LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS 

• AIDWA — All India Democratic Women’s Association.
• APEDAA — Agricultural and Processed Food
• Products Export Development Authority Act.
• BFC — Business Facilitation Council.
• BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, China.
• BRSP — Bhartiya Rashtrawadi Samanta Party.
• BRTS — Bus Rapid Transit System.
• BVRAAM — Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile
• CAMPA — Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority.
• CBEC — Central Board of Excise and Customs.
• CCEA — Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
• C-DAP — Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan.
• CIDS — Construction Industry Development Council.
• CIET — Central Institute of Educational Technology.
• CIRDAP — Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and Pacific.
• CJP — Citizen for Justice and Peace.
• CLAT — Common Law Admission Test.
• COBSE — Council of Boards of School Education.
• CRRID — Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development.
• CSTO — Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
• CVERDE — Combat Vehicles Engineering Research and Development Establishment.
• DDPA — Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
• DIPP — Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
• DPCC — Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
• DSIIDC — Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation.
• EBTC — European Business and Technology.
• ECB — External Commercial Borrowing.
• EDI — Education Development Index.
• EGOM — Empowered Group of Ministers.
• EMBO — European Molecular Biology Organisation.
• EPFO — Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation.
• EPIC — Elector’s Photo Identity Card.
• EQUIS — European Quality Improvement System.
• ESA — Explosive Substance Act.
• ESCAR — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific.
• ESOA — Education Services for Overseas Students Act.
• FATF — Financial Action Task Force.
• FIA — Federal Investigation Agency.
• FOGSI — Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Societies of India.
• GFDRR — Global Facility For Disaster Reduction and Recovery.
• GPS — Global Positioning System.
• IBEX — Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission.
• ICC — International Chamber of Commerce.