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Indian Economic Survey ABBREVIATIONS
- AAI - Airports Authority of India
- ABDM - Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (erstwhile NDHM
- AB-HWCs - Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres
- AB-PMJAY - Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
- ABRY - Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana
- ACC - Advance Chemistry Cell
- AE - Advance Estimates
- AEOs - Authorized Economic Operators
- AGR - Adjusted Gross Revenue
- AIPA - Apex Committee for the Implementation of Paris Agreement
- AISAM - Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism
- AISATS - Air India SATS (Singapore Airport Terminal Services) Airport Services Private Limited
- AIXL - Air India Express Ltd.
- AMI - Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure
- ANB Atma Nirbhar Bharat
- APEDA - Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
- API - Active Pharma Ingredients
- APMC - Agricultural Produce Market Committee
- ARHC - Affordable Rental Housing Complexes
- ASEEM - Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employees Employer Mapping
- ASER - Annual Status of Education Report
- ASHA - Accredited Social Health Activist
- ATMP - Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging
- AUM - Assets Under Management
- AWC - Anganwadi Centre
- AWW - Anganwadi Worker
- AYUSH - Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
- B&R - Bridge and Roof Co. (India) Limited
- B2B - Business to Business
- BBBP - Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
- BCD - Basic Custom Duty
- BCM - Billion Cubic Meters
- BE - Budget Estimate
- BEI - Business Expectation Index
- BEML - Bharat Earth Movers Limited
- BFSI - Banking Financial Services and Insurance
- BG - Bank Guarantees
- BISAG - Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Applications and Geo Informatics, Gujarat
- BiSAG-N - Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics
- BoP - Balance of Payments
- BPCL - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
- BPKP - Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati Programme
- Bps - basis points
- BRR - Business Responsibility Report
- BRSR - Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report
- BS - Bharat Stage
- BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange
- BSNL - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- BUR - Biennial Update Reports
- CAAQMS - Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations
- CAD - Current Account Deficit
- CAF - Customer Acquisition Forms
- CAP - Cover and Plinth
- CAPEX - Capital Expenditure
- CBIC - Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs
- CCAP - Climate Change Action Program
- CCEA - Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- CDP - Crop Diversification Programme
- CDSL - Central Depository Services Limited
- CDRI - Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
- CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
- CEL - Central Electronics Limited
- CEPA - Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
- CFPI - Consumer Food Price Index
- CGA - Controller General of Accounts
- CGD - City Gas Distribution Network
- CGF - Clean Ganga Fund
- CGST - Central Goods and Service Tax
- CHC - Custom Hiring Centre
- CIP - Central Issue Price
- CIP - Compliance Information Portal
- CIS - Competitiveness Incentive Support
- ckm - circuit kilometer
- CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
- CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
- CoO - Certificate of Origin
- COP - Conference of the Parties
- COVID 19 - Coronavirus disease
- CoWIN - Covid Vaccine Intelligence Work
- CPHC - Comprehensive Primary Health Care
- CPI-AL - Consumer Price Index-Agricultural Labourers
- CPI-C - Consumer Price Index-Combined
- CPI-IW - Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers
- CPI-RL - Consumer Price Index-Rural Labourers
- CPO - Crude Palm Oil
- CPSE - Central Public Sector Enterprise
- CPSEs - Central Public Sector Enterprises
- CRAR - Capital to Risk-weighted Asset Ratio
- CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio
- CSO - Central Statistics Office
- CTDP - Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan
- CTS - Craftsman Training Scheme
- CU - Capacity utilization
- CWC - Central Warehousing Corporation
- DAC&FW - Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
- DAISY - Digitally Accessible Information System
- DAP - Di-ammonium Phosphate
- DARE - Department of Agricultural Research and Education
- DAY-NRLM - Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission
- DBT - Direct Benefit Transfer
- DBTL - Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG consumers
- DCIL - Dredging Corporation of India Limited
- DCP - Decentralized Procurement
- DDU - GKY Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
- DEPCs - District Export Promotion Committees
- DFI - Development Finance Institution
- DFI - Doubling Farmers’ Income
- DFPD - Department of Food & Public Distribution
- DIPAM - Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
- DMI&SP - Domestically Manufactured Iron and Steel Products
- DoP - Department of Pharmaceuticals
- DPCO - Drug Price Control Order
- DPD - Direct Port Delivery
- DPIIT - Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
- DTH - Direct To Home
- EBR - Extra Budgetary Resources
- ECB - External Commercial Borrowings
- ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings
- ECCE - Early Childhood Care and Education
- ECGC - Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.
