Important Acronyms/Abbreviations

ACHS : Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society.
AFSPA : Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
APECF : Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation.
BOPs : Border Outposts.
CBDT : Central Board of Direct Taxes.
CCHF : Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever.
CEDAW : Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
CPPCC : Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
CRSDAI : The Confederation of Real State Developers’ Association of India.
DTAA : Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.
ECGC : Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.
EDI : Educational Development Index.
EGoM : Empowered Group of Ministers.
ESZ : Eco-Sensitive Zones.
FAC : Fast Attack Craft.
FTII : Film and Television Institute of India.
GSL : Goa Shipyard Limited.
ICGS : Indian Coast Guard Ship.
IMBL : International Maritime Boundary Line.
IFFCO : Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperatives.
ISCA : Indian Science Congress Association.
IDSA : Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis.
ISIS : Institute of Science and International Security.
IIHS : Indian Institute of Human Settlements.
IUCN : International Union for Conservation of Nature.
JPC : Joint Parliamentary Committee.
MCOCA : Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
MNP : Mobile Number Portability.
NAPM : National Alliance of People Movements.
NCHER : National Commission for Higher Education and Research.
NCHRH : National Commission for Human Resources in Health.
NUEPA : National University for Education Planning and Administration.
NACO : National Aids Control Organisation.
NATGRID : National Intelligence GRID.
NEERI : National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
NWIA : National Wetland Inventory and Assessment.
PIO : Persons of Indian Origin.
PTCT : Parent to Child-Transmission.
SCBA : Supreme Court Bar Association.
SCERT : The State Councils for Educational Research and Training.
SIPRI : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
SKUAST : Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology.
SPYM : Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses.
SFC : Strategic Forces Command.
SRS : Sample Registration System.
TEPCO : Tokyo Electric Power Company.
UNEGE : United Nations Entity for Gender Equality.
UMPPs : Ultra Mega Power Projects.
UNRWA : UN Relief and Works Agency.
WHR : Women for Human Rights.