Abbreviations

EPT                                –    Environment Performance Index
NASI                             – National Academy of Science, India
SPSS                            – Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SFC                              – Strategic Forces Command
DRDO                          – Defense Research and development Organization
DTAA                          – Double Taxation of direct Agreement
CBDT                         – Central Board of Direct Taxes
SPACE                       – Science Popularization Association of Communicators and educators
SOHO                        – Solar and HelioSpheric Observatory

TFR                             – Total Fertility Rate
GAAR                         – General Anti Avoidance Rules
NABARD                   – National Bank for Agricultural And Rural Development
FAO                             – Food and Agricultural Organization
MNREGS                    – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
DMU                            – Delivery Monitoring Unit
ISS                                – International Space Station
PCPNDT                      – Preconception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques
ECBs                             – External Commercial Borrowings
NCERT                        – National council of Educational Research and Training
ICRISAT                    – International Crop Research Institute for semi- arid Tropics
NAC                             – National Advisory Council
TDSAT                         – Telecom Dispute Settlement  and Appellate Tribunal
NBFC                           – Non Banking finance Company
IFC                               – International Finance Corporation
DICCI                         – Dalit Indian Chamber Of Commerce and Industry
CCIL                            – Clearing Corporation of India
FCCB                           – Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
CBFC                           – Central Board of Excise and Customs
FICCI                          – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
ECOWAS                    – Economic Community and West Africa States
IIP                               – Index of Industrial Production
WADA                        – World Anti Doping Agency
FBI                              – FEderal Bureau of Investigation
EGoM                         – Empowered Group ofMinister
FDI                              – Foreign Direct Investment
UNCTAD                   – United Nations Conference on Trade and  Development
CBDT                           – Central Board of Direct Taxes
CCMB                          – Cellular and Molecular Biology
UEFA                          – Union of European Foot Ball Association
SSTCG                         – Strategic Security Technology Coordination Group

 IAC           – International AIDS conference

DMSS        – Durban mahila Samnway Samiti

CII             – Confederation of Indian Industry

PNGRB      – The petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

IIA             – Indian Institute of Astrophysics

UNEP        – United nations for conservation of Nature

CITU         – Center of Indian Trade Union

INCACBI  – Indian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel

ESI             – Environmental sustainability Index

WEP            – World Food Prize

UEFA          – Union of European Foot ball Association