- ECLGS - Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme
- ECTS - Electronic Cargo Tracking System
- EIC - Export Inspection Council
- EMC - Electronics Manufacturing Clusters
- EMDEs - Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
- EME - Emerging market economies
- e-NAM - Electronic National Agriculture Market
- ENT - Ear, Nose and Throat
- EOUs - Export Oriented Units
- EPABX - Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
- EPCG - Export Promotion Capital Goods
- EPF - Employees Provident Fund
- EPFO - Employees Provident Fund Organisation
- e-scrip - Electronic Scrip
- ESDM - Electronics System Design and Manufacturing
- ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
- ESIC - Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
- ETC - Electronic Toll Collection
- EU - European Union
- e-VIN - Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network
- EXIM Bank - Export-Import Bank of India
- FAME - Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicle
- FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation
- FAR - Floor area ratio
- FCI - Food Corporation of India
- FD - Fiscal Deficit
- FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
- FFS - Fund of funds for Startups
- FHTC - Functional Household Tap Connection
- FIDF - Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund
- FIIs - Foreign Investment Inflows
- FMD - Foot and Mouth Disease
- FPI - Foreign Portfolio Investment
- FPOs - Farmers Producers Organizations
- FRL - Fiscal Responsibility Legislation
- FRP - Fair and Remunerative Price
- FSI - Floor Space Index
- FTA - Free Trade Agreement
- GB - gigabyte
- GCA - Gross Cropped Area
- GCF - Gross Capital Formation
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GEC - Green Energy Corridor
- GeM - Government e-Marketplace
- GER - Gross Enrolment Ratio
- GFR - General Financial Rules
- GFCF - Gross Fixed Capital Formation
- GGI –OSOWOG - Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid
- GI - Geographical Indication
- GIM - National Mission for a Green India
- GIS - Geographic Information System
- GNPA - Gross Non Performing Assets
- GP - Gram Panchayats
- GPIs - Grossly Polluting Industries
- GSA - Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan
- GSDP - Gross State Domestic Product
- G-Sec - Government Securities
- GSR - General Statutory Rules
- GST - Goods and Services Tax
- GSTN - Goods and Services Tax Network
- GSTR - Goods and Services Tax Return
- GSVA - Gross State Value Added
- GT - Gross tonnage
- GTR - Gross Tax Revenue
- GVA - Gross Value Added
- GVC - Global Value Chain
- GW - Ground Water / Gigawatt
- HFIs - High Frequency Indicators
- HFR - Health Facility Registry
- HMT - Hindustan Machine Tools
- HPCL - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- HPI - Housing Price Index
- HPR - Healthcare Professionals Registry
- HSCC - Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited
- HUDCO - Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited
- HYVs - High Yielding Varieties
- IBC - Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
- IBP - Indo-Bangladesh Protocol
- ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- ICDS - Integrated Child Development Services
- ICEDASH - Indian Customs EDI Dashboard
- ICETRAK - Indian Customs Enquiry for Trade Assistance and Knowledge
- ICI - Index of Eight Core Industries
- ICMR - Indian Council of Medical Research
- ICP - Integrated Check Post
- ICU - Intensive Care Unit
- ICWF - Indian Community Welfare Fund
- IDBI - Industrial Development Bank of India
- IFS - Integrated Farming System
- IFSC - Indian Financial System Code
- IGGL - Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited
- IHMCL - Indian Highways Management Company Limited
- IIP - Index of Industrial Production
- IIP - International Investment Position
- IISC - India International Skill Centre
- IIT - Indian Institutes of Technology
- IMC - Inter-Ministerial Committee
- IMF - International Monetary Fund
- IMPS - Immediate Payment Service
- IMR - Infant Mortality Rate
- INSPACe - Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre
- InvIT - Infrastructure Investment trust
- IPA - Indian Ports Association
- IPOs - Initial Public Offering
- IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
- IR - Indian railways
- IRCTC - Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
- IRIS - Infrastructure for Resilient Island States
- ISA - International Solar Alliance
- IT/BPO - Information Technology/Business Process Outsourcing
- ITA - International Tourist Arrivals
- ITAT - Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
- ITBPM - Information Technology- Business Process Management
- JHBDPL - Jagdishpur-Haldia -Bokaro-Dhamra Gas Pipeline
- JSS - Jan Shikshan Sansthan
- KCC - Kisan Credit Card
- KMS - Kharif Marketing Season
- KRCL - Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.
