ADB

–

Asian Development Bank

CPI

–

Consumer Price Index

ADs

–

Authorised Dealers

CPI-IW

–

Consumer Price Index for

ADRs

–

American Depository Receipts

Industrial Workers

AFS

–

Available for Sale

CPSS

–

Core Principles for Systematically

Important Payment Systems

AIFIs

–

All India Financial Institutions

CRAR

–

Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets

ARDL

–

Autoregressive Distributed Lag

ASEAN

–

Association of South East

CRISIL

–

Credit Rating and Information

Asian Nations

ATM

–

Automated Teller Machine

CRR

–

Cash Reserve Ratio

BEI

–

Business Expectation Index

CSGL

–

Constituents' Subsidiary

BFS

–

Board for Financial

CSO

–

Central Statistical Organisation

BIS

–

Bank for International Settlements

DA

–

Doubtful Assets

BNM

–

Bank-Negara Malaysia

DCA

–

Department of Company Affairs

BoP

–

Balance of Payments

DFIs

–

Development Finance Institutions

BoK

–

Bank of Korea

DGCI&S

–

Directorate General of

BPLR

–

Benchmark Prime Lending Rate

BPO

–

Business Process Outsourcing

BSE

–

The Stock Exchange, Mumbai

DICGC

–

Deposit Insurance and Credit

Guarantee Corporation

CAAP

–

Capital Adequacy Assessment

DNS

–

Deferred Net Settlement

Programme

CAS

–

Credit Authorisation Scheme

DSRE

–

Deposit Scheme for Retiring Employees

CBLO

–

Collateralised Borrowing and

ECB

–

European Central Bank

Lending Operations

CCL

–

Contingent Credit Line

CCIL

–

Clearing Corporation

of India

ECBs

–

External Commercial

Limited

Borrowings

CDs

–

Certificates of Deposit

ECB GAAP

–

European Central Bank Generally

CDR

–

Corporate Debt Restructuring

CIB

–

Capital Indexed Bonds

ECGC

–

Export Credit Guarantee

Corporation

CIBIL

–

Credit Information Bureau of

ECS

–

Electronic Clearing Service

CII

–

Confederation of Indian

EFP

–

External Finance Premium

Industry

EFT

–

Electronic Funds Transfer

CLF

–

Collateralised Lending Facility

ELA

–

Emergency Liquidity Assistance

CNB

–

Czech National Bank

EMEs

–

Emerging Market Economies

CoR

–

Certificate of Registration

EMBI

–

Emerging Market Bond Index

CP

–

Commercial Paper

ERM

–

Exchange Rate Mechanism

ESA

–

Emergency Solvency Assistance

GFD

–

Gross Fiscal Deficit

EU

–

European Union

GoI

–

Government of India

FCA

–

Foreign Currency Assets

HFT

–

Held for Trading

FCCBs

–

Foreign Currency Convertible

HICP

–

Harmonised Index of Consumer

Bonds

Prices

FCNR(B)

–

Foreign Currency Non-Resident

HLCCFCM

–

High Level Coordinaton

(Banks)

Committee on Financial and

FDI

–

Foreign Direct Investment

Capital Markets

FEMA

–

Foreign Exchange

HTM

–

Held to Maturity

Management Act

IAS

–

International Accounting

FI

–

Financial Institution

Standards

FII

–

Foreign Institutional Investor

IBA

–

Indian Banks’ Association

FIPB

–

Foreign Investment Promotion

IDL

–

Intra-Day Liquidity

Board

FMC

–

Financial Market Committee

IFI

–

International Financial Institution

FMCG

–

Fast Moving Consumer Goods

IFR

–

Investment Fluctuation Reserve

FoB

–

Free on Board

IIBI

–

Industrial Investment Bank of

India Ltd.

