Important Abbreviations - Banking Exams(Bank POs, Bank Clerks, IBPS/SBI)

  1. ACF - Auto-Correlation Function
  2. AD - Authorized Dealer
  3. ADB - Asian Development Bank
  4. ADR  - American Depository Receipt
  5. AFS  - Annual Financial Statement
  6. AGM   - Annual General Meeting
  7. AIRCSC   - All India Rural Credit Survey Committee
  8. AO   - Additive Outliers
  9. AR   - Auto Regression
  10. ARIMA  -  Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average
  11. AFS   -  Available For Sale
  12. ASSOCHAM  -  Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
  13. ATM   - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  14. ATM   -  Automated Teller Machine
  15. BIS   -  Bank for International Settlements
  16. BOI -  Bank of India
  17. BoP -  Balance of Payments
  18. BPM5   -  Balance of Payments Manual, 5th edition
  19. BPSD  - Balance of Payments Division, DESACS, RBI
  20. BSCS   - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
  21. BSR - Basic Statistical Returns
  22. CAD - Capital Account Deficit
  23. CAG - Controller and Auditor General of India
  24. CBS - Consolidated Banking Statistics
  25. CC  - Cash Credit
  26. CD  - Certificate of Deposit
  27. CD   - Ratio Credit Deposit Ratio
  28. CDBS  - Committee of Direction on Banking Statistics
  29. CF   -  Company Finance
  30. CFRA   - Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts
  31. CGRA   -  Currency and Gold Revaluation Account
  32. CII   -  Confederation of Indian Industries
  33. CO   -  Capital Outlay
  34. CP   -  Commercial Paper
  35. CPI   -  Consumer Price Index
  36. CPI-IW   - Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
  37. CR   - Capital Receipts
  38. CRAR - Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio
  39. CRR  - Cash Reserve Ratio
  40. CSIR   - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
  41. CSO   - Central Statistical Organisation
  42. CVC   - Central Vigilance Commission
  43. DAP   - Development Action Plan
  44. DBOD   - Department of Banking Operations and Development
  45. DBS   - Department of Banking Supervision, RBI
  46. DCA   - Department of Company Affairs, (Now known as Ministry of Companies Affairs, MCA) Government of India
  47. DCB - Demand Collection and Balance
  48. DCCB - District Central Cooperative Bank
  49. DCM  - Department of Currency Management, RBI
  50. DD - Demand Draft
  51. DDS -Data Dissemination Standards
  52. DEIO -Department of External Investments and Operations
  53. DESACS   - Department of Statistical Analysis & Computer Services, RBI
  54. DGBA -Department of Government and Bank Accounts, RBI
  55. DGCI&S  - Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics
  56. DI - Direct Investment
  57. DICGC  - Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
  58. DID  - Discharge of Internal Debt
  59. DMA   - Departmentalized Ministries Account
  60. DRI  - Differntial Rate of Interest Scheme
  61. DSBB   - Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
  62. DVP   - Delivery versus Payment
  63. ECB   - External Commercial Borrowing
  64. ECB   - European Central Bank
  65. ECGC   - Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
  66. ECS  - Electronic Clearing Scheme
  67. EDMU  -- External Debt Management Unit
  68. EEA - Exchange Equalization Account
  69. EEC  - European Economic Community
  70. EEFC --Exchange Earners Foreign Currency
  71. EFR --Exchange Fluctuation Reserve
  72. EPF --Employees Provident Fund
  73. EUR --Euro
  74. EXIM --Bank Export Import Bank of India
  75. FCA --Foreign Currency Assets
  76. FCCB --Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
  77. FCNR(B)-- Foreign Currency Non-resident (Banks)
  78. FCNRA --Foreign Currency Non-resident Account
  79. FCNRD --Foreign Currency Non-Repatriable Deposit
  80. FDI --Foreign Direct Investment
  81. FEMA--- Foreign Exchange Management Act
  82. FI --Financial Institution
  83. FICCI --Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  84. FII --Foreign Institutional Investor
  85. FIMMDA --Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India
  86. FISIM --Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
  87. FLAS --Foreign Liabilities and Assets Survey
  88. FOF --Flow Of Funds
