ACF

Auto-Correlation Function

AD

Authorized Dealer

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADR

American Depository Receipt

AFS

Annual Financial Statement

AGM

Annual General Meeting

AIRCSC

All India Rural Credit
Survey Committee

AO

Additive Outliers

AR

Auto Regression

ARIMA

Auto-Regressive Integrated
Moving Average

AFS

Available For Sale

ASSOCHAM

Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry of India

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM

Automated Teller Machine

BIS

Bank for International Settlements

BOI

Bank of India

BoP

Balance of Payments

BPM5

Balance of Payments Manual,
5th edition

BPSD

Balance of Payments Division,
DESACS, RBI

BSCS

Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision

BSR

Basic Statistical Returns

CAD

Capital Account Deficit

CAG

Controller and Auditor
General of India

CBS

Consolidated Banking Statistics

CC

Cash Credit

CD

Certificate of Deposit

CD Ratio

Credit Deposit Ratio

CDBS

Committee of Direction on
Banking Statistics

CF

Company Finance

CFRA

Combined Finance and Revenue

Accounts

CGRA

Currency and Gold
Revaluation Account

CII

Confederation of Indian Industries

CO

Capital Outlay

CP

Commercial Paper

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CPI-IW

Consumer Price Index
for Industrial Workers

CR

Capital Receipts

CRAR

Capital to Risk Weighted Asset

Ratio

CRR

Cash Reserve Ratio

CSIR

Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research

CSO

Central Statistical Organisation

CVC

Central Vigilance Commission

DAP

Development Action Plan

DBOD

Department of Banking
Operations and Development

DBS

Department of Banking
Supervision, RBI

DCA

Department of Company Affairs,

(Now known as Ministry of

Companies Affairs, MCA)

Government of India

DCB

Demand Collection and Balance

DCCB

District Central Cooperative Bank

DCM

Department of Currency

Management, RBI

DD

Demand Draft

DDS

Data Dissemination Standards

DEIO

Department of External Investments

and Operations

DESACS

Department of Statistical Analysis

& Computer Services, RBI

DGBA

Department of Government and

Bank Accounts, RBI

DGCI&S

Directorate General of Commercial

Intelligence and Statistics

DI

Direct Investment

DICGC

Deposit Insurance and Credit

Guarantee Corporation of India

DID

Discharge of Internal Debt

DMA

Departmentalized Ministries

Account

DRI

Differntial Rate of Interest Scheme

DSBB

Dissemination Standards Bulletin

Board

DVP

Delivery versus Payment

ECB

External Commercial Borrowing

ECB

European Central Bank

ECGC

Export Credit and Guarantee

Corporation

ECS

Electronic Clearing Scheme

EDMU

External Debt Management Unit

EEA

Exchange Equalization Account

EEC

European Economic Community

EEFC

Exchange Earners Foreign Currency

EFR

Exchange Fluctuation Reserve

EPF

Employees Provident Fund

EUR

Euro

EXIM Bank

Export Import Bank of India

FCA

Foreign Currency Assets

FCCB

Foreign Currency Convertible Bond

FCNR(B)

Foreign Currency Non-resident

(Banks)

FCNRA

Foreign Currency Non-resident

Account

FCNRD

Foreign Currency Non-Repatriable

Deposit

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FEMA

Foreign Exchange Management Act

FI

Financial Institution

FICCI

Federation of Indian Chambers of

Commerce and Industry

FII

Foreign Institutional Investor

FIMMDA

Fixed Income Money Market and

Derivatives Association of India

FISIM

Financial Intermediation Services

Indirectly Measured

FLAS

Foreign Liabilities and Assets

Survey

FOF

Flow Of Funds

FPI

Foreign Portfolio Investment

FRA

Forward Rate Agreement

FRBM

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget

Management Act, 2003

FRN

Floating Rate Note

FSS

Farmers’ Service Societies

FWG

First Working Group on Money

supply

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GDR

Global Depository Receipt

GFD

Gross Fiscal Deficit

GFS

Government Finance Statistics

GIC

General Insurance Corporation

GLS

Generalized Least Squares

GNIE

Government Not Included

Elsewhere

GoI

Government of India

GPD

Gross Primary Deficit

G-Sec

Government Securities

HDFC

Housing Development Finance

Corporation

HFT

Held For Trading

dHICP

Harmonised Index of Consumer

Prices

HO

Head Office

HUDCO

Housing & Urban Development

Corporation

IBRD

International Bank for

Reconstruction and Development

IBS

International Banking Statistics

ICAR

Indian Council of Agricultural

Research

ICICI

Industrial Credit and Investment

Corporation of India

ICMR

Indian Council of Medical Research

IDB

India Development Bonds

IDBI

Industrial Development Bank of

India

IDD

Industrial Development Department

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural

Development

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IFC(W)

International Finance Corporation

(Washington)

