Full Forms List

An abbreviation or short form is a word or phrase in a long form that has been shortened. When people find it difficult to speak or recall long sentences, words, or phrases, they will shorten them. There are numerous short forms that we have heard or used but are unaware of their full expanded versions. We’ve compiled a list of the most commonly used/important full forms that are frequently used. This will also help you in competitive exams such as Bank Exams, IBPS Recruitment Exams, UGC NET or CSIR NET, IIT JAM, SSC, and RRB, and so on. In this blog, we have given a list of the most common abbreviated versions in alphabetical order. Check it out!

Full Form List: “A”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	ABS	Anti-Locking Braking System
2.	ACE	Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
3.	ACT	American College Test
4.	ADA	Aeronautical Development Agency
5.	ADB	Asian Development Bank
6.	ADCB	Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
7.	ADR	American Depositary Receipt, Alternative Dispute Resolution
8.	ADS in Medical	Acquired Demyelinating Syndrome
	AE	Account Executive
9.	AFAIK	As Far as I know
	AGM	Annual General Meeting
10.	AIEEE	All India Engineering Entrance Examination
11.	AIIB	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
12.	APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
13.	AFK	Away from the keyboard
14.	AL	Accountant at Law
15.	ALC	Automatic Live Control
16.	ALM	Asset and Liability Management
17.	AMU	Aligarh Muslim University
18.	AOA	Articles of Association
19.	APGVB	Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
20.	APL	Above Poverty Line
21.	APM	Administered Pricing Mechanism, Application Performance Monitoring
22.	ARC	Asset Reconstruction Company
23.	ARO	Assistant Review Officer
24.	ARDR	Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
25.	ASA	American Standards Association
26.	ASAP	As Soon As Possible
27.	ASBA	Application Supported by Block Amount
28.	ASEAN	Association of South-East Asian Nations
29.	ASEM	Asia-Europe Meeting
30.	ASF	Advanced Systems Format
31.	ASSOCHAM	Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
32.	ATR	Action Taken Report
33.	ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
34.	ATM	Automated teller machine
35.	AM	Ante Meridiem
36.	ANO	Academic New Office
37.	AU	Astronomical Unit

Full Form List: “B”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	BASIC	Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
2.	BAE	Before Anyone Else
3.	BAF	Bachelor of Accounting and Finance
4.	BAR	Best Available Rate
5.	BBE	Bachelor of Business Economics
6.	BBK	Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait
7.	BBL	Big Bash League, Be Back Later
8.	B2B	Business-to-business
9.	BCA	Bachelors of Computer Applications
10.	BCC	Blind Carbon Copy
11.	BC	Before Christ
12.	BCBS	Basel Committee for Banking Supervision
13.	BCSBI	Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
14.	BDC	Block Development Council
15.	BDE	Business Development Executive
16.	BE	Bachelor of Engineering
17.	B.Ed	Bachelor of Education
18.	BEO	Block Education Officer
19.	BFS	Brеadth-First Sеarch
20.	BHIM	Bharat Interface for Money
21.	BHMS	Bachelor of Homeopathy Medicine and Science
22.	BIFR	Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
23.	BIMSTEC	Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
24.	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
25.	BITSAT	Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test
26.	BLOB	Binary Large Object
27.	BO	Branch office
28.	BOD	Biochemical Oxygen Demand
29.	BOI	Bank of India
30.	BOLT	BSE On-Line Trading (System)
31.	BOP	Balance of Payments
32.	BOT	Build, Operate and Transfer
33.	BPL	Below Poverty Line
34.	BPO	Business Process Outsourcing
35.	BRICS	Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
36.	BSF	Border Security Force
37.	BSc	Bachelor of Science
38.	BSCS	Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
39.	BSE	Bombay Stock Exchange
40.	BSG	Bharat Scouts and Guides
41.	BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party.
42.	BSR	Basic Statistical Returns
43.	BSTC	Basic School Teaching Certificate
44.	B.Tech	Bachelor of Technology
45.	BTS	Bangtan Soneyeondan
46.	BYE	Be with Your Everytime