- KSM - Key Starting Materials
- KVK - Krishi Vigyan Kendra
- KW - Kilowatt
- KYC - Know Your Customers
- LAF - Liquidity Adjustment Facility
- LCS - Land Customs Stations
- LDCs - Least-Developed Countries
- LeadIT - Leadership Group for Industry Transition
- LED - Light Emitting Diode
- LF - License Fee
- LFPR - Labour Force Participation Rate
- LIC - Life Insurance Corporation
- LIFE - Lifestyle For Environment
- LMT - Lakh Metric Tonne
- LMT - Lakh Metric Tonnes
- LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- LSA - Licensed Service Areas
- LSB - Long Span Bridges
- LTEO - Long Term Ecological Observations
- MAI - Market Access Initiatives
- MBS - Mortgage-Backed Securities
- MCF - Million-Plus Cities Challenge Fund
- MCLR - Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate
- MDGs - Millennium Development Goals
- MEIS - Merchandise Exports from India scheme
- MFN - Most Favoured Nation
- MGNREGA/S - Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act / Scheme
- MIDH - Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
- MIF - Micro Irrigation Fund
- MITEA - Mega Integrated Textiles region and apparel park
- MIV2030 - Maritime India Vision 2030
- MLD - Millions of liters per day
- MMF - Man Made Fiber
- MMT - Million Metric Tonne
- MoPNG - Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- MoSPI - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- MoU - Memorandum of Understanding
- MPC - Monetary Policy Committee
- MPI - Multidimensional Poverty Index
- MoRTH - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India
- MRO - Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
- MRP - Maximum Retail Price
- MSE-CDP - Micro Small Enterprises- Cluster Development Programme
- MSMEs - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises MSMEs
- MSP - Minimum Support Price
- MT - Metric Tonne
- MTFP - Medium Term Fiscal Policy
- MTNL - Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
- MTOE - Million Tonne of Oil Equivalent
- MTPA - Million Tonnes Per Annum
- MVA - Mega volt ampere
- MW - Megawatt
- NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
- NAFCC - National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change
- NAPCC - National Action Plan on Climate Change
- NAPS - National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
- NARS - National Agricultural Research System
- NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies
- NBB - National Bee Board
- NBC - Net Borrowing Ceiling
- NBE - National Board of Examination
- NBHM - National Beekeeping and Honey Mission
- NBS - Nutrient Based Subsidy
- NCAP - National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme
- NCAP - National Clean Air Programme
- NCDEX - National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
- NCERT - National Council of Educational Research and Training
- NCEUS - National Commission for Enterprises in Unorganized Sector
- NCIVE - National Committee for the Integration of Vocational Education
- NCLT - National Company Law Tribunal
- NCR - National Capital Region
- NDC - Nationally Determined Contribution
- NDEAR - National Digital Education Architecture
- NDRF - National Disaster Response Fund
- NDS OM - Negotiated Dealing System-Order Matching
- NEER - Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
- NEGVAC - National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19
- NEIA - National Export Insurance Account
- NEP - National Education Policy
- NER - North-Eastern Region
- NERAMAC - North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd.