IFCI

Industrial Finance Corporation of

India

IFR

Investment Fluctuation Reserve

Account

IFS

International Financial Statistics

IGLS

Iterative Generalized Least Squares

IIBI

Industrial Investment Bank of India

IIP

Index of Industrial Production

IIP/InIP

International Investment Position

IMD

India Millennium Deposits

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IN

India

INR

Indian Rupee

IOTT

Input-Output Transaction Table

IP

Interest Payment

IRBI

Industrial Reconstruction Bank of

India

ISDA

International Swaps and Derivative

Association

ISIC

International Standard Industrial

Classification

ISO

International Standards

Organization

ITRS

International Transaction Reporting

System

IWGEDS

International Working Group on

External Debt Statistics

KVIC

Khadi & Village Industries

Corporation

LAF

Liquidity Adjustment Facility

LAMPS

Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose

Societies

LAS

Loan & Advances by States

LBD

Land Development Bank

LBS

Locational Banking Statistics

LERMS

Liberalised Exchange Rate

Management System

LIC

Life Insurance Corporation of India

LS

Level Shift

LT

Long Term

LTO

Long Term Operation

M1

Narrow Money

M3

Broad Money

MA

Moving Average

MCA

Ministry of Company Affairs

MIGA

Multilateral Investment Guarantee

Agency

MIS

Management Information System

MMSE

Minimum Mean Squared Errors

MoF

Ministry of Finance

MOF

Master Office File

MRM

Monitoring and Review Mechanism

MSS

Market Stabilisation Scheme

MT

Mail Transfer

MTM

Mark-To-Market

NABARD

National Bank for Agriculture and

Rural Development

NAC(LTO)

National Agricultural Credit (Long

Term Operatiion)

NAIO

Non Administratively Independent

Office

NAS

National Account Statistics

NASSCOM

National Association of Software

and Services Companies

NBC

Non-Banking Companies

NBFC

Non Banking Financial Companies

NEC

Not Elsewhere Classified

NEER

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate

NFA

Non-Foreign Exchange Assets

NFD

Net Fiscal Deficit

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NHB

National Housing Bank

dNIC

National Industrial Classification

NIF

Note Issuance Facility

NNML

Net Non-Monetary Liabilities

NPA

Non-Performing Assets

NPD

Net Primary Deficit

NPRB

Net Primary Revenue Balance

NPV

Net Present Value

NR(E)RA

Non-Resident (External) Rupee

Account

NR(NR)RA

Non-Resident (Non-Repatriable)

Rupee Account

NRE

Non-Resident External

NRG

Non-Resident Government

NRI

Non-Resident Indian

NSC

National Statistical Commission

NSSF

National Small Savings Fund

OD

Over Draft

ODA

Official Development Assistance

OECD

Organisation for Economic

Cooperation and Development

OECO

Organisaton for Economic

Co-operation

OFI

Other Financial Institutions

OLTAS

OnLine Tax Accounting System

OMO

Open Market Operations

OSCB

Other Indian Scheduled

Commercial Bank

PACF

Partial Auto-Correlation Function

PACS

Primary Agriculture Credit Societies

PCARDB

Primary Cooperative Agriculture

and Rural Development Bank

PD

Primary Deficit

PDAI

Primary Dealers Association of

India

PDO

Public Debt Office

PDO-NDS

Public Debt Office-cum-Negotiated

Dealing System

PDs

Primary Dealers

PES

Public Enterprises Survey

PF

Provident Fund

PIO

Persons of Indian Origin

PNB

Punjab National bank

PO

Principal Office

PRB

Primary Revenue Balance

PSE

Public Sector Enterprises

PUC

Paid Up Capital

QRR

Quick Review Report

RBI

Reserve Bank of India

RD

Revenue Deficit

RDBMS

Relational Database Management

System

RE

Revenue Expenditure

REC

Rural Electrification Corporation

REER

Real Effective Exchange Rate

RFC

Residents Foreign Currency

RIB

Resurgent India Bonds

RIDF

Rural Infrastructure Development

Fund

RLA

Recoveries of Loans & Advances

RLC

Repayment of Loans to Centre

RMB

Renminbi (Chinese)

RNBC

Residuary Non-Banking Companies

RO

Regional Office

RoCs

Registrars of Companies

RPA

Rupee Payment Area

RPCD

Rural Planning and Credit

Department, RBI

RR

Revenue Receipts

RRB

Regional Rural Bank

RTP

Reserve Tranche Position

RUF

Revolving Underwriting Facility

RWA

Risk Weighted Asset

SAM

Social Accounting Matrix

SAS

Statistical Analysis System

SBI

State Bank of India

SC

Schedule Caste

SCARDB

State Cooperative Agriculture and

Rural Development Bank

SCB

State Cooperative Bank

SCB

Scheduled Commercial Bank

SCS

Size Class Strata

dSDDS

Special Data Dissemination

Standards

SDR

Special Drawing Right

SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of

India

SEBs

State Electricity Boards

SFC

State Financial Corporation

SGL

Subsidiary General Ledger

SGSY

Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar

Yojana

SHGs

Self-Help Groups

SIDBI

Small Industries Development Bank

of India

SIDC

State Industrial Development

Corporation

SI-SPA

Systems Improvement Scheme

under Special Project Agriculture

SJSRY

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar

Yojana

SLR

Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SLRS

Scheme for Liberation &

Rehabilitation of Scavangers

SMG

Standing Monitoring Group

SNA

System of National Accounts

SRWTO

Small road & Water Transport

Operators

SSI

Small-Scale Industries

SSSBEs

Small Scale Service & Business

Enterprises

ST

Schedule Tribe

SWG

Second Working Group on Money

Supply

TBs

Treasury Bills

TC

Temporary Change

TT

Telegraphic Transfer

UBB

Uniform Balance Book

UBD

Urban Banks Department

UCB

Urban Cooperative Bank

UCN

Uniform Code Number

US

United States

USD

US Dollars

UTI

Unit Trust of India

VC

Venture Capital

WGMS

Working Group on Money Supply:

Analytics and Methodology of

Compilation

WPI

Wholesale Price Index

WSS

Weekly Statistical Supplement

YTM

Yield to Maturity

ZO

Zonal Office