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Current Affairs (Important Abbreviations)- Week 01/2021
Date: 04 Jan 2021
Chapter: GENERAL

ABBREVIATIONS (Week 01/2021)

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AFSPA

Armed Forces Special Powers Act

ANM

Auxiliary Nurse Midwife

ANPR

Automatic Number Plate Reading

ASHA

Accredited Social Health Activist

ATF

Aviation Turbine Fuel

CACP

Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices

CCEA

Cabinet Committee on External Affairs

CCI

Competition Commission of India / Cotton Corporation of India

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CII

Confederation of Indian Industries

CPEC

China Pakistan Economic Corridor

CSE

Centre for Science and Environment

DDC

District Development Council

DNA

Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

EPFO

Employees Provident Fund Organisation

ETF

Kisan Vikas Patra

EUA (Refer COVID)

Emergency Use Authorization

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FIR

First Information Report

Forex

Foreign Exchange

FPO

Farm Produce Organisation / Follow on Public Offer

FRT

Facial Recognition Tracking

FSL

Forensic Science Lab

GAVI

Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation

GHTC

Global Housing Technology Challenge

GMT

Greenwich Meridian Time

GRP

Government Railway Police

HAWS

High Altitude Warfare School

ICICI

Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

IDBI

Industrial Development Bank of India

IFSC

Indian Financial System Code

ILP

Inner Line Permit

IMPS

Immediate Fund Transfer Service

INCOIS

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

IPO

Initial Public Offer

IRCTC

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

IST

Indian Standard Time

ITAT

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

IUC

Inter Connection Usage Charge

KVP

Kisan Vikas Patra

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LIC

Life Insurance Corporation

MERU

Multidisciplinary Education and Research University

MICR

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

MTP

Medical Termination of Pregnancy

NCDRC

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

NDAA

National Defence Authorization Act

NEFT

National Electronic Fund Transfer

NFSA

National Food Security Act

NGMA

National Gallery of Modern Art

NHAI

National Highways Authority of India

NIH-SAD

National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases

NPA

Non-Performing Assets

NSC

National Saving Certificate

NSCS

National Commission for Scheduled Castes

NSG

National Security Guard

NSIC

National Small Industries Corporation

NYSE

New York Stock Exchange

PPF

Public Provident Fund

PTI

Press Trust of India

RLVD

Red Light Violation Detection

RTGS

Real Time Gross Settlement

SACON

Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History

SCBA

Supreme Court Bar Association

SFF

Special Frontier Force

SII

Serum Institute of India

SPG

Special Protection Group

SSY

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

Wi Fi

Wireless Fidelity