Indian Acronyms and Abbreviations

* AAI - Airport Authority of India 
* AGP - Asom Gana Parishad 
* AI - Air India 
* AIADMK - All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 
* AIR - All India Radio 
* AP - Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh 
* ASLV - Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle 
* BCCI - Board of Cricket Control in India 
* BG - Broad Gauge (trains); Broad Guage railway tracks (5ft. 6in. -

the broadest in the world)

• BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party
• BSP - Bahujan Samaj Party
• CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation
• CBSE - Central Board of Secondary Education
• CII - Confederation fo Indian Industry
• CM - Chief Minister
• CPI - Communist Party of India
• CPI (M) - Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• CPI (ML) - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
• CPWD - Central Public Works Department; PWD of the GOI
• DA - Dearness Allowance
• DD - Doordarshan
• DK - Dravida Kazhagam
• DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
• DoT - Department of Telecommunications
• DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation
• EMU - Electric Multiple Unit
• FC - Forward Caste
• FM - Finance Minister
• GoI - Government of India
• GSLV - Geostationary Launch Vehicle
• HC - High Court
• HP - Himachal Pradesh
• IA - Indian Airlines
• IAF - Indian Air Force
• IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University
• IIM - Indian Institute of Management
• IIT - Indian Institute of Technology
• IMD - India Meteorological Department
• INSAT - Indian National Satellite
• IPKF - Indian Peace Keeping Force
• IRS - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
• ISI - Formerly Indian Standards Institute, now renamed Bureau of Indian Standards, thanks to Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence
• ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
• LoC - Line of Control (between Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and Indian-controlled state of Jammu Meter Guage railway tracks (1 meter)
• MP - Madhya Pradesh
• NDA - National Democratic Alliance
• NIC : National Informatics Centre
• NRI - Non-Resident Indian
• NSC - National Savings Certificate
• OBC - Other Backward Classes
• ONGC - Oil and Natural Gas Commission
• PAN - Permanent Account Number (for income tax assessees)
• PF - Provident Fund
• PIL - Public Interest Litigation
• PMK - Pattali Munnetra Kazhagam
• PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
• PSU - Public Sector Unit
• PTI - Press Trust of India
• PWD - Public Works Department
• RAW - Research Samata Party
• ST - Scheduled Tribes
• TN - Tamil Nadu
• ULFA - United Liberation Front of Asom
• UP - Uttar Pradesh
• VHP - Vishwa Hindu Parishad
• WB - West Bengal