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NLBS : National Livestock Breeding Strategy

SFPP : Special Food Grain Production Programme

NPDP : National Pulses Development Programme

CADP : Common Area Development Programme

IPM : Integrated Pest Management

HYVP : High Yielding Variety Programme

RRBs : Regional Rural Banks

NABARD : National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

ACD : Agriculture Credit Department

RPC : Rural Planning and Credit

ARDC : Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation

FCI : Food Corporation of India

PDS : Public Distribution System

TPDS : Targeted Public Distribution System

CACP : Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices

LDBs : Land Development Banks

FSS : Farmers Service Societies

AFC : Agriculture Finance Corporation

CSO : Central Statistic Organisation

MRTP : Monopolies Restrictive Trade Practices

UNS : United Nations Survey

BFC : Bengal Famine Commission

ARCSC : All India Rural Credit Survey Committee

CCBs : Central Co-operative Banks

SCBs : State Co-operative Banks

TME : Technical Monitoring and Evaluation

RIDF : Rural Infrastructural Development Fund

SAO : Seasonal Agricultural Operations

IADP : Intensive Agro District Programme

RWP : Rural Works Programme

MFALS : Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Scheme

FPS : Fair Price Shops

WFP : World Food ProgrammeBPL : Below Poverty Line

CIP : Central Issue Price

EAS : Employment Assurance Scheme

JRY : Jawhar Rozgar Yojana

SGRY : Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana

MRD : Ministry of Rural Development

DAPR : Draft Agricultural Policy Resolution

IRDP : Integrated Rural Development Programme

DIC : District Industries Centre

MEC : Minimum Economic Capacities

IIP : Index of Industrial Production

ONGC : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

NTPC : National Thermal Power Corporation

ICOR : Incremental Capital Output Ratio

IRCI : Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India

IRBI : Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India

IIBI : Industrial Investment Bank of India

SIC : Sick Industrial Companies

BIFR : Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

NCLT : National Company Law Tribunal

SLIIC : State Level Inter Institutional Committee

IDBI : Industrial development Bank of India

ICICI : Institutional Credit and Investment Corporation of India

SIDC : Small Industries Development Corporation

SIDBI : Small Industries Development Bank of India

SIDO : Small Industries Development Organisation

NSIC : National Small Industries Corporation

NEFS : National Equity Fund Scheme

GDRs : Global Depository Receipts

IOC : Indian Oil Corporation

SCI : Shipping Corporation of India

MOU : Memoranda of Understanding

NIP : New Industrial Policy

IPR : Industrial Policy Resolution

IDRA : Industrial Development and Regulation Act

BPE : Bureau of Public Enterprises

SIDF : Small Industries Development Fund

NSIC : National Small Industries Corporation

NEF : National Equity Fund

TDC : Technology Development Cell

EDP : Entrepreneurial Development Programme

NHDC : National Handloom Development Corporation

PSUs : Public Sector Undertakings

CSIR : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

NRI : Non-Resident of India

BPO : Business Process out Sourcing

NSSO : National Sample Survey Organisation

NAS : National Account Statistics

MODVAT : Modified Value Added Tax

CENVAT : Central Value Added Tax

VAT : Value Added Tax

LTC : Leave Travel Concession

AAY : Antodaya Anna Yojana

ISM : Integrate Indian System of Medicine

IMR : Infant Mortality Ratio

MMR : Maternal Mortality Ratio

NRY : Nehru Rozgar Yojana

SESUP : Self Employment Scheme for Urban Poor

PMRY : Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana

PMIUPEP : Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication

Programme

SJSRY : Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana

SJGSY : Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

JGSY : Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana

CEA : Council of Economic Advisers

TRYSEM : Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment

CRTTC : Composite Rural Training and Technical Centers

DWCRA : Development of women and Children in Rural Areas

MWS : Million Wells Scheme

USEP : Urban Self Employment Programme

UWEP : Urban Wage Employment Programme

JGSY : Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana

PMGY : Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana

PMGSY : Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

JPRGY : Jai Prakash Rozgar Guarantee Yojana

VAMBAY : Valmiki Ambadkar Awas Yojana

CWS : Currently Weekly Status

CDS : Currently Daily Status

MTA : Mid Term Appraisal

SME : Small and Medium Enterprises

NFFWP : National Food For Work Programme

DPAP : Drought Prone Area Programme

DDP : Desert Development Programme

IWDP : Integrated Waste lands Development Programme

NHPC : National Hydro electric Power Corporation

NPCIL : Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

SEBs : State Electricity Boards

CERC : Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

OPEC : Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

POL : Petroleum Oil and Lubricants

PLF : Plant Load Factor

GRT : Gross Registered Tonnage

AMPC : Automatic Mail Processing Centers

VPT : Village Public Telephone

PCOs : Public Call Offices

BSNL : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

MTNL : Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

TRAI : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

NIXI : National Internet Exchange of India

NPE : National Policy on Education

SSA : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

NPEGEL : National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level

EGS : Education Guarantee Scheme

AIE : Alternative Innovative Education

KGBV : Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

PSK : Parambhik Shiksha Kosh

IIT : Indian Institute of Technology

IIM : Indian Institute of Management

NLM : National Literacy Mission

TLC : Total Literacy Campaign

FRBM : Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management

EPCG : Export Promotion of Capital Goods

CRR : Cash Reserve Ratio

SLR : Statutory Liquid Ratio

FDI : Foreign Direct Investment

NPAs : Non-Performing Asset

FRAs : Forward Rate Agreements

EOUs : Export Oriented Units

CCS : Cash Compensatory Scheme

EPZs : Export Processing Zones

FIEO : Federation of Indian Export Organisation

FERA : Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

FEMA : Foreign Exchange Management Act

DFEC : Duty Free Export Credit

TRC : Tax Reform Committee

SEZ : Special Economic Zone

GDRs : Global Depository Receipts

EMRs : Exclusive Marketing Rights

TRIPs : Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights

FII : Foreign Institutional Investors

IMF : International Monetary Fund

IBRD : Industrial Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IDA : International Development Association

IFC : International Finance Corporation

MIGA : Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

ICSID : International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

MTAs : Multilateral Trade Agreements

PTAs : Plurilateral Trade Agreements

PRGF : Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

SBA : Stand By AgreementSRF : Supplemental Reserve Facility

CFF : Compensatory Financing Facility

DSB : Dispute Settlement Body

FTWZ : Free Trade Ware Housing Zone

EEFC : Export Earners Foreign Currency

DES : Duty Exemption Scheme

DEPB : Duty Entitlement Pass Book scheme

AEZ : Agriculture Export Zones

SIL : Special Import License

GST : Goods and Services Tax

RCTC : Risk Capital and Technology Corporation

RCF : Risk Capital Foundation

TDICI : Technology Development and Information Company of India

TFCI : Tourist Finance Corporation of India

UTI : Unit Trust of India

LIC : Life Insurance Corporation

GIC : General Insurance Corporation

CRISIL : Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd

IFCI : Industrial Finance Corporation of India

DCP : District Credit Plan

DCC : District Consultative Committees

AAP : Annual Action Plans

GATT : General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs

UNCTAD : United Nations Conference on Trade And Development

GSTR : General Scheme for Trade Preference

MCA : Minimum Compulsory Access

MFA : Multi Fiber Agreement

OGL : Open General License

PLR : Prime Lending Rates

MFIL : Modern Food Industries Limited

TM : Trade Mark

T&D : Transmission and Distribution

R&D : Research and Development

GER : Gross Enrolment Ratio