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ECB                 External Commercial Borrowing

ECM                European Common Market

EDP                 Entrepreneurship Development Programme

EEC                 European Economic Community

EFTA               European Free Trade Area

EGS                 Employment Guarantee Scheme

EOUs               Export Oriented Units

EPCG              Export Promotion Capital goods

EPF                 Employees’ Provident Fund

EPZs                Export Processing zones/Export Promotion Zones

ESAF               Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility

ESCAP            Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

EWS                Economically Weaker sections

EXIM Bank     Export and Import bank

FAO                Food and Agriculture Organisation

FATF               Financial action task force

FCCBs                        Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds

FCNR(B)         Foreign Currency Non-residents Accounts (Bank)

FCRCs                        Foreign Controlled Rupee Companies

FDI                  Foreign Direct Investment

FECs               Foreign Exchange Certificates

FEMA             Foreign Exchange Management Act

FERA              Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

FEDAs Fish Farmers Development Agencies

FICCI              Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

FIIA                 Foreign Investment implementation Authority

FIIs                  Foreign Institutional Investors

FIPB                Foreign Investment promotion board

FIPC                Foreign Investment promotion council

FTZ                 Free trade zone

FWP                Food for work programme

GATT              General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

GCA                General Currency Area

GCF                Gross Capital Formation

GDCF              Gross Domestic Capital Formation

GDP                Gross Domestic Product

GDRs               Global Depository Receipts

GFCF              Gross Fixed Capital Formation

GFD                Gross Fiscal Deficit

GFR                 General Fertility Rate

GRT                 Gross Registered Tonnage

GSTP               Global System of Trade Preference

HDI                 Human Development Index

IAAI                International Airports Authority of India

IADP               Intensive Agricultural District Programme

IATP                Income Adjusted Total Population

IBA                  Indian Bankers Association

IBPs                 Inter-Bank Participations

IBRD               International Bank for Reconstruction and development

ICAR               Indian council of Agricultural Research

 

ICOR               Incremental Capital Output Ratio

ICP                  International Comparison programme

ICRA               Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India

ICRR               Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio

ICRR               Independent Cash Reserve Ratio

IDA                 International Development Association

IDI                   Industrial Development Index

IDRA               Industrial Development and Regulation Act

IEBR                Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources

IFC                  Indian Fiscal Commission

IIDC                Integrated Infrastucture Development Centre

IIF                   Institute of International Finance

IIP                   Index of Industrial Production

ILO                  International Labour Organisation

IMF                 International Monetary Fund

IPO                  Initial Public Offers

IPPs                 Independent Power Producers

IRBI                 Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India

IRCI                Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India

IRDA               Insurance Regulation and Development Authority

IRDP               Integrated Rural Development Agency

IREDA Institute Renewable Energy Development Programme

IUCN              International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

JMF                 Jute Modernisation Fund

JPC                  Joint Plant Committee/Joint Parliamentary Committee

JRY                 Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

KVIC              Khadi and Village Industries Commission

LBS                 Leads Bank Scheme

LDBs               Land Development Banks

LERM              Liberalised Exchange Rate Mechanism

LIBOR London Inter-bank Borrowing Rate

LTFP               Long-term Fiscal Policy

MAI                 Multilateral Agreement on Investment

MAT                Minimum Alternate Tax

MCR               Miscellaneous Capital Receipts

MEP                Macro-economic Programme

MFA                Multi-Fibre Agreement

MIC                 Monopolies Inquiry Commission

MIGA              Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

MIS                 Management Information System

MMMFs          Money Market Mutual Funds

MNCs             Multi-national Corporations/Companies

MODVAT       Modified Value Added Tax

MOU               Memorandum of Understanding

MPCE             Monthly Per Capita Expenditure

MRTP              Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices

MTN               Multilateral Trade Negotiations

MTO               Multilateral Trade Organisation

NABARD        National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NAFED           National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation

NAIS               National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

NASSCOM     National Association of Software and Services Companies

NAV                Net Asset Value

NBFC              National Banking Finance Companies

NBFCs            Non-banking Finance Companies

NBO                National Building Organisation

NCA                National Commission on Agriculture

NCAER           National Council of Applied Economic Research

NCCF             National Consumers Cooperative Federation

NCDBA          National Committee for Development and Warehousing Board

NCDC             National Cooperative Development Corporation

NCDWB         National Cooperative Development and Warehousing Board

NDC                National Development Council

NDCF             Net Domestic Capital Formation

NDP                Net Domestic Product

NEEP              National Energy Efficiency Programme

NEF                 National Equity Fund

NELP              New Exploration Licensing Policy

NEP                 New Economic Policy

NGOs              Non government Organisations

NHAI              National Highways Authority of India Ltd

NHB                National Housing Bank

NHPC             National Hydel Power Corporation

NIDC              National Industrial Development Corporation

NIPFP             National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

NIRD               National Institute of Rural Development

NLI                  National Labour Institute

NODP             National Oilseed Development Programme

NPAs               Non-performing Assets

NPC                National Planning Commission

NPMN                        National Programme for Minimum Needs

NPRI               National Programme for Rural Industrialisation

NREP              National Rural Employment Programme

NRF                National Renewal Fund

NRIs                Non-Resident Indians

NRNR             Non-Resident Non-repatriable Rupee Account

NSC                National Seeds Corporation

NSDP              Net State Domestic Product

NSIC               National Small-scale Industries Corporation

NSS                 National Sample Survey

NVFSIT          National Venture Fund for Software and IT Industry

NWDB            National Wastelands Development Board


 

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