Bill

ATM

Automated Teller Machine

BCs

Business Correspondents

BCBS

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

BCP

Business Continuity Planning

BCSBI

Banking Codes and Standards Board of India

BCTT

Banking Cash Transaction Tax

BFS

Board for Financial Supervision

BIA

Basic Indicator Approach

BIFR

Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

BIS

Bank for International Settlements

BLA

Bond Ledger Account

BoP

Balance of Payments

BOS

Banking Ombudsman Scheme

BPL

Below Poverty Line

BPLR

Benchmark Prime Lending Rate

BPO

Business Process Outsourcing

BPSS

Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems

BRBNMPL

Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited

BSE

The Stock Exchange, Mumbai

BSR

Basic Statistical Returns

BTC

Bankers' Training College

CA

Concurrent Audit

CAB

College of Agricultural Banking

CAPIO

Central Assistant Public Information Officer

CBLO

Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligation

CBS

Consolidated Banking Statistics

CBS

Core Banking System

CCC

Central Complaints Committee

CCEA

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

CCIL

Clearing Corporation of India Limited

CCP

Central Counter Party

CCRS

Currency Chest Reporting System

CD

Certificate of Deposit

CDBMS

Centralised Data Base Management System

CDOs

Collateralised Debt Obligations

CDR

Corporate Debt Restructuring

CDSs

Credit Default Swaps

CENVAT

Central Value Added Tax

CFCAC

Committe on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility

CFES

Centralised Funds Enquiry System

CFMS

Centralised Funds Management System

CFT

Combating Financing of Terrorism

CFTS

Centralised Funds Transfer System

CGRA

Currency and Gold Revaluation Account

CIB

Capital Indexed Bond

CIBIL

Credit Information Bureau of India Limited

CIC

Central Information Commissioner

CICTAB

Center for International Co-operation and Training in Agricultural Banking

CLCC

Central Level Coordination Committee

CME

Capital Market Exposure

CMIS

Currency Management Information System

COMORS

Compliance Monitoring and Reporting System

CoR

Certificate of Registration

CP

Commercial Paper

CPADS

Centralised Public Accounts Department System

CPC

Cheque Processing Centre

CPDO

Centralised Public Debt Office

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CPI-IW

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers

CPIO

Chief Public Information Officer

CPPAPS

Committee on Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services

CPR

Consolidated Prudential Return

COSMOS

Centralised Off-Site Monitering System

CR

Contingency Reserve

CRAR

Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio

CRB

Commodity Research Bureau

CRC

The Complaints Redressal Cell

CRF

Calamity Relief Fund

CRCS

Central Registrar of Co-operative Societies

CRR

Cash Reserve Ratio

CRT

Credit - Risk Transfer

CSAA

Control Self Assessment Audit

CSF

Consolidated Sinking Fund

CSGL

Constituents' Subsidiary General Ledger

CSO

Central Statistical Organisation

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility

CST

Central Sales Tax

CTR

Cash Transaction Report

CTS

Cheque Truncation System

CTT

Commodities Transaction Tax

CVD

Countervailing Duty

CVPS

Currency Verification and Processing System

DAD

Deposit Accounts Department

DAPM

Department of Administration and Personnel Management

DBIE

Database on Indian Economy

DBOD

Department of Banking Operations and Development

DBS

Department of Banking Supervision

DCC

District Consultative Committee

DCCB

District Central Cooperative Bank

DCM

Department of Currency Management

DCRF

Debt Consolidation and Relief Facility

DDP

District Development Programme

DDT

Dividend Distribution Tax

DEAP

Department of Economic Analysis and Policy

DEBC

Department of Expenditure and Budgetary Control

DEIO

Department of External Investments and Operations

DEPB

Duty Entitlement Pass Book

DESACS

Department of Statistical Analysis and Computer Services

DFEC

Duty Free Entitlement Certificate

DFHI

Discount and Finance House of India

DFIs

Development Finance Institutions

DFRC

Duty Free Replenishment Certificate

DGBA

Department of Government and Bank Accounts

DGCI&S

Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics

DGFT

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

DICGC

Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation

DIP

Disclosure and Investor Protection

DIT

Department of Information Technology

DLCC

District Level Consultative Committee

DMA

Direct Marketing Agent

DMIS

Document Management Information System

DNBS

Department of Non-Banking Supervision

DOC

