This document lists numerous abbreviations used in macroeconomics. Some of the more common abbreviations include: - NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development - FCI - Food Corporation of India - PDS - Public Distribution System - IRDP - Integrated Rural Development Programme - ONGC - Oil and Natural Gas Corporation - NTPC - National Thermal Power Corporation - SIDBI - Small Industries Development Bank of India - CSO - Central Statistic Organisation - IMF - International Monetary Fund

1. Abbreviations in Macro Economics
AAY : Antodaya Anna Yojana
ACD : Agriculture Credit Department
AEZ : Agriculture Export Zones
AFC : Agriculture Finance Corporation
AMPC : Automatic Mail Processing Centers
RPC : Rural Planning and Credit
ARDC : Agricultural Refinance and Development
Corporation
NLBS : National Livestock Breeding Strategy
SFPP : Special Food Grain Production Programme
NPDP : National Pulses Development Programme
CADP : Common Area Development Programme
DCP : District Credit Plan
DCC : District Consultative Committees
IPM : Integrated Pest Management
HYVP : High Yielding Variety Programme
RRBs : Regional Rural Banks
NABARD : National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development
FCI : Food Corporation of India
PDS : Public Distribution System
TPDS : Targeted Public Distribution System
CACP : Commission for Agriculture Costs and
Prices
LDBs : Land Development Banks
FSS : Farmers Service Societies
CSO : Central Statistic Organisation
MRTP : Monopolies Restrictive Trade Practices
UNS : United Nations Survey
BFC : Bengal Famine Commission
ARCSC : All India Rural Credit Survey Committee
CCBs : Central Co-operative Banks
SCBs : State Co-operative Banks
TME : Technical Monitoring and Evaluation
RIDF : Rural Infrastructural Development Fund
SAO : Seasonal Agricultural Operations
IADP : Intensive Agro District Programme
RWP : Rural Works Programme
MFALS : Marginal Farmers and Agricultural
Labourers Scheme
FPS : Fair Price Shops
WFP : World Food Programme
BPL : Below Poverty Line
CIP : Central Issue Price
EAS : Employment Assurance Scheme
JRY : Jawhar Rozgar Yojana
SGRY : Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana
MRD : Ministry of Rural Development
DAPR : Draft Agricultural Policy Resolution
IRDP : Integrated Rural Development Programme
DIC : District Industries Centre
MEC : Minimum Economic Capacities
IIP : Index of Industrial Production
ONGC : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
NTPC : National Thermal Power Corporation
ICOR : Incremental Capital Output Ratio
IRCI : Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of
India
IRBI : Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
IIBI : Industrial Investment Bank of India
SIC : Sick Industrial Companies
BIFR : Board for Industrial and Financial
Reconstruction
NCLT : National Company Law Tribunal
SLIIC : State Level Inter Institutional Committee
IDBI : Industrial development Bank of India
ICICI : Institutional Credit and Investment
Corporation of India
SIDC : Small Industries Development Corporation
SIDBI : Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIDO : Small Industries Development Organisation
NSIC : National Small Industries Corporation
NEFS : National Equity Fund Scheme
GDRs : Global Depository Receipts
IOC : Indian Oil Corporation
SCI : Shipping Corporation of India
MOU : Memoranda of Understanding
NIP : New Industrial Policy
IPR : Industrial Policy Resolution
IDRA : Industrial Development and Regulation Act
BPE : Bureau of Public Enterprises
SIDF : Small Industries Development Fund
NSIC : National Small Industries Corporation
NEF : National Equity Fund
TDC : Technology Development Cell
EDP : Entrepreneurial Development Programme
NHDC : National Handloom Development
Corporation
PSUs : Public Sector Undertakings
CSIR : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
NRI : Non-Resident of India
BPO : Business Process out Sourcing
NSSO : National Sample Survey Organisation
NAS : National Account Statistics
MODVAT : Modified Value Added Tax
CENVAT : Central Value Added Tax (VAT)
LTC : Leave Travel Concession
ISM : Integrate Indian System of Medicine
IMR : Infant Mortality Ratio
MMR : Maternal Mortality Ratio
NRY : Nehru Rozgar Yojana
SESUP : Self Employment Scheme for Urban Poor
PMRY : Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
PMIUPEP : Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban
