Abbreviations - Pt.II

 

Abbreviation	Stands For
BEL	Bharat Electronics Limited
BHEL	Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BSNL	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
BKU	Bharatiya Kisan Union
BCCI	Board of Control for Cricket in India
BIFR	Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board)
BSE	Bombay Stock Exchange
BRO	Border Road Organisation
BSF	Border Security Force
BSF	Border Security Force
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BVO	Brominated Vegetable Oil
BOLT	BSE On-Line Trading (System)
BIS	Bureau of Indian Standards
BICP	Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices
BICP	Bureau of industrial Costs and Prices
CCEA	Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs
CCPA	Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
CCS	Cabinet Committee on Security
CNN	Cable News Network
CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
CABE	Central Advisory Board of Education
CAZRI	Central Arid Zone Research Institute
CBFC	Central Board of Film Certification
CBSE	Central Board of Secondary Education
CBI	Central Bureau of Investigation
CCIC	Central Cottage Industries Corporation
CCIC	Central Cottage Industries Corporation
CDRI	Central Drug Research Institute
CISF	Central Industrial Security Force
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.)
COD	Central Ordnance Depot /  Cash on Delivery
CPO	Central Passport Organisation
CPCB	Central Pollution Control Board
CPRI	Central Power Research Institute
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CR	Central Railway
CRPF	Central Reserve Police Force
CSO	Central Statistical Organisation
CTO	Central Telegraph Office /  Central Tractor Organisation
CVC	Central Vigilance Commission
CAT	Centre for Advanced Technology
CAIR	Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
CLAWS	Centre for Land Warfare Studies
CITU	Centre of Indian Trade Unions
CA	Chartered Accountant
CIC	Chief Information Commissioner
CAS	Chief of Army Staff /  Chief of Air Staff /  Conditional Access System
CNS	Chief of the Naval Staff
CLASP	Child Labor Action and Support Project
CHEER	Children's Enrichment Experiment through Radio
CFC	Chloro Fluro Carbon
CB	Citizen Band (Radio)
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CVRDE	Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
CAD	Command Area Development
CM	Command Module /  Chief Minister
C-in-C	Commander-in-Chief
CO	Commanding Officer
CASE	Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy
CTT	Commodities Transaction Tax
CLAT	Common Law Admission Test (Started May 2008)
CMP	Common Minimum Programme
CEF	Commonwealth Equity Fund
CHOGM	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
CPI	Communist Party of India
CPI(M)	Communist Party of India (Marxists)
CECA	Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
CTBT	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
C & AG	Comptroller & Auditor General
CAG	Comptroller and Auditor General
CDS	Compulsory Deposit Scheme