List of Abbreviations - ఆర్బిఐ - Reserve Bank of India
List of Abbreviations
AP |
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Ashoka Pillar |
ACE |
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Asset Care Enterprise Ltd. |
ACU |
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Asian Clearing Union |
ADs |
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Authorised Dealers |
AFS |
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Available for Sale |
AIBP |
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Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme |
ALM |
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Asset-Liability Management |
AMS |
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Aggregate Measure of Support |
AoA |
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Agreement on Agriculture |
APDRP |
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Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme |
APL |
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Above Poverty Line |
APM |
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Administered Price Mechanism |
ASCI |
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Administrative Staff College of India |
ATMs |
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Automated Teller Machines |
BCP |
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Business Continuity Plans |
BE |
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Budget Estimates |
BFS |
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Board for Financial Supervision |
BFSI |
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Banking, Financial Services and Insurance |
BIS |
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Bank for International Settlements |
BPL |
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Below Poverty Line |
BPO |
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Business Process Outsourcing |
BRBNMPL |
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Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited |
BTC |
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Bankers Training College |
CA |
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Certification Authority |
CAB |
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College of Agricultural Banking |
CACs |
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Collective Action Clauses |
CAG |
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Comptroller and Auditor General |
CBLO |
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Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligation |
CBoT |
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Chicago Board of Trade |
CBS |
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Consolidated Banking Statistics |
CC |
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Cash Credit |
CCA |
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Controller of Certifying Authorities |
CCIL |
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Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
CCP |
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Central Counter Party |
CCTV |
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Closed Circuit Television Surveillance Systems |
CD |
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Certificates of Deposit |
CDBMS |
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Central Database Management System |
CDR |
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Corporate Debt Restructuring |
CEO |
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Chief Executive Officer |
CFMS |
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Centralised Funds Management System |
CFS |
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Consolidated Financial Statement |
CFTS |
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Centralised Funds Transfer System |
CGRA |
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Currency and Gold Revaluation Account |
CIBIL |
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Credit Information Bureau of India Limited |
CIP |
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Covered Interest Parity |
CIS |
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Commonwealth of Independent States |
CLA |
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Central Listing Authority |
CLF |
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Collateralised Lending Facility |
CoR |
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Certificate of Registration |
COSMOS |
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Centralised-OSMOS |
CPI–IW |
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Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers |
CPR |
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Consolidated Prudential Report |
CP |
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Commercial Paper |
CPSS |
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Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems |
CPSUs |
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Central Power Sector Undertakings |
CRAR |
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Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio |
CRM |
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Country Risk Management |
CRR |
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Cash Reserve Ratio |
CSGL |
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Constituents’ Subsidiary General Ledger Account |
CVPSs |
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Currency Verification and Processing Systems |
DAD |
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Deposit Accounts Department |
DAPM |
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Department of Administration and Personnel Management |
DBOD |
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Department of Banking Operations and Development |
DBS |
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Department of Banking Supervision |
DCA |
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Debtor-Creditor Agreement |
DCCBs |
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District Central Co-operative Banks |
DCM |
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Department of Currency Management |
DEAP |
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Department of Economic Analysis and Policy |
DEBC |
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Department of Expenditure and Budgetary Control |
DEIO |
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Department of External Investments and Operations |
DESACS |
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Department of Statistical Analysis and Computer Services |
DGBA |
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Department of Government and Bank Accounts |
DICGC |
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Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation |
DIT |
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Department of Information Technology |
DNBS |
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Department of Non-Banking Supervision |
DRDAs |
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District Rural Development Agencies |
DRG |
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Development Research Group |
DRI |
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Differential Rate of Interest |
DRS |
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Disaster Recovery System |
DRTs |
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Debt Recovery Tribunals |
DTA |
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Domestic Tariff Area |
DTL |
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Demand and Time Liabilities |
DvP |
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Delivery versus Payment |
DWCRA |
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Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas |
ECBs |
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External Commercial Borrowings |
ECD |
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Exchange Control Department |
ECNs |
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Electronic Communication Networks |
ECR |
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Export Credit Refinance |
ECS |
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Electronic Clearing Services |
EDI |
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Electronic Data Interchange |
EDIFAR |
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Electronic Data Information Filing and Retrieval |
EEFC |
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Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency |
EFC |
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Eleventh Finance Commission |
EFT |
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Electronic Funds Transfer |
EKMS |
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Enterprise Knowledge Management System |
EMU |
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European Monetary Union |
EOUs |
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Export Oriented Units |
ESCAP |
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
EU |
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European Union |
EXIM |
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Export Import |
EXIM BANK |
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Export Import Bank of India |
FCI |
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Food Corporation of India |
FCNR(B) |
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Foreign Currency Non-Resident(Banks) |