Full Form List: “C”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	C & AG	Comptroller & Auditor General
2.	CA	Chartered Accountant
3.	CABE	Central Advisory Board of Education
4.	CACP	Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price
5.	CAD	Capital Account Deficit
6.	CAG	Controller and Auditor General of India
7.	CAMELS	C – Capital adequacy, A – Asset quality, M – Management quality, E – Earnings, L – Liquidity, S – Sensitivity to Market Risk
8.	CAPART	Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology
9.	CAR	Capital adequacy ratio
10.	CARE	Credit Analysis & Research Ltd.
11.	CBS	Core banking solution
12.	CC	Clearing Corporation of India Limited
13.	CCI	Competition Commission of India
14.	CCIL	Clearing Corporation of India limited
15.	CD	Certificate of Deposit
16.	CDSL	Central Securities Depository Limited
17.	CECA	Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
18.	CEPA	Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
19.	CFRA	Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts
20.	CGL	Combined Graduate Level Examination
21.	CHOGM	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
22.	CIBIL	Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd
23.	CII	Confederation of Indian Industry
24.	CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
25.	CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
26.	CITU	Centre Of Indian Trade Unions
27.	CMP	Common Minimum Program
28.	CO	Capital Outlay
29.	COBOL	Common Business-Oriented Language
30.	CP	Commercial Paper
31.	CPI	Consumer Price Index
32.	CPI (AL)	Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labors
33.	CPI (IW)	Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
34.	CRAR	Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio
35.	CRA	Credit Reporting Agency
36.	CRISIL	Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
37.	CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
38.	CRPC	Code of Criminal Procedure
39.	CRPF	Central Reserve Police Force
40.	CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
41.	CSAT	Civil Servant Aptitude Test
42.	CTO	Chief Technology Officer

Full Form List: “D”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Form
1.	DA	Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
2.	DAP	Development Action Plan
3.	DBOD	Department of Banking Operations & Development
4.	DBS Bank Ltd	The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.
5.	DCA	Department of Company Affairs
6.	DCM	Department of Currency Management
7.	DD	Demand Draft
8.		Data Dissemination Standards
9.	DICGC	Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
10.	DIG	Deputy Inspector General of Police
11.	DMA	Departmentalized Ministries Account
12.	DMLT	Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology
13.	DTP	Desktop Publishing

Full Form List: “E”

S.No.	Short Form	Full Forms
1.	ECA	Essential Commodity Act
2.	ECB	External Commercial Borrowings
3.	ECS	Electronic Clearing Service
4.	EDUSAT	Education Satellite
5.	EEE	Exempt Exempt Exempt
6.	EEFC Account	Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account
7.	EGOM	Empowered Group of Ministers
8.	EMI	Equated Monthly Installment
9.	EMS	European Monetary System
10.	EPF	Employees Provident Fund
11.	EPFO	Employees Provident Fund Organization
12.	ERNET	Educational and Research Network
13.	ESA	European Space Agency
14.	ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacify
15.	ESMA	European Securities and Markets Authority
16.	ESOP	Employee Stock Option Program
17.	ETF	Exchange Traded Fund
18.	EU	European Union
19.	EXIM	Export Import Bank of India

Full Form List: “F”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
2.	FCCB	Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
3.	FCNR	Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Accounts Scheme
4.	FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
5.	FEMA	Foreign Exchange Management Act
6.	FERA	Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
7.	FICCI	Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
8.	FII	Foreign Institutional Investors
9.	FIPB	Foreign Investment Promotion Board (Of India)
10.	FMCG	Fast Moving Consumer Goods
11.	FPO	Follow on Public Offer
12.	FTA	Free Trade Area

 Full Form List: “G”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	GATT	General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
2.	GCC	Gulf Cooperation Council
3.	GDP	Gross Domestic Product
4.	GDR	Global Depositary Receipt
5.	GK	General Knowledge
6.	GNP	Gross National Product
7.	GOI	Government of India
8.	GST	Goods and Service Tax

 Full Form List: “H”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	HDFC	Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
2.	HDI	Human Development Index
3.	HMU	Hit Me Up
4.	HSBC	Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
5.	HVAC	Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

