Terms |
Banking Abbreviation |
ACF |
Auto Correlation Function |
AD |
Authorised Dealer |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
ADR |
American Depository Receipt |
AFS |
Annual Financial Statement |
AIRCSC |
All India Rural Credit Survey Committee |
ASSOCHAM |
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India |
BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
BoP |
Balance of Payments |
BSCS |
Basel Committee of Banking Supervision |
BSR |
Basic Statistical Returns |
CAD |
Capital Account Deficit |
CAG |
Controller and Auditor General of India |
CC |
Cash Credit |
CD |
Certificate of Deposit |
CR Ratio |
Credit Deposit Ratio |
CF |
Company Finance |
CFRA |
Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts |
CGRA |
Currency and Gold Revaluation Account |
CII |
Confederation of Indian Industry |
CO |
Capital Outlay |
CP |
Commercial Paper |
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
CR |
Capital Receipts |
CRAR |
Capital to Risk-Weighted Asset Ratio |
CRR |
Cash Reserve Ratio |
CVC |
Central Vigilance Commission |
DBOD |
Department of Banking Operations and Development |
DCB |
Demand Collection and Balance |
DCCB |
District Central Co-operative Bank |
DCM, RBI |
Department of Currency Management, RBI |
DD |
Demand Draft |
DEIO |
Department of External Investments and Operations |
DGCI&S |
Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics |
DI |
Direct Investments |
DICGC |
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India |
DID |
Discharge of Internal Debt |
DMA |
Departmentalized Ministries Account |
DRI |
Differential Rate of Interest Scheme |
DSBB |
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board |
DVP |
Delivery Versus Payment |
ECB |
External Commercial Borrowing |
ECB |
European Central Bank |
ECGC |
Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation |
ECS |
Electronic Clearing Scheme |
EDMU |
External Debt Management Unit |
EEA |
Exchange Equalization Account |
EEC |
European Economic Community |
EEFC |
Exchange Earners Foreign Currency |
EFR |
Exchange Fluctuation Reserve |
EXIM Bank |
Export Import Bank of India |
FCA |
Foreign Currency Assets |
FCCB |
Foreign Currency Convertible Bond |
FCNRB(B) |
Foreign Currency Non- resident (Banks) |
FCNRA |
Foreign Currency Non Resident Account |
FCNRD |
Foreign Currency Non Repatriable Deposit |
FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
FEMA |
Foreign Exchange Management Act |
FI |
Financial Institution |
FICCI |
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
FII |
Foreign Institutional Investor |
FIMMDA |
Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India |
FISIM |
Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured |
FLAS |
Foreign Liabilities and Assets Survey |
FOF |
Flow of Funds |
FPI |
Foreign Portfolio Investment |
FRA |
Forward Rate Agreement |
FRN |
Floating Rate Note |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GDR |
Global Repository Receipt |
G-Sec |
Government Securities |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
IDRBT |
Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology |
IEPF |
Investors Education and Protection Fund |
IFSC |
Indian Financial Sysytem Code |
IFC |
Indian Financial Corporation |
IFCI |
Industrial Finance Corporation of India |
IIBF |
International Institute of Banking and Finance |
IIBI |
Industrial Investment Bank of India |
IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
IFR |
Investment Fluctuation Reserve |
IIP |
Index of Industrial Production |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IP |
Interest Payment |
ISDA |
International Swaps and Derivative Association |
ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
KYC |
Know Your Customer |
KVP |
Kissan Vikas Patra |
KVIC |
Khadi and Village Industries Corporation |
LAF |
Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
LAS |
Loans and Advances by States |
LDB |
Land Development Bank |
LERMS |
Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System |
M1 |
Narrow Money |
M3 |
Broad Money |
MA |
Moving Average |
MCA |
Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
MIGA |
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
MSS |
Market Stabilisation Scheme |
NABARD |
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
NBFC |
Non Banking Financial Companies |
NEC |
Not Elsewhere Classified |
NEER |
Nominal Effective Exchange Rate |
NFA |
Non Foreign Exchange Assets |
NFD |
Net Fiscal Deficit |
NHB |
National Housing Bank |
NIF |
Note Issuance Facility |
NPA |
Non Performing Assets |
NPV |
Net Present Value |
NSSF |
National Small Savings Fund |
OD |
Over Draft |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OLTAS |
Online Tax Accounting System |
PACS |
Primary Agriculture Credit Societies |
PD |
Primary Deficit |
RD |
Revenue Deficit |
RE |
Revenue Expenditure |
REER |
Real Effective Exchange Rate |
RIB |
Resurgent India Bonds |
RLA |
Recoveries of Loans and Advancements |
RTC |
Repayment of Loans to Centre |
RoC’s |
Registrars of Companies |
RR |
Revenue Receipts |
RRB |
Regional Rural Bank |
RTP |
Reserve Tranche Position |
RUF |
Revolving Underwriting Facility |
RWA |
Risk Weighted Asset |
SCARDB |
State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank |
SCB |
State Co-operative Bank |
SCB |
Scheduled Commerical Bank |
SDDS |
Special Data Dissemination Standards |
SDR |
Special Drawing Right |
SEBI |
Securities Exchange Board of India |
SFC |
State Financial Corporation |
SIDBI |
Small Industries Development Bank of India |
SIDC |
State Industrial Development Corporation |
SLR |
Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
SMG |
Standing Monitoring Group |
SNA |
System of National Accounts |
TB’s |
Treasury Bills |
TC |
Temporary Change |
TT |
Telegraphic Transfer |
UCN |
Uniform Code Number |
UTI |
Unit Trust of India |
WPI |
Wholesale Price Index |
YTM |
Yield to Maturity |