FCRA |
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Forward Contract Regulation Act |
FDI |
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Foreign Direct Investment |
FET–ERS |
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Foreign Exchange Transactions- Electronic Reporting System |
FIs |
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Financial Institutions |
FIIs |
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Foreign Institutional Investors |
FIMMDA |
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Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India |
FMCG |
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Fast Moving Consumer Goods |
FRAs |
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Forward Rate Agreements |
FRBs |
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Floating Rate Bonds |
FRBM |
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Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management |
FSSA |
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Financial System Stability Assessments |
FT |
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Futures Trading |
FTP |
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Financial Transaction Plan |
G–20 |
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Group of Twenty |
GAAP |
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
GATS |
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General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GB |
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Giga-bytes |
GCF |
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Gross Capital Formation |
GDCF |
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Gross Domestic Capital Formation |
GDP |
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Gross Domestic Product |
GDS |
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Gross Domestic Saving |
GFCF |
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Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
GFD |
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Gross Fiscal Deficit |
GIC |
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General Insurance Corporation of India |
GoI |
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Government of India |
GRF |
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Guarantee Redemption Fund |
HACCP |
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Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points |
HFCs |
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Housing Finance Companies |
HFT |
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Held for Trading |
HRDD |
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Human Resources Development Department |
HTM |
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Held to Maturity |
IAS |
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Integrated Accounting System |
IASC |
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Inspection and Audit Sub-Committee |
IBA |
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Indian Bank’s Association |
IBS |
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International Banking Statistics |
ICA |
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Inter-Creditor Agreement |
ICC |
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International Credit Card |
ICDs |
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Inter-Corporate Deposits |
ID |
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Inspection Department |
IDBI |
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Industrial Development Bank of India |
IDFC |
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Infrastructure Development Finance Company |
IDMD |
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Internal Debt Management Department |
IECD |
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Industrial and Export Credit Department |
IFCI |
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Industrial Finance Corporation of India |
IFIs |
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International Financial Institutions |
IFRs |
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Investment Fluctuation Reserves |
IFSC |
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Indian Financial System Code |
IIBI |
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Industrial Investment Bank of India |
IIP |
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Index of Industrial production |
ILAF |
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Interim Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
IMF |
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International Monetary Fund |
IMFC |
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International Monetary and Financial Committee |
INFINET |
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Indian Financial Network |
IOSCO |
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International Organisation of Securities Commissions |
IRs |
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Inflation Reports |
IRS |
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Interest Rate Swaps |
IS |
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Information System |
IT |
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Information Technology |
JCI |
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Jute Corporation of India |
JPC |
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Joint Parliamentary Committee |
KCCs |
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Kisan Credit Cards |
KVIC |
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Khadi and Village Industries Commission |
KYC |
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Know Your Customer |
LAB |
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Local Area Bank |
LAF |
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Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
LAN |
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Local Area Network |
LaR |
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Liquidity at Risk |
LBS |
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Locational Banking Statistics |
LCs |
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Letters of Credit |
LD |
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Legal Department |
LIC |
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Life Insurance Corporation of India |
LIFFE |
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London Inter-Bank Financial Futures Exchange |
LPA |
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Long Period Average |
LPG |
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
LVPS |
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Large Value Payment Systems |
M&As |
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Mergers and Acquisitions |
M3 |
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Broad Money |
MA |
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Management Audit |
MBs |
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Mega-bytes |
MBS |
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Mortgage-Backed Securities |
MG |
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Mahatma Gandhi |
MICR |
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Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
MIFOR |
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Mumbai Inter-Bank Forward Offer Rate |
MIS |
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Management Information System |
MoU |
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Memorandum of Understanding |
MPBF |
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Maximum Permissible Bank Finance |
MPIs |
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Macro-Prudential Indicators |
MRTP |
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Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 |
MSP |
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Minimum Support Price |
MTFRP |
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Medium-Term Fiscal Reforms Programme |
NABARD |
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National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
NAFED |
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National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation |
NHB |
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National Housing Bank |
NBFCs |
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Non-Banking Financial Companies |
NCAER |
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National Council of Applied Economic Research |
NCDs |
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Non-Convertible Debentures |
NDA |
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Net Domestic Assets |
NDS |
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Negotiated Dealing System |
NDTL |
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Net Demand and Time Liabilities |
NEER |
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Nominal Effective Exchange Rate |
NEFT |
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National Electronic Funds Transfer |
NFBS |
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National Family Benefit Scheme |
NGOs |
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Non-Government Organisations |
NHAI |
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National Highway Authority of India |
NHB |
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National Housing Bank |
NMBS |
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National Maternity Benefit Scheme |
NOAPS |