Department of Communication

DoT

Department of Telecommunications

DPAP

Drought Prone Area Programme

DR

Disaster Recovery

DRG

Development Research Group

DRI

Differential Rate of Interest

DRS

Disaster Recovery System

DRT

Debt Recovery Tribunal

DSA

Direct Selling Agent

DSB

Designated Settlement Banks

DSIM

Department of Statistics and Information Management

DSS

Debt Swap Scheme

DTA

Domestic Tariff Area

DTL

Demand and Time Liabilities

DvP

Delivery versus Payment

EAD

Exposure at Default

EBT

Electronic Benefit Transfer

ECBs

External Commercial Borrowings

ECB

European Central Bank

ECBC

Energy Conservation Building Code

ECR

Export Credit Refinance

ECS

Electronic Clearing Services

EDC

Executive Directors' Committee

EDI

Entrepreneurship Development Institute

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EEA

Exchange Equalisation Account

EEFC

Exchange Earners' Foreign Currency

EEPC

Engineering Export Promotion Council

EFT

Electronic Funds Transfer

EIA

Energy Information Administration

EKMS

Enterprise Knowledge Management System

EMDEs

Emerging Market and Developing Economics

EMEs

Emerging Market Economies

EOU

Export Oriented Unit

EPCG

Export Promotion Capital Goods

ESOP

Employees Stock Option Plan

EU

European Union

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

FBT

Fringe Benefit Tax

FCA

Foreign Currency Assets

FCAC

Fuller Capital Account Convertibility

FCCB

Foreign Currency Convertible Bond

FCI

Food Corporation of India

FCNR(B)

Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Banks)

FCRA

Forward Contract Regulation Act

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FED

Foreign Exchange Department

FEDAI

Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India

FEMA

Foreign Exchange Management Act

FFMCs

Full Fledged Money Changers

FIF

Financial Inclusion Fund

FIIs

Foreign Institutional Investors

FIMMDA

Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India

FIPB

Foreign Investment Promotion Board

FIRB

Foundation Internal Rating Based

FIs

Financial Institutions

FITF

Financial Inclusion Technology Fund

FLCC

Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling Centre

FIU-IND

Financial Intelligence Unit-India

FMC

Forward Market Commission

FMD

Financial Markets Department

FMS

Focus Market Scheme

FNVC

Forged Note Vigilance Cell

FOB

Free on Board

FOMC

Federal Open Market Committee

FPOs

Follow-on Public Offers

FPS

Focus Product Scheme

FRA

Forward Rate Agreement

FRB

Floating Rate Bond

FRBM

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management

FRL

Full Reservoir Level

FRL

Fiscal Responsibility Legislation

FSA

Financial Services Authority

FSF

Financial Stability Forum

FST

Financial Sector Technology

FTIs

Fast Track Issues

FTP

Financial Transaction Plan

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GATS

General Agreement on Trade in Services

GB

Giga-bytes

GCC

General Credit Card

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GDR

Global Depository Receipt

GDS

Gross Domestic Saving

GFCF

Gross Fixed Capital Formation

GFD

Gross Fiscal Deficit

GIPSA

General Insurer's (Public Sector) Association of India

GLC

General Line of Credit

GNP

Gross National Product

GoI

Government of India

GRF

Guarantee Redemption Fund

GS

Government Securities

GSDP

Gross State Domestic Product

GST

Goods and Services Tax

HFCs

Housing Finance Companies

HFT

Held for Trading

HLAC

High Level Advisory Committee

HRDD

Human Resources Development Department

HRMS

Human Resources Management System

HTM

Held to Maturity

HUF

Hindu Undivided Family

IAS

Integrated Accounting System

IASC

Inspection and Audit Sub-Committee

IBA

Indian Banks' Association

IBL

Inter-Bank Liabilities

IBS

International Banking Statistics

ICAAP

Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process

ICAI

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

ICC

International Credit Card

ICCOMS

Integrated Computerised Currency Operation and Management System

ICOR

Incremental Capital-Output Ratio

ICP

International Comparison Programme

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

IDBI

Industrial Development Bank of India

IDL

Intra-Day Liquidity

IDMD

Internal Debt Management Department

IDR

Indian Depository Receipt

IDRBT

Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology

IEA

International Energy Agency

IES

Integrated Establishment System

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IGIDR

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

IIBF

Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

IIBI

Industrial Investment Bank of India Ltd.