FOMC

–

Federal Open Market

IIP

–

Index of Industrial Production

Committee

FoR

–

Free on Rail

ILAF

–

Interim Liquidity Adjustment

Facility

FRA

–

Forward Rate Agreement

IMD

–

India Meteorological Department

FRBs

–

Floating Rate Bonds

IMF

–

International Monetary Fund

FRBM

–

Fiscal Responsibility and

IOSCO

–

International Organisation of

Budget Management Act

FRL

–

Full Reservoir Level

IPAs

–

Issuing and Paying Agents

FSA

–

Financial Services Authority

IPO

–

Initial Public Offer

FSR

–

Financial Stability Review

IRDA

–

Insurance Regulatory and

Development Authority

FTPL

–

Fiscal Theory of the Price

IRFC

–

Indian Railway Finance

Level

Corporation

FVR

–

Funding Volatility Ratio

IRS

–

Interest Rate Swap

GATT

–

General Agreement on Tariffs

and Trade

IT

–

Inflation Targeting/Information

Technology

GCC

–

General Credit Card

KCC

–

Kisan Credit Card

GCF

–

Gross Capital Formation

LAF

–

Liquidity Adjustment Facility

GDCF

–

Gross Domestic Capital

LIBOR

–

London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

Formation

GDP

–

Gross Domestic Product

LIC

–

Life Insurance Corporation

GDS

–

Gross Domestic Savings

LILICS

–

Less Indebted Low-Income

GDRs

–

Global Depository Receipts

Countries

LOLR

–

Lender of Last Resort

NDS

–

Negotiated Dealing System

LPA

–

Long Period Average

NDTL

–

Net Demand and Time

Liabilities

LTCM

–

Long Term Capital

NEER

–

Nominal Effective Exchange

Management

Rate

LVPS

–

Large Value Payment Systems

NFA

–

Net Foreign Assets

–

Narrow Money

^M1

–

Broad Money

NFEA

–

Net Foreign Exchange Assets

^M3

MBS

–

Mortgage Backed Securities

NHB

–

National Housing Bank

MCI

–

Monetary Conditions Index

NOF

–

Net Owned Funds

MIBOR

–

Mumbai Inter-bank Offered Rate

NPA

–

Non-Performing Asset

MIFOR

–

Mumbai Inter-bank Forward

NPL

–

Non-Performing Loan

Offered Rate

NRBICG

–

Net RBI Credit to Central

Government

MoU

–

Memorandum of Understanding

NR(E)RA

–

Non-Resident (External) Rupee

Account

MPC

–

Monetary Policy Committee

NRI

–

Non-Resident Indian

MPI

–

Macro Prudential Indicators

NR(NR)RD

–

Non-Resident (Non-Repatriable)

MSP

–

Minimum Support Price

Rupee Deposits

MSBs

–

Market Stabilisation Bills/Bonds

NSE

–

National Stock Exchange

MSS

–

Market Stabilisation Scheme

NSE-MIBOR

–

National

Stock Exchange -

MTFRP

–

Medium Term Fiscal

Mumbai - Inter-Bank Offer Rate

Restructuring Policy

NSSF

–

National Small Savings Fund

NABARD

–

National Bank for Agriculture

OD

–

Overdraft

and Rural Development

OECD

–

Organisation for Economic Co-

NASDAQ

–

National

Association of

operation and Development

Securities Dealers Automatic

OMO

–

Open Market Operations

Quotation System

OMS

–

Open Market Sales

NAV

–

Net Asset Value

OWS

–

Other Welfare Schemes

NBER

–

National Bureau of Economic

PACS

–

Primary

Agricultural

Credit

Research

Societies

NBFCs

–

Non-Banking Financial

PBC

–

The Peoples Bank of China

Companies

PCA

–

Prompt Corrective Action

NBP

–

The National Bank of Poland

PDs

–

Primary Dealers

NCAER

–

National Council of Applied

PDS

–

Public Distribution System

Economic Research

PFC

–

Power Finance Corporaton

NCDs

–

Negotiable Certificates of

PFI

–

Public Financial Institution

Deposit

PLR

–

Prime Lending Rate

NCDs

–

Non-Convertible Debentures

PPP

–

Purchasing Power Parity

NDA

–

Net Domestic Assets

PSBs

–

Public Sector Banks

SEBI

–

Securities and Exchange Board

PSCFC

–

Post-Shipment Export Credit in

of India

Foreign Currency

SENSEX

–

BSE Sensitive Index

PSS

–

Payment and Settlement System

SFCs

–

State Financial Corporations

PSUs

–

Public Sector Undertakings

SHGs

–

Self-Help Groups

PTLRs

–

Prime Term Lending Rates

SIA

–

Secretariat of Industrial Assistance

QFCs

–

Quasi-Fiscal Costs

SIDCs

–

State Industrial Development

Corporations

QFII

–

Qualified Foreign Institutional

SIFIs

–

Systemically Important

Investor

Financial Intermediaries

QRs

–

Quantitative Restrictions

SLR

–

Statutory Liquidity Ratio

RBI

–

Reserve Bank of India

RBS

–

Risk Based Supervision

SME

–

Small and Medium Enterprises

REC

–

Rural Electrification

SPVs

–

Special Purpose Vehicles

Corporation

SSEs

–

Systematic Scale Economies

REER

–

Real Effective Exchange Rate

SSI

–

Small Scale Industries

RIDF

–

Rural Infrastructure

STT

–

Securities Transaction Tax

Development Fund

TBs

–

Treasury Bills

RNBCs

–

Residuary Non-Banking

Companies

TPDS

–

Targeted Public Distribution

System

RoA

–

Return on Assets

UCBs

–

Urban Co-operative Banks

RRBs

–

Regional Rural Banks

UIP

–

Uncovered Interest Parity

RTGS

–

Real Time Gross Settlement

UMA

–

Unpleasant Monetary Arithmetic

RTP

–

Reserve Tranche Position

URR

–

Unremunerative Reserve

SACP

–

Special Agriculture Credit Plans

Requirement

SARFAESI

–

Securitisation and

UTs

–

Union Territories

Reconstruction of Financial

Assets and Enforcement of

UTI

–

Unit Trust of India

Security Interest

VAR

–

Vector Auto Regression

SBI

–

State Bank of India

WMA

–

Ways and Means Advances

SCBs

–

Scheduled Commercial Banks

WPI

–

Wholesale Price Index

SDRs

–

Special Drawing Rights

WTO

–

World Trade Organisation

SDRM

–

Sovereign Debt Restructuring

YTM

–

Yield To Maturity

Mechanism