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National Old Age Pension Scheme |
NOF |
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Net Owned Funds |
NPAs |
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Non-Performing Assets |
NPL |
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Non-Performing Loans |
NRB |
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Nepal Rastra Bank |
NRIs |
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Non-Resident Indians |
NRO |
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Non-Resident Ordinary Accounts |
NSAP |
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National Social Assistance Programme |
NSC |
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National Statistical Commission |
NSE |
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National Stock Exchange |
NSE–MIBOR |
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National Stock Exchange-Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate |
NSS |
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National Settlement System |
O&M |
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Operation and Maintenance |
OBCs |
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Other Backward Classes |
OBUs |
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Offshore Banking Units |
OCBs |
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Overseas Corporate Bodies |
OD |
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Overdraft |
OMO |
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Open Market Operations |
OMS |
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Open Market Sales |
OPAC |
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Online Public Access Catalogue |
OSMOS |
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Off-Site Monitoring and Surveillance |
OTCEI |
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Over-the-Counter Exchange of India |
OTS |
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One-Time Settlement |
OWS |
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Other Welfare Schemes |
PAS |
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Performance Appraisal System |
PCA |
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Prompt Corrective Action |
PCDs |
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Partial Convertible Debentures |
PD |
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Premises Department |
PDs |
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Primary Dealers |
PDO |
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Public Debt Office |
PDS |
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Public Distribution System |
PIOs |
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Persons of Indian Origin |
PKI |
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Public Key Infrastructure |
PLR |
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Prime Lending Rate |
PMGSY |
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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana |
PMGY |
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Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana |
PMRY |
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Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana |
PMS |
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Portfolio Management Services |
PRD |
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Press Relations Division |
PSBs |
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Public Sector Banks |
PSRS |
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Prudential Supervisory Reporting System |
PSUs |
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Public Sector Undertakings |
QIS |
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Quantitative Impact Study |
RBS |
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Risk-Based Supervision |
RBSB |
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Reserve Bank Services Board |
RBSC |
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Reserve Bank Staff College |
RC |
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Reconstruction Companies |
RDBMS |
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Relational Data Base Management System |
RE |
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Revised Estimates |
REER |
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Real Effective Exchange Rate |
Repo |
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Repurchase Agreements |
RIDF |
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Rural Infrastructure Development Fund |
RNBCs |
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Residuary Non-Banking Companies |
RPCD |
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Rural Planning and Credit Department |
RPT |
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Risk Profile Template |
RRBs |
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Regional Rural Banks |
RTGS |
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Real Time Gross Settlement |
RTP |
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Reserve Tranche Position |
SAARC |
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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SACP |
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Special Agricultural Credit Plans |
SAFE |
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South Asian Federation of Stock Exchanges |
SARFAESI Act |
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Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 |
SARS |
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SBSs |
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Shredding and Briquetting Systems |
SC |
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Securitisation Company |
SCB |
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Standard Chartered Bank |
SCBs |
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Scheduled Commercial Banks |
SCGB |
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Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank Ltd. |
SCs |
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Scheduled Castes |
SDDS |
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Special Data Dissemination Standard |
SDRM |
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Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism |
SDRs |
– |
Special Drawing Rights |
SEBI |
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Securities and Exchange Board of India |
SEB |
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State Electricity Board |
SEFT |
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Special Electronic Funds Transfer |
SERC |
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State Electricity Regulatory Commission |
SEZ |
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Special Economic Zone |
SFMS |
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Structured Financial Messaging Solution |
SGSY |
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Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana |
SHGs |
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Self-Help Groups |
SHPI |
– |
Self-Help Promoting Institutions |
SIDBI |
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Small Industrial Development Bank of India |
SIPS |
– |
Systemically Important Payment Systems |
SJSRY |
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Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana |
SLR |
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Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
SLRS |
– |
Scheme of Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers |
SMEs |
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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
SMP |
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Statutory Minimum Price |
SOR |
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States’ Own Revenue |
SPS |
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Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Standard |
SPVs |
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Special Purpose Vehicles |
SSIs |
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Small-Scale Industries |
SSSs |
– |
Securities Settlement Systems |
STP |
– |
Straight Through Processing |
STRIPS |
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Separate Trading for Registered Interest and Principal of Securities |
STs |
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Scheduled Tribes |
SWIFT |
– |
Society for Worldwide Inter-bank Financial Telecommunications |
TBT |
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Technical Barriers to Trade |
TFCI |
– |
Tourism Finance Corporation of India |
TFPG |
– |
Total Factor Productivity Growth |
ToR |
– |
Terms of Reference |
TPA |
– |
Tri-Partite Agreements |
TPDS |
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Targeted Public Distribution System |
UBD |
– |
Urban Banks Department |
UCBs |
– |
Urban Co-operative Banks |
UIP |
– |
Uncovered Interest Parity |
UR |
– |
Uruguay Round |
URIF |
– |
Urban Reforms Incentive Fund |
VaR |
– |
Value at Risk |
VAR |
– |
Vector Auto Regression |
VAT |
– |
Value Added Tax |
VECM |
– |
Vector Error Correction Model |
VRS |
– |
Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
VSNL |
– |
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited |
WADR |
– |
Weighted Average Discount Rate |
WAN |
– |
Wide Area Network |
WCDL |
– |
Working Capital Demand Loan |
WHO |
– |
World Health Organisation |
WMA |
– |
Ways and Means Advance |
WSS |
– |
Weekly Statistical Supplement |
WTO |
– |
World Trade Organisation |
ZTCs |
– |
Zonal Training Centres |