IIFCL

India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited

IIM

Indian Institute of Management

IIP

Index of Industrial Production

IIT

Indian Institute of Technology

IIUS

Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme

IMA

Internal Models Approach

IMD

India Millennium Deposits

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMFC

International Monetary and Financial Committee

INFINET

Indian Financial Network

IPC

Irrevocable Payment Commitments

IPDI

Innovative Perpetual Debt Instrument

IPO

Initial Public Offering

IPP

Independent Power Producers

IRB

Internal Rating Based

IRDA

Insurance Regulatory and Development

Authority

IRDs

Interest Rate Derivatives

IRF

Interest Rate Future

IRS

Interest Rate Swap

IS

Information System

ISMS

Information Security Management System

ISO

International Organisation for Standardisation

IT

Information Technology

ITB

Intermediate Treasury Bill

ITES-BPO

Information Technology Enabled Services and Business Process Outsourcing

JNNURM

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal

Mission

JPC

Joint Parliamentary Committee

JV

Joint Venture

KCC

Kisan Credit Card

KYC

Know Your Customer

LAB

Local Area Bank

LAF

Liquidity Adjustment Facility

LAN

Local Area Network

LaR

Liquidity at Risk

LBS

Locational Banking Statistics

LC

Letter of Credit

LGD

Loss Given Default

LIBOR

London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

LIC

Life Insurance Corporation of India

LOC

Letter of Comfort

LPG

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

LPA

Long Period Average

LRS

Liberalised Remittance Scheme

LTV

Loan to Value

LVPS

Large Value Payment Systems

M&A

Merger and Acquisition

MASI

Management Audit Systems Inspection

MAT

Minimum Alternate Tax

MBC

Mutual Benefit Companies (Potential Nidhi)

MBFC

Mutual Benefit Financial Companies (Notified Nidhis)

MBS

Mortgage-Backed Securities

MEI

Macro Economic Indicators

MEP

Minimum Export Price

MF

Mutual Fund

MFI

Micro Finance Institution

MGC

Mortgage Guarantee Company

MICR

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

MIS

Management Information System

MMBCS

Magnetic Media Based Clearing System

MMS

Multi Modal Settlements

MNSB

Multilateral Net Settlement Batch

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPI

Macro-Prudential Indicator

MPLS

Multi Protocol Label Switching

MPP

Merchant Power Producers

MS

Money Supply (Broad Money)