  89. FPI --Foreign Portfolio Investment
  90. FRA --Forward Rate Agreement
  91. FRBM --Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003
  92. FRN --Floating Rate Note
  93. FSS --Farmers’ Service Societies
  94. FWG --First Working Group on Money supply
  95. GDP --Gross Domestic Product
  96. GDR --Global Depository Receipt
  97. GFD --Gross Fiscal Deficit
  98. GFS --Government Finance Statistics
  99. GIC --General Insurance Corporation
  100. GLS --Generalized Least Squares
  101. GNIE --Government Not Included Elsewhere
  102. GoI --Government of India
  103. GPD --Gross Primary Deficit
  104. G-Sec --Government Securities
  105. HDFC --Housing Development Finance Corporation
  106. HFT --Held For Trading
  107. HICP --Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
  108. HO --Head Office
  109. HUDCO --Housing & Urban Development Corporation
  110. IBRD --International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  111. IBS --International Banking Statistics
  112. ICAR --Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  113. ICICI --Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
  114. ICMR --Indian Council of Medical Research
  115. IDB --India Development Bonds
  116. IDBI --Industrial Development Bank of India
  117. IDD --Industrial Development Department
  118. IFAD --International Fund for Agricultural Development
  119. IFC --International Finance Corporation
  120. IFC(W) --International Finance Corporation (Washington)
  121. IFCI --Industrial Finance Corporation of India
  122. IFR --Investment Fluctuation Reserve Account
  123. IFS --International Financial Statistics
  124. IGLS --Iterative Generalized Least Squares
  125. IIBI --Industrial Investment Bank of India
  126. IIP --Index of Industrial Production
  127. IIP/InIP --International Investment Position
  128. IMD --India Millennium Deposits
  129. IMF --International Monetary Fund IN India
  130. INR --Indian Rupee
  131. IOTT --Input-Output Transaction Table
  132. IP --Interest Payment
  133. IRBI --Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
  134. ISDA --International Swaps and Derivative Association
  135. ISIC --International Standard Industrial Classification
  136. ISO --International Standards Organization
  137. ITRS --International Transaction Reporting System
  138. IWGEDS --International Working Group on External Debt Statistics
  139. KVIC --Khadi & Village Industries Corporation
  140. LAF --Liquidity Adjustment Facility
  141. LAMPS --Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies
  142. LAS --Loan & Advances by States
  143. LBD --Land Development Bank
  144. LBS --Locational Banking Statistics
  145. LERMS --Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System
  146. LIC --Life Insurance Corporation of India
  147. LS --Level Shift
  148. LT --Long Term
  149. LTO --Long Term Operation
  150. M1 --Narrow Money
  151. M3 --Broad Money
  152. MA --Moving Average
  153. MCA --Ministry of Company Affairs
  154. MIGA --Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  155. MIS --Management Information System
  156. MMSE --Minimum Mean Squared Errors
  157. MoF --Ministry of Finance
  158. MOF --Master Office File
  159. MRM --Monitoring and Review Mechanism
  160. MSS --Market Stabilisation Scheme
  161. MT --Mail Transfer
  162. MTM --Mark-To-Market
  163. NABARD --National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
  164. NAC(LTO) --National Agricultural Credit (Long Term Operatiion)
  165. NAIO --Non Administratively Independent Office
  166. NAS --National Account Statistics
  167. NASSCOM --National Association of Software and Services Companies
  168. NBC --Non-Banking Companies
  169. NBFC --Non Banking Financial Companies
  170. NEC --Not Elsewhere Classified
  171. NEER --Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
  172. NFA --Non-Foreign Exchange Assets
  173. NFD --Net Fiscal Deficit
  174. NGO --Non-Governmental Organization
  175. NHB --National Housing Bank
  176. NIC --National Industrial Classification
  177. NIF --Note Issuance Facility
  178. NNML-- Net Non-Monetary Liabilities
  179. NPA --Non-Performing Assets
  180. NPD --Net Primary Deficit
  181. NPRB --Net Primary Revenue Balance
  182. NPV --Net Present Value