- NFHS - National Family Health Survey
- NFSA - National Food Security Act
- NFSM - National Food Security Mission
- NGFS - Network for Greening the Financial System
- NGO - Non-Government Organisation
- NGPEs - Non-government/private entities
- NH - National Highways
- NHA - National Health Authority
- NHB - National Housing Bank
- NIF - National Indicator Framework
- NIP - National Infrastructure Pipeline
- NITI - National Institution for Transforming India
- NLMC - National Land Monetisation Corporation
- NMCG - National Mission for Clean Ganga
- NMEEE - National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
- NMEO-OP - National Mission on Edible Oils - Oil Palm
- NMP - National Master Plan
- NMP - National Monetisation Pipeline
- NMP - National Monetization Plan
- NMR - Neonatal Mortality Rate
- NMSH - National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
- NMSKCC - National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change
- NNPA - Net Non-Performing Assets
- NOC - No Objection Certificate
- NPCC - National Projects Construction Corporation Limited
- NPCL - National Payments Corporation of India
- NPE - National Policy on Electronics
- NPPA - National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
- NPS - National Pension Scheme
- NPV - Net Present Value
- NRI - Non-Resident Indian
- NRM - Natural Resource Management
- NRP - National Rail Plan
- NSDC - National Skill Development Corporation
- NSE - National Stock Exchange of India Ltd
- NSIL - New Space India Limited
- NSM - National Solar Mission
- NSO - National Statistical Office
- NSSF - National Small Savings Fund
- NSSO - National Sample Survey Office
- NW - National Waterway
- NWM - National Water Mission
- ODF - Open Defecation Free
- ODL - Open Distance Learning
- ODOP - One District One Product
- OEA - Office of the Economic Adviser
- OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OFC - Optical Fiber Cable
- OFS - Offer For Sale
- OMSS(D) - Open Market Sale Scheme-Domestic
- OMSS - Open Market Sale Scheme
- ONORC - One Nation One Ration Card
- OPD - Out Patient Department
- OPEC+ - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies
- OSH & WC - Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions
- OSP - Other Services Providers
- PA - Provisional Actuals
- PAT - Perform Achieve and Trade
- PBBY - Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana
- PD - Primary Deficit
- PDM - Potash Derived from Molasses
- PDS - Public Distribution System
- PE - Provisional Estimates
- PEG - Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee
- PFMS - Public Finance Management System
- PIB - Press Information Bureau
- PIBO - Producer, Importer and Brand Owner
- PIO - Person of Indian Origin
- PKVY - Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
- PLFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey
- PLI - Production-Linked Incentive
- PM CARES - Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations
- PM DAKSH - Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana
- PM POSHAN - Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman
- PM - Particulate Matter
- PM-GKRA - Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan
- PM-ABHIM - PM-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission
- PM-ASBY - Pradhan Mantri Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana
- PMAY - Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
- PMEGP - Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme
- PMFBY - Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
- PM-FME - Prime Minister-Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises
- PMGKY - Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
- PMGSY - Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
- PMI - Purchasing Manager’s Index
- PM-KISAN - Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
- PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras
- PMKSY - Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana
- PMKSY-PDMC - Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana – Per Drop More Crop
- PM-KUSUM - Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan
- PMKVY - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
- PMMSY - Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampad Yojana
- PMP - Phase Manufacturing Plan
- PMRUs - Price Monitoring and Resource Units
- PMSSY - Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
- PM-SYM - Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan
- PMUY - Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
- PNGRB - Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
- POL - Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants
- PoS - Point of Sale