MSCI

Morgan Stanley Capital International

MSEs

Micro and Small Enterprises

MSMEs

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

MSP

Minimum Support Price

MSS

Market Stabilisation Scheme

MTFP

Medium Term Fiscal Plan

MTM

Marked to Market

MTSS

Money Transfer Service Scheme

MUC

Minimum Underwriting Commitment

MW

Mega Watts

NABARD

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NASSCOM

National Association of Software and Services Companies

NAV

Net Asset Value

NBC

National Building Code

NBER

National Bureau of Economic Research

NBFCs

Non-Banking Financial Companies

NBFIs

Non-Banking Financial Institutions

NCAER

National Council of Applied Economic Research

NCAF

New Capital Adequacy Framework

NCC

National Clearing Cell

NDA

Net Domestic Asset

NDC

No Dues Cretificate

NDC

National Development Council

NDNC

National Do Not Call Registry

NDS

Negotiated Dealing System

NDS - OM

Negotiated Dealing System - Order Matching

NDTL

Net Demand and Time Liability

NEER

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate

NEFT

National Electronic Funds Transfer

NEP

National Electricity Policy

NER

North - Eastern Region

NFA

Net Foreign Assets

NFDC

National Film Development Corporation

NFEA

Net Foreign Exchange Assets

NFFWP

National Food for Work Programme

NFR

Non-Financial Reporting

NFS

National Financial Switch

NFSM

National Food Security Mission

NGO

Non-Government Organisation

NHB

National Housing Bank

NIBM

National Institute of Bank Management

NIC

National Informatics Centre

NIF

National Investment Fund

NIMC

National Implementing and Monitoring Committee

NMCP

National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme

NOC

No Objection Certificate

NOF

Net Owned Funds

NPAs

Non-Performing Assets

NPC

National Payments Council

NPS

New Pension Scheme

NPV

Net Present Value

NR(E)RA

Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account

NREGF

National Rural Employment Guarantee Fund

NREGS

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

NRHM

National Rural Health Mission

NRI

Non-Resident Indian

NRNR

Non-Resident Non-Repatriable

NRO

Non-Resident Ordinary

NRRDA

National Rural Road Development Agency

NSC

National Statistical Commission

NSDL

National Securities Depository Limited

NSE

National Stock Exchange

NSE-MIBOR -

National Stock Exchange-Mumbai Inter-bank Offered Rate

NSMs

Note Sorting Machines

NSS

National Settlement System

NSSF

National Small Saving Fund

NSSO

National Sample Survey Organisation

OBC

Other Backward Classes

OBE

Off- Balance Sheet Exposures

OBU

Off-shore Banking Unit

OCBs

Overseas Corporate Bodies

ODI

Overseas Direct Investment

OIL

Oil India Ltd.