  183. NR(E)RA --Non-Resident (External) Rupee Account
  184. NR(NR)RA --Non-Resident (Non-Repatriable) Rupee Account
  185. NRE --Non-Resident External
  186. NRG --Non-Resident Government
  187. NRI --Non-Resident Indian
  188. NSC --National Statistical Commission
  189. NSSF --National Small Savings Fund
  190. OD --Over Draft
  191. ODA --Official Development Assistance
  192. OECD --Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  193. OECO --Organisaton for Economic Co-operation
  194. OFI --Other Financial Institutions
  195. OLTAS --OnLine Tax Accounting System Manual on Financial and Banking Statistics
  196. OMO --Open Market Operations
  197. OSCB --Other Indian Scheduled Commercial Bank
  198. PACF --Partial Auto-Correlation Function
  199. PACS --Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
  200. PCARDB --Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
  201. PD --Primary Deficit
  202. PDAI --Primary Dealers Association of India
  203. PDO --Public Debt Office
  204. PDO-NDS --Public Debt Office-cum-Negotiated Dealing System
  205. PDs --Primary Dealers
  206. PES --Public Enterprises Survey
  207. PF --Provident Fund
  208. PIO --Persons of Indian Origin
  209. PNB --Punjab National bank
  210. PO --Principal Office
  211. PRB --Primary Revenue Balance
  212. PSE --Public Sector Enterprises
  213. PUC --Paid Up Capital
  214. QRR --Quick Review Report
  215. RBI --Reserve Bank of India
  216. RD --Revenue Deficit
  217. RDBMS --Relational Database Management System
  218. RE --Revenue Expenditure
  219. REC --Rural Electrification Corporation
  220. REER --Real Effective Exchange Rate
  221. RFC --Residents Foreign Currency
  222. RIB --Resurgent India Bonds
  223. RIDF --Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
  224. RLA --Recoveries of Loans & Advances
  225. RLC --Repayment of Loans to Centre
  226. RMB --Renminbi (Chinese)
  227. RNBC --Residuary Non-Banking Companies
  228. RO --Regional Office
  229. RoCs-- Registrars of Companies
  230. RPA --Rupee Payment Area
  231. RPCD --Rural Planning and Credit Department, RBI
  232. RR --Revenue Receipts
  233. RRB --Regional Rural Bank
  234. RTP --Reserve Tranche Position
  235. RUF --Revolving Underwriting Facility
  236. RWA --Risk Weighted Asset
  237. SAM --Social Accounting Matrix
  238. SAS --Statistical Analysis System
  239. SBI --State Bank of India
  240. SC --Schedule Caste
  241. SCARDB --State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
  242. SCB --State Cooperative Bank
  243. SCB --Scheduled Commercial Bank
  244. SCS --Size Class Strata
  245. SDDS --Special Data Dissemination Standards
  246. SDR --Special Drawing Right
  247. SEBI ---Securities and Exchange Board of India
  248. SEBs ---State Electricity Boards
  249. SFC --State Financial Corporation
  250. SGL --Subsidiary General Ledger
  251. SGSY --Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar Yojana
  252. SHGs --Self-Help Groups
  253. SIDBI --Small Industries Development Bank of India
  254. SIDC --State Industrial Development Corporation
  255. SI-SPA --Systems Improvement Scheme under Special Project Agriculture
  256. SJSRY --Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana
  257. SLR --Statutory Liquidity Ratio
  258. SLRS --Scheme for Liberation & Rehabilitation of Scavangers
  259. SMG --Standing Monitoring Group
  260. SNA --System of National Accounts
  261. SRWTO --Small road & Water Transport Operators
  262. SSI --Small-Scale Industries
  263. SSSBEs --Small Scale Service & Business Enterprises
  264. ST --Schedule Tribe
  265. SWG --Second Working Group on Money Supply
  266. TBs --Treasury Bills
  267. TC --Temporary Change
  268. TT --Telegraphic Transfer
  269. UBB --Uniform Balance Book
  270. UBD --Urban Banks Department
  271. UCB --Urban Cooperative Bank
  272. UCN --Uniform Code Number
  273. US --United States
  274. USD --US Dollars
  275. UTI --Unit Trust of India
  276. VC --Venture Capital
  277. WGMS --Working Group on Money Supply: Analytics and Methodology of Compilation
  278. WPI --Wholesale Price Index
  279. WSS --Weekly Statistical Supplement
  280. YTM --Yield to Maturity
  281. ZO --Zonal Office
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