- POSHAN - Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition
- PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
- PPP - Public Private Partnership
- PPPAC - Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee
- PPPs - Public Private Partnerships
- PSE - Public Sector Enterprise
- POSOCO - Power System Operation Corporation Limited
- PSU - Public Sector Undertaking
- PTA - Preferential Trade Agreement
- PTD - Price to Distributor
- PV - Photovoltaic
- QCBS - Quality-cum-Cost Based Selection
- QCO - Quality Control Order
- QE - Quantitative Easing
- QRR - Quarterly Revenue Recovery
- R&D - Research and Development
- RBA - Reserve Bank of Australia
- RBI - Reserve Bank of India
- RCH - Reproductive & Child Health
- RCPLWEA - Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas
- RD - Revenue Deficit
- RDG - Retail Direct Gilt
- RE - Revised Estimate
- REC - Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
- REER - Real Effective Exchange Rate
- RES - Renewable energy resource
- RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
- RKVY - Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
- RMS - Risk Management System
- ROA - Return on Assets
- RoC - Registrar of Companies
- RoDTEP - Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products
- ROE - Return on Equity
- RPL - Recognition of Prior Learning
- RSETIs - Rural Self Employment Training Institutes
- RTE Right To Education
- S&DT - Special and Differential Treatment
- SACFA - Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation
- SAGY - Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
- SAP - State Advised Price
- SAPCC - State Action Plan on Climate Change
- SAS - Situation Assessment Survey
- SATS Air India (AI) - Singapore Airport Terminal Services
- SAUBHAGYA - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
- SBSTA - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
- SCAMHP - Standing Committee on Affordable Medicines and Health Products
- SDG - Sustainable Development Goals
- SDGs - Sustainable Development Goals
- SDMF - State Disaster Mitigation Fund
- SDR - Special Drawing Rights
- SDRF - State Disaster Response Fund
- SDRMF - State Disaster Risk Management Fund
- SEZ - Special Economic Zones
- SFURTI - Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries
- SH - State-Highways
- SHGs - Self Help Groups
- SIAM - Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
- SIDS - Small Island Developing States
- SISFS - Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
- SLDE - Secured Logistics Document Exchange
- SoP - Standard Operating Procedure
- SPECS - Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors
- SPSE - State Public Sector Enterprise
- SPV - Special Purpose Vehicle
- SRS - Sample Registration Based System
- SSAP - State Specific Action Plan
- STL - Seasonal-Trend Decomposition Procedure based on Loess
- STT - Securities Transaction Tax
- STT - Short Term Training
- SUC - Spectrum Usage Charge
- SWC - State-Warehousing Corporation
- TCS - Tax Collected at Source
- TDS - Tax Deducted at Source
- TFR - Total Fertility Rate
- THDC - Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited
- TIES - Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme
- TLTRO - Targeted Long Term Repo Operations
- TMA - Transport and Marketing Assistance
- TMA - Tractor and Mechanization Association
- TOP - Tomato, Onion and Potato
- TPDS - Targeted Public Distribution System
- TRIPS - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- TRT - Turnaround Time
- TSP - Telecom Service Providers
- U5MR - Under five Mortality Rate
- UAN - Universal Account Number
- UDISE - Unified District Information System for Education
- UED - Union Excise Duties
- UK - United Kingdom
- UPI - Unified Payments Interface
- ULB - Urban Local Bodies
- UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
- UNESCAP - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific
- UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UR - Udyam Registration
- UR - Unemployment Rate
- USA - United States of America
- USD - United States Dollar
- UT - Union Territory
- UW - Unorganised Workers
- VAP - Village Action Plan
- VAT - Value Added Tax
- VGF - Viability Gap Funding
- VIX - Volatility Index
- VRRR - Variable Rate Reverse Repo
- VWSC - Village Water & Sanitation Committee
- WACR - Weighted Average Call rate
- WALR - Weighted Average Lending Rate
- WATDR - Weighted Average Domestic Term Deposit Rate
- WEO - World Economic Outlook
- WHO - World Health Organisation
- WPI - Wholesale Price Index
- WPR - Worker Population Ratio
- WSA - World Steel Association
- WTO - World Trade Organization
- XV-FC - Fifteenth Finance Commission
- YoY - Year on Year