Important Banking Terms and Abbreviations

• ADR 

-- American Depository Receipt
• AGM 

-- Annual General Meeting
• AIRCSC 

-- All India Rural Credit Survey Committee
• AFS 

-- Available For Sale
• ASSOCHAM 

-- Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
• ATM 

-- Automated Teller Machine
• BIS 

-- Bank for International Settlements
• BoP 

-- Balance of Payments
• CAD 

-- Capital Account Deficit
• CAG 

-- Controller and Auditor General of India
• CAMELS 

-- Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, Systems & Controls
• CBS 

-- Consolidated Banking Statistics
• CC 

-- Cash Credit
• CD 

-- Certificate of Deposit
• CF 

-- Company Finance
• CII 

-- Confederation of Indian Industries
• CP 
-- Commercial Paper
• CPI 
-- Consumer Price Index
• CR 
-- Capital Receipts
• CRR 
-- Cash Reserve Ratio
• CSIR 
-- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• CSO 
-- Central Statistical Organisation
• DBOD 
-- Department of Banking Operations and Development
• DBS 
-- Department of Banking Supervision, RBI
• DCA 
-- Department of Company Affairs,
• DCCB 
-- District Central Cooperative Bank
• DCM 
-- Department of Currency Management, RBI
• DD 
-- Demand Draft
• DDS 
-- Data Dissemination Standards
• DICGC 
-- Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
• ECGC 
-- Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
• ECS 
-- Electronic Clearing Scheme
• EEA 
-- Exchange Equalization Account
• EPF 
-- Employees Provident Fund
• FDI 
-- Foreign Direct Investment
• FEMA 
-- Foreign Exchange Management Act
• FICCI 
-- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• FII 
-- Foreign Institutional Investor
• FPI 
-- Foreign Portfolio Investment
• GDP 
-- Gross Domestic Product
• GDR 
-- Global Depository Receipt
• GFD 
-- Gross Fiscal Deficit
• GIC 
-- General Insurance Corporation
• GPD 
-- Gross Primary Deficit
• HDFC 
-- Housing Development Finance Corporation
• HFT 
-- Held For Trading
• IBS 
-- International Banking Statistics
• ICAR 
-- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
• ICICI 
-- Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
• ICMR 
-- Indian Council of Medical Research
• IDBI 
-- Industrial Development Bank of India
• IFC 
-- International Finance Corporation
• IFCI 
-- Industrial Finance Corporation of India
• IIP 
-- Index of Industrial Production
• IMF 
-- International Monetary Fund
• IRBI 
-- Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
• ISDA 
-- International Swaps and Derivative Association
• ISIC 
-- International Standard Industrial Classification
• ISO 
-- International Standards Organization
• LBS 
-- Locational Banking Statistics
• LERMS 
-- Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System
• LIC 
-- Life Insurance Corporation of India
• MCA 
-- Ministry of Company Affairs
• MIS 
-- Management Information System
• MMSE 
-- Minimum Mean Squared Errors
• NABARD 
-- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
• NASSCOM 
-- National Association of Software and Services Companies
• NBC 
-- Non-Banking Companies
• NBFC 
-- Non Banking Financial Companies
• NEER 
-- Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
• NFA 
-- Non-Foreign Exchange Assets
• NGO 
-- Non-Governmental Organization
• NHB 
-- National Housing Bank
• NPA 
-- Non-Performing Assets
• NSC 
-- National Statistical Commission
• NSSF 
-- National Small Savings Fund
• OD 
-- Over Draft
• ODA 
-- Official Development Assistance
• OMO 
-- Open Market Operations
• PACS 
-- Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
• PDAI 
-- Primary Dealers Association of India
• PDO 
-- Public Debt Office
• PIO 
-- Persons of Indian Origin
• PO 
-- Principal Office
• PRB 
-- Primary Revenue Balance
• PSE 
-- Public Sector Enterprises
• PUC 
-- Paid Up Capital
• RD 
-- Revenue Deficit
• RDBMS 
-- Relational Database Management System
• RE 
-- Revenue Expenditure
• REC 
-- Rural Electrification Corporation
• REER 
-- Real Effective Exchange Rate
• RIDF 
-- Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
• RoC 
-- Registrars of Companies
• RR 
-- Revenue Receipts
• RRB 
-- Regional Rural Bank
• RTP 
-- Reserve Tranche Position
• RWA 
-- Risk Weighted Asset
• SAS 
-- Statistical Analysis System
• SCARDB 
-- State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
• SCB 
-- State Cooperative Bank
• SCB 
-- Scheduled Commercial Bank
• SDDS 
--Special Data Dissemination Standards
• SDR 
-- Special Drawing Right
• SEBI 
-- Securities and Exchange Board of India
• SIFI 
-- Systemically Important Financial Intermediaries
• SEBs 
-- State Electricity Boards
• SGSY 
-- Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar Yojana
• SHGs 
-- Self-Help Groups
• SIDBI 
-- Small Industries Development Bank of India
• SIDC 
-- State Industrial Development Corporation
• SJSRY 
-- Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana
• SLR 
-- Statutory Liquidity Ratio
• SMG 
-- Standing Monitoring Group
• SNA 
-- System of National Accounts
• SRWTO 
-- Small road & Water Transport Operators
• SSI 
-- Small-Scale Industries
• STRIPS 
-- Separate Trading for Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
• TB 
-- Treasury Bills
• TC 
-- Temporary Change
• TT 
-- Telegraphic Transfer
• TFTS 
- Trade for Trade Settlement
• UCB 
-- Urban Cooperative Bank
• UCN 
-- Uniform Code Number
• UNDP 
-- United Nations Development Programme
• UNICO 
-- Umbrella Organisation for Large Cooperative Banks in Europe
• UNDP 
-- United Nations Development Programme
• UNIDO 
-- United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
• UNME 
-- Urban Non-Manual Employees
• UTI 
-- Unit Trust of India
• VC 
-- Venture Capital
• WPI 
-- Wholesale Price Index
• WTO 
-- World Trade Organisation
• YTM 
-- Yield to Maturity
• ZTC 
-- Zonal Training Centre

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