Full Form List: “I”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	IAAI	International Airport Authority Of India
2.	IAAS	Indian Audit and Accounts Service
3.	IADF	International Agricultural Development Fund
4.	IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
5.	IASB	Incremental Capital-output Ratio, International Accounting Standards Board
6.	IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
7.	ICAI	Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
8.	ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
9.	ICCW	Indian Council for Child Welfare
10.	ICDS	Integrated Child Development Service
11.	ICICI	Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
12.	ICMR	Indian Council of Medical Research
13.	IMO	In my opinion
14.	ICRA	Investment information and Credit Rating Agency
15.	ICRC	International Committee of Red Cross
16.	IDA	International Development Association
17.	IDBI	Industrial Development Bank of India
18.	IDR	Indian Depository Receipts
19.	IES	Indian Economic Service
20.	IEX	Indian Energy Exchange
21.	IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development
22.	IFC	International Finance Corporation
23.	IFRS	International Financial Reporting Standard
24.	IFSC	Indian Financial System Code
25.	IFTU	International Federation of Trade Unions
26.	IFWJ	Indian Federation of Working Journalists
27.	IIP	The Index of Industrial Production
28.	IIPA	Indian Institute of Public Administration
29.	IISS	International Institute of Strategic Studies
30.	ILO	International Labor Organization
31.	IMF	International Monetary Fund
32.	IMO	International Maritime Organization
33.	IMHO	In My Humble Opinion
34.	IMRB	Indian Market Research Bureau
35.	INC	Incorporated
36.	INMARSAT	International Maritime Satellite Organization
37.	INR	Indian Rupee
38.	INTERPOL	International Police Organization
39.	INTUC	Indian National Trade Union Congress
40.	IOC	International Olympic Committee
41.	IP	Interest Payment
42.	IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
43.	IPEC	International Program on Elimination Of Child Labor
44.	IPO	Initial public offer
45.	IPR	Intellectual Property Right
46.	IRDA	Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
47.	IREP	Integrated Rural Energy Planning
48.	ITAT	Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
49.	ITO	International Trade Organization; Income-Tax Officer
50.	ITU	International Tele-Communication Union

Full Form List: “J”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	JNNURM	Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

Full Form List: “K”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	KPO	Knowledge Process Outsourcing
2.	KTU	Kerala Technological University
3.	KYC	Know your customer

Full Form List: “L”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	LAMPS	Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies
2.	LIC	Life Insurance Corporation (Of India)
3.	LLP	Limited Liability Partnership
4.	LPC	Land Possession Certificate, Licensed Professional Counselor

Full Form List: “M”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	MA	Moving Average, Master of Arts
2.	MAIT	Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology
3.	MAT	Minimum Alternative Tax
4.	MCA	Ministry of Company Affairs, Master of Computer Applications
5.	MCAP	Market capitalization / Mid cap
6.	MDG	Millennium development goals
7.	MEP	Minimum Export Price, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing
8.	MFA	Multi-Fiber Agreement, Master of Fine Arts
9.	MFI	Micro Finance Institution
10.	MFIN	Micro Finance Institution Network
11.	MFN	Most Favored Nation
12.	MGNREGA	Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
13.	MIBOR	Mumbai Interbank offer rate
14.	MICR	Mumbai Interbank offer rate
15.	MNC	Multi-National Corporation
16.	MRP	Maximum Retail Price
17.	MRTPC	Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
18.	MRTS	Mass Rapid Transit System
19.	MSME	Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
20.	MSP	Minimum Support Price
21.	MT	Mail Transfer, Metric Ton
22.	MTO	Multilateral Trade Organization, Make to Order/Made to Order.

Full Form List: “N”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	NABARD	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
2.	NAEP	National Adult Education Program
3.	NAFED	National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd
4.	NAFTA	North America Free Trade Agreement
5.	NAM	Non-Aligned Movement
6.	NAMA	Non-Agriculture Market Access
7.	NASDAQ	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
8.	NASSCOM	National Association of Software and Services Companies
9.	NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10.	NAV	Net Asset Value
11.	NBFC	Non-Banking Finance Companies
12.	NCAER	National Council Of Applied Economic Research
13.	NCERT	National Council Of Education Research And Training
14.	NCPCR	National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
15.	NDC	National Development Council
16.	NEFT	National Electronic Fund Transfer
17.	NEGP	National E-Governance Plan
18.	NEP	National Education Policy
19.	NFO	New Fund Offers
20.	NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
21.	NHAI	National Highways Authority of India
22.	NHDP	National Highways Development Project
23.	NHRC	National Human Rights Commission
24.	NIC	National Industrial Classification, Network Interface Card
25.	NIFT	National Institute of Fashion Technology
26.	NIO	National Institute of Oceanography
27.	NLMA	National Literacy Mission Authority
28.	NMDC	National Mineral Development Corporation
29.	NNP	Net National Production
30.	NOHFC	Non-operative Financial Holding Company
31.	NPA	Non-Performing Asset
32.	NPR	National Population Register
33.	NRI	Non-Resident Indian
34.	NSC	National Statistical Commission, National Savings Certificate
35.	NSDL	National Securities Depository Limited
36.	NVM	Never Mind

