General Awareness Abbreviations

B

`text(BCSBI )`Banking Codes and Standard Board of India
`text(BARC )`Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
`text(BC )`Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus Christ)
`text(BCTT )`Bank Cash Transaction Tax
`text(BDCA )`Border Defence Cooperation Agreement
`text(BIMSTEC )`Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multiculturalism Technical and Economic Cooperation
`text(BIFR )`Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
`text(BIS )`Bureau of Indian Standards
`text(BMDS )`Ballistic Missile Defence System
`text(BOSS )`Bharat Operating System Solutions
`text(BWA )`Broadband Wireless Access

C

`text(CAA )`Civil Aviation Authority
`text(CAD )`Computer Aided Design
`text(CAG )`Comptroller and Auditor General
`text(CAIR )`Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
`text(CAPES )`Computer Aided Paperless Examination System
`text(CAZRI )`Central Arid Zone Research Institute
`text(CBI )`Central Bureau of Investigation
`text(CECA )`Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
`text(CHOGM )`Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
`text(CID )`Criminal Investigation Department
`text(CISF )`Central Industrial Security Force
`text(CPCB )`Central Pollution Control Board
`text(CPRI )`Central Power Research Institute
`text(COAI )`Cellular Operators Association of India
`text(COFEPOSA )`Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act

D

`text(DAVP )`Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
`text(DDT )`Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
`text(DFDR )`Delhi Land and Finance
`text(DPSA )`Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft
`text(DRDO )`Defence Research and Development Organisation

E

`text(EAS )`Employment Assurance Scheme
`text(ECT )`Electro-Convulsant Therapy
`text(EEG )`Electro-Encephalography
`text(EET )`Exempt Exempt Taxation
`text(ESCAP )`Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
`text(EXIM )`Bank Export-Import Bank of India

F

`text(FAO )`Food and Agriculture Organisation
`text(FBI )`Federal Bureau of Investor
`text(FBTR )`Fast Breeder Test Reactor
`text(FEMA )`Foreign Exchange Management Act
`text(FERA )`Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
`text(FII )`Foreign Institutional Investor
`text(FICCIF )`Federation of India Chamber of Commerce and Industry
`text(FRIBA )`Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
`text(FTII )`Film and Television Institute of India

G

`text(GAAR )`General Anti Avoidance Rules
`text(GAIN )`Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
`text(GANDHI )`Green Action for National Dandi Heritage Initiative
`text(GATS )`General Agreement on Trade in Services
`text(GATT )`General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
`text(GCHQ )`Government Communications Headquarters
`text(GNSS )`Global Navigation Satellite System
`text(GPS )`Global Positioning System
`text(GSLV )`Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
`text(GST )`Goods and Service Tax

H

`text(HAC )`Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
`text(HAL )`Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
`text(HESCO )`Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation
`text(HRIDAY )`National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
`text(HVVS )`High Yielding Variety Seeds

I

`text(IAEA )`International Atomic Energy Agency
`text(IBRD )`International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
`text(ICAO )`International Civil Aviation Organisation
`text(ICAR )`Indian Council of Agricultural Research
`text(ICMR )`International Committee of the Red Cross
`text(ICRC )`International Committee of the Red Cross
`text(IGNOAPS )`Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
`text(IMO )`International Maritime Organisation
`text(INMAS )`Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences
`text(INSAS )`Indian Small Arms System
`text(IOC )`International Olympic Committee /Indian Oil Corporation
`text(IPC )`Indian Penal Code
`text(IPCC )`Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
`text(IRBM )`Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
`text(IRS )`Indian Re-mate Sensing Satellite
`text(IRNSS )`Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
`text(ISTRAC )`ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network
`text(IRDP )`Integrated Rural Development Programme

J, L, K

`text(JAM )`Jandhan Yojana Aadhar, Mobile numbers
`text(JNNUR )`Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
`text(LCA )`Light Combat Aircraft
`text(LOAC )`Line of Actual Control
`text(LTA )`Light Transport Aircraft

M

`text(MAT )`Minimum Alternative Tax
`text(METSAT )`Meteorological Satellite
`text(MGC )`Mekong-Ganga Coorporation
`text(MMS )`Multimedia Messaging Service
`text(MISA )`Maintenance oUnternal Security
`text(MRTS )`Mass Rapid Transit
`text(MTCR )`Missile Technogy Control Regime

N

`text(NACO )`National AIDS Control Organisation
`text(NAOA )`National Anti-Doping Agency
`text(NAFTA )`North American Free Trade Agreement
`text(NAFED )`National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India
`text(NASA )`National Aeronautics and Space Administration
`text(NATO )`North Atlantic Treaty Organ
`text(NCERT )`National Council of Education Research and Training
`text(NeGP )`National e-Governance Plan
`text(NEPA )`National Environment Protection Authority
`text(NHDP )`National Highways Development Project
`text(NSA )`National Security Agency
`text(NTPC )`National Thermal Power Corporation
`text(NALSA )`National Legal Service Authority
`text(NASSCOM )`National Association of Software and Services Companies
`text(NSAP )`National Special Programme Assistance
`text(NWOPRA )`National Watershed Development

O

`text(OANA )`The Organisation of ASIA-Pacific News Agencies
`text(OCTOPUS )`Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations
`text(OCI )`Overseas Citizenship of India
`text(OAS )`Organisation of American States
`text(OAU )`Organisation of African Unity
`text(ODS )`Ozone Depleting Substances
`text(OIC )`Organisation of Islamic Countries
`text(OSCE )`Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
`text(OSCAR )`Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio

P

`text(PAN )`Permanent Account Number
`text(PETA )`People For Ethical Treatment of Animals
`text(PURA )`Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
`text(PNP )`Participatory Note
`text(POTA )`Prevention of Terrorism Act
`text(PSLV )`Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
`text(PRAGATI )`ProActive Governance And Timely Implementation
`text(PWD )`Public Works Department

Q, R

`text(QlB )`Qualified Institutional Buyer
`text(QIP )`Qualified Institutional Placement
`text(RAF )`Rapid Action Force
`text(RBI )`Reserve Bank of India
`text(RCC )`Reinforced Concrete Cement
`text(ROSS )`Radio Determination Satellite Service
`text(RLV )`Reusable Launch Vehicle
`text(RNTCP )`Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme
`text(RTGS )`Real Time Gross Settlement System

S

`text(SACHI )`State Agency for comprehensive Health Insurance
`text(SAFTA )`South Asian Free Trade Area
`text(SALT )`Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
`text(SAPTA )`SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement
`text(SAVE )`SAARC Audio Visual Exchange
`text(SCOPE )`Standing Committee of Public Enterprises
`text(SIDBIS )`Small Industries Development Bank of India
`text(SMART )`Simple, Moral, Accountable Responsive and Transparent
`text(START )`Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
`text(SWIFT )`Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunication

T

`text(TAPS )`Tarapur Atomic Power Station
`text(TIN )`Tax Identification Number
`text(TRAI )`Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
`text(TRIPS )`Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
`text(TRYSEM )`Training Rural Youth for Self Employment
`text(TVoA )`Tourist Visa on Arrival

U

`text(UAV )`Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
`text(UIDAI )`Unique Identification Authority of India
`text(UNCTAD )`United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
`text(UNFPA )`United Nations Fund for Population Activities
`text(UNCTAD )`United Nations conference on Trade and Development

W

`text(WADA )`World Anti-Doping Agency
`text(WAVE )`Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise
`text(WLL )`Wireless in local Loop
`text(WWF )`World Wide Fund for Nature
`text(WWW )`World Wide Web