Poverty Eradication Programme
SJSRY : Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana
SJGSY : Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
JGSY : Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
CEA : Council of Economic Advisers
TRYSEM : Training of Rural Youth for Self
Employment

2. CRR : Cash Reserve Ratio
CRTTC : Composite Rural Training and Technical
Centers
DWCRA : Development of women and Children in
Rural Areas
MWS : Million Wells Scheme
USEP : Urban Self Employment Programme
UWEP : Urban Wage Employment Programme
JGSY : Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
PMGY : Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
PMGSY : Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
JPRGY : Jai Prakash Rozgar Guarantee Yojana
VAMBAY : Valmiki Ambadkar Awas Yojana
CWS : Currently Weekly Status
CDS : Currently Daily Status
MTA : Mid Term Appraisal
SME : Small and Medium Enterprises
NFFWP : National Food For Work Programme
DPAP : Drought Prone Area Programme
DDP : Desert Development Programme
GDRs : Global Depository Receipts
IWDP : Integrated Waste lands Development
Programme
NHPC : National Hydro electric Power Corporation
NPCIL : Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Limited
SEBs : State Electricity Boards
CERC : Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
OPEC : Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
POL : Petroleum Oil and Lubricants
PLF : Plant Load Factor
GRT : Gross Registered Tonnage
VPT : Village Public Telephone
PCOs : Public Call Offices
BSNL : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
MTNL : Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
TRAI : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
NIXI : National Internet Exchange of India
NPE : National Policy on Education
SSA : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
NPEGEL : National Programme for Education of
Girls at Elementary Level
EGS : Education Guarantee Scheme
AIE : Alternative Innovative Education
KGBV : Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
PSK : Parambhik Shiksha Kosh
NLM : National Literacy Mission
TLC : Total Literacy Campaign
FRBM : Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management
EPCG : Export Promotion of Capital Goods
SLR : Statutory Liquid Ratio
FDI : Foreign Direct Investment
NPAs : Non-Performing Asset
FRAs : Forward Rate Agreements
EOUs : Export Oriented Units
CCS : Cash Compensatory Scheme
EPZs : Export Processing Zones
FIEO : Federation of Indian Export Organisation
FERA : Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
FEMA : Foreign Exchange Management Act
DFEC : Duty Free Export Credit
TRC : Tax Reform Committee
SEZ : Special Economic Zone
EMRs : Exclusive Marketing Rights
TRIPs : Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
FII : Foreign Institutional Investors
IMF : International Monetary Fund
IBRD : Industrial Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
IDA : International Development Association
IFC : International Finance Corporation
MIGA : Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
ICSID : International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Disputes
MTAs : Multilateral Trade Agreements
PTAs : Plurilateral Trade Agreements
PRGF : Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
SBA : Stand By Agreement
SRF : Supplemental Reserve Facility
CFF : Compensatory Financing Facility
DSB : Dispute Settlement Body
FTWZ : Free Trade Ware Housing Zone
EEFC : Export Earners Foreign Currency
DES : Duty Exemption Scheme
DEPB : Duty Entitlement Pass Book scheme
SIL : Special Import License
GST : Goods and Services Tax
RCTC : Risk Capital and Technology Corporation
RCF : Risk Capital Foundation
TDICI : Technology Development and Information
Company of India
TFCI : Tourist Finance Corporation of India
UTI : Unit Trust of India
LIC : Life Insurance Corporation
GIC : General Insurance Corporation
CRISIL : Credit Rating Information Services of
India Ltd
IFCI : Industrial Finance Corporation of India
AAP : Annual Action Plans
GATT : General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
UNCTAD : United Nations Conference on Trade
And Development
GSTR : General Scheme for Trade Preference
MCA : Minimum Compulsory Access
MFA : Multi Fiber Agreement
OGL : Open General License
PLR : Prime Lending Rates
MFIL : Modern Food Industries Limited
T&D : Transmission and Distribution
GER : Gross Enrolment Ratio