Full Form List: “O”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	OD	Over Draft
2.	ODA	Official Development Assistance
3.	OECD	Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development
4.	OGL	Open General License
5.	OIC	Organization of Islamic Countries
6.	OIL	Oil India Limited
7.	ONGC	Oil And Natural Gas Commission
8.	OPEC	Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries
9.	OSCE	Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe

Full Form List: “P”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	PAC	Public Accounts Committee
2.	PACS	Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
3.	PAN	Permanent Account Number (Of Income-Tax)
4.	PATA	Pacific-Asia Travel Association, Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
5.	PCI	Per capita income, Peripheral Component Interconnect
6.	PD	Primary Deficit, Public Domain
7.	PDO	Public Debt Office, Panchayat Development Officer
8.	PDS	Public Distribution System
9.	PIL	Public Interest Litigation
10.	PIO	Persons Of Indian Origin
11.	PN	Participatory Note
12.	PNB	Punjab National Bank
13.	PO	Principal Office, Probationary Officer
14.	POP	Point Of Purchase, Post Office Protocol, Point of Presence
15.	PPF	Public Provident Fund

Full Form List: “Q”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	QIB	Qualified Institutional Buyer
2.	QIP	Qualified Institutional Placement
3.	QLED	Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode
4.	QR	Quantitative Restriction, Quick Response

Full Form List: “R”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	RBI	Reserve Bank Of India
2.	RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
3.	RE	Revenue Expenditure
4.	REC	Rural Electrification Corporation
5.	RIDF	Rural Infrastructure Development Dund
6.	RMB	Renminbi (Chinese)
7.	RR	Revenue Receipts, Rajasthan Royals
8.	RRB	Regional Rural Bank
9.	RSETI	Rural Self Employment Training Institute
10.	RSS	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
11.	RTGS	Real Time Gross Settlement

Full Form List: “S”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation
2.	SAFTA	South Asian Free Trade Area
3.	SAIL	Steel Authority of India Limited
4.	SAM	Social Accounting Matrix, Severe Acute Malnutrition
5.	SAPTA	SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement
6.	SARFAESI ACT	The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
7.	SBI	State Bank of India
8.	SC	Schedule Caste
9.	SCO	Shanghai Cooperation Organization
10.	SCOPE	Standing Conference On Public Enterprises
11.	SDDS	Special Data Dissemination System
12.	SDF	Shipping Declaration Form
13.	SDR	Special Drawing Rights
14.	SEBI	Securities and Exchange Board of India
15.	SEWA	Self-employed Women’s Association
16.	SEZ	Special Economic Zone
17.	SFC	State Financial Corporation
18.	SGL	Subsidiary General Ledger, Spatial Graph Language
19.	SIDBI	Small Industries Development Bank of India
20.	SLR	Statutory Liquidity Ratio
21.	SN	Student Nurse, Say Nothing, Serial Number, Special Needs
22.	SSI	Small-Scale Industries
23.	ST	Schedule Tribe
24.	STDR	Special Term Deposit Receipt

Full Form List: “T”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	TC	Temporary Change, Transfer Certificate
2.	TDS	Tax Deduction at Source
3.	TIFR	Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research
4.	TIN	Tax Information Network
5.	TINXSYS	Tax Information Exchange System
6.	TISCO	Tata Iron and Steel Company
7.	TPDS	Targeted Public Distribution System
8.	TRAI	Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India
9.	TRIMS	Trade Related Investment Measures
10.	TRIPS	Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights

Full Form List: “U”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	UCO	United Commercial Bank
2.	UN	United Nations
3.	UNCTAD	United Nations Conference On Trade And Development
4.	UNDP	United Nations Development Program
5.	UNEF	United Nations Emergency Force
6.	UNEP	United Nations Environment Program
7.	UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization
8.	UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
9.	UNHRC	United Nations Human Rights Commission
10.	UNICEF	United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund
11.	UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
12.	UNRRA	United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration
13.	US	United States
14.	USD	US Dollars
15.	USE	United Stock Exchange

Full Form List: “V”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	VAT	Value-Added Tax
2.	VBA	Visual Basic for Applications
3.	VC	Venture Capital
4.	VDIS	Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme
5.	VVIP	Vеry Vеry Important Pеrson

Full Form List: “W”

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	WCW	World Championship Wrestling
2.	WEF	World Economic Forum
3.	WHO	World Health Organization
4.	WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
5.	WLL	Wireless Local Loop
6.	WYSIWYG	What You See Is What You Get

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