OLTAS

Online Tax Accounting System

OMCs

Oil Marketing Companies

OMO

Open Market Operation

OMS

Open Market Sales

ONGC

Oil and Natural Gas Commission

OPAC

Online Public Access Catalogue

OPEC

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

ORFS

Online Returns Filing System

OSMOS

Off-Site Monitoring System

OSMOS

Off-Site Monitoring and Surveillance

OTC

Over-the-Counter

OTCEI

Over-the-Counter Exchange of India

OTS

One-Time Settlement

OWS

Other Welfare Schemes

P&L

Profit and Loss

P/E

Price-Earnings

PACS

Primary Agricultural Credit Society

PAD

Public Accounts Department

PAIS

Personal Accident Insurance Scheme

PAT

Profit After Tax

PBT

Profit Before Tax

PCA

Prompt Corrective Action

PCPS

Perpetual Cumulative Preference Shares

PD

Probability of Default

PDCF

Primary Dealer Credit Facility

PDO

Public Debt Office

PDs

Primary Dealers

PDS

Public Distribution System

PFCE

Private Final Consumption Expenditure

PIO

Persons of Indian Origin

PIT

Personal Income Tax

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PMEGP

Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme

PMLA

Prevention of Money Laundering Act

PNCPs

Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares

POL

Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants

PPP

Public Private Partnership

PRIS

Performance Related Incentive Scheme

PSBs

Public Sector Banks

PSUs

Public Sector Undertakings

QIB

Qualified Institutional Buyer

QII

Qualified Institutional Investor

QIP

Qualified Institutional Placement

QIS

Quantitative Impact Study

R&D

Research and Development

RBIA

Risk-Based Internal Audit

RBS

Risk-Based Supervision

RBSB

Reserve Bank Services Board

RBSC

Reserve Bank Staff College

RC

Reconstruction Company

RCC

Regional Complaints Committee

RCPS

Redeemable Cumulative Preference Shares

RCS

Registrar of Cooperative Societies

RD

Revenue Deficit

RDA

Rupee Drawing Arrangements

RDDB

Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions

REER

Real Effective Exchange Rate

RIA

Right to Information Act

RIDF

Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

RIF

Repository of Inspecting Finding

RKVY

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

RNBCs

Residuary Non-banking Companies

RNCPS

Redeemable Non-Cumulative Preference Shares

RPCD

Rural Planning and Credit Department

RRBs

Regional Rural Banks

RTGS

Real Time Gross Settlement

RTP

Reserve Tranche Position

RUDSETIs

Rural Development and Self-Employed Training Institutes

SA

Standardised Approach

SAARC

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SACP

Special Agricultural Credit Plan

SAFTA

South Asian Free Trade Agreement

SARFAESI

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest

SBI

State Bank of India

SBS

Shredding and Briquetting System

SC

Scheduled Caste

SC

Securitisation Company

SCB

Scheduled Commercial Bank

SCRA

Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act

SD

Sustainable Development

SDDS

Special Data Dissemination Standard

SDL

State Development Loan

SDLC

Software Development Life Cycle

SDR

Special Drawing Right

SEB

State Electricity Board

SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of India

SEC

Securities Exchange Commission

SEFT

Special Electronic Funds Transfer

SEEPZ

Santacruz Electronics Exports Processing Zone

SEZs

Special Economic Zones

SFC

State Financial Corporation

SFIO

Serious Frauds Investigation Office

SFMS

Structured Financial Messaging Solution

SFP

Single Factor Productivity

SGL

Subsidiary General Ledger

SGSY

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

SHGs

Self-Help Groups

SIDBI

Small Industries Development Bank of India

SIPS

Systemically Important Payment Systems

SITP

Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks

SIVs

Structured Investment Vehicles

SLAF

Second Liquidity Adjustment Facility

SLB

Securities Lending and Borrowing

SLBC

State Level Bankers' Committee

SLCC

State Level Coordination Committee

SLR

Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SLRS

Scheme of Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers

SLS

Securities Lending Scheme

SMAC

Secondary Market Advisory Committee

SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises

SMO

Special Market Operation

SNB

Swiss National Bank

SPC

Sixth Pay Commission

SPMCIL

Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd.

SPV

Special Purpose Vehicle

SR

Security Receipt

SREP

Strategic Research and Extension Plan

SRF

Special Reserve Fund

SRMS

Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers

SRP

Supervisory Review Process

SRS

System Requirement Specification

SSA

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

SSCs

Special Sub-Committees

SSIs

Small Scale Industries

SSSs

Securities Settlement Systems

ST

Scheduled Tribe

StCB

State Co-operative Bank

STCRC

Short Term Co-operative Rural Credit

STL

Structural Liquidity Statement

STOs

State Treasury Offices

STP

Straight Through Processing

STPI

Software Technology Parks of India

STR

Suspicious Transaction Report

STRIPS

Separate Trading for Registered Interest and Principal of Securities

STT

Securities Transaction Tax

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee

TAF

Term Auction Facility

TAFCUB

Task Force for Urban Co-operative Bank

TAG

Technical Advisory Group

TBs

Treasury Bills

TDS

Tax Deduction at Source

TFC

Twelfth Finance Commission

TFCI

Tourism Finance Corporation of India

TFP

Total Factor Productivity

TMT

Thermo Mechanically Treated

TPDS

Targeted Public Distribution System

TRAI

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

TUCC

Telecom Unsolicited Commercial Communications

TUF

Technology Upgradation Fund

UBD

Urban Banks Department

UCBs

Urban Cooperative Banks

ULIP

Unit Linked Insurance Plan

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

UNSCR

United Nations Security Council Regulations

UNSNA

United Nation System of National Accounts

URR

Unremunerated Reserve Requirements

URRBCH

Uniform Regulations and Rules for Bankers' Clearing House

UTLBC

Union Territory Level Bankers' Committee

VaR

Value at Risk

VAT

Value Added Tax

VCF

Venture Capital Fund

WADR

Weighted Average Discount Rate

WAN

Wide Area Network

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

WDM

Wholesale Debt Market

WFP

World Food Programme

WGC

World Gold Council

WI

When Issued

WMA

Ways and Means Advance

WOS

Wholly Owned Subsidiary

WPI

Wholesale Price Index

WSS

Weekly Statistical Supplement

WTI

West Texas Intermediate

WTO

World Trade Organisation

Y-o-Y

Year-on-Year

YTM

Yield-to-Maturity

ZCYC

Zero Coupon Yield Curve

ZTC

Zonal Training Centre



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 6 Replies

Y V Vishweshwar Rao (Advocate )     14 August 2009

Thanks Mr Praksh ,

it is very useful , in fact , at times,  We  may not recollect a smal adn Comon thing , it will be useful list of abbreviations  

kirtirani sole (Student)     14 August 2009

Thank You Sir.

V.V.RAMDAS (Advocate)     15 August 2009

Thank you prakash.

surya kaliyamoorthi (Assistant Legal Manager)     15 August 2009

Thank You Prakash Sir...

SANJAY DIXIT (Advocate)     15 August 2009

Really helpful for every body.

THANKS.

Wahab Rizvi (Advocate)     08 October 2009

Its really useful.


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