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Govt. are you familiar with this abbreviation? Most probably in school days or memorandums, we may have come across the abbreviations. Yes, you are right. Govt. stands for Government. Like this, many other abbreviations or acronyms are commonly used for government-related programs, files or reports, government ministries, bodies, programs like PMAY, NABARD, etc. Aspirants preparing for the government examinations should know these abbreviations and their expansions, for which you can earn one mark, for the general awareness section. We have tried to include the most asked List of Government Abbreviations in the exams like Banking, State-wise PSC’s. So, read the article completely, and also download the PDF file for the Government Abbreviations.
List of Government Related Abbreviations
- GOI – Government of India
Government Agency and Abbreviations
| Expanded Form | Abbreviations |
| Association of South – East Asian Nations | ASEAN |
| Agricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority | APEDA |
| Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology | ACQWeb |
| Bureau of Economic Affairs | BEA |
| Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited | BSNL |
| Bureau of Land Management | BLM |
| Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation | BIMSTEC |
| Central Board of Film Certification | CBFC |
| Central Goods and Services Tax | CGST |
| Central Intelligence Agency | CIA |
| Defense Research Development Organization | DRDO |
| Environmental Protection Agency | EPA |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | FBI |
| Federal Aviation Administration | FAA |
| Food and Drug Administration | FDA |
| Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agrometeorological and Land-based observations | FASAL |
| Financial Stability and Development Council | FSDC |
| Indian Accounting Standards | Ind AS |
| Indian Council of Agricultural Research | ICAR |
| Industrial Development Bank of India | IDBI |
| Industrial Finance Corporation of India | IFCI |
| Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited | IFFCO |
| Integrated Goods and Services Tax | IGST |
| Indian Railways Finance Corporation Ltd. | IRFC |
| International Monetary Fund | IMF |
| International Renewable Energy Agency | IRENA |
| Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation | IRCTC |
| Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd | IREDA |
| Life Insurance Corporation of India | LIC |
| Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank | MUDRA |
| Missile Defense Agency | MDA |
| Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises | MSME |
| National Dairy Development Board | NDDB |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | NATO |
| National Institute of Health | NIH |
| National Housing Bank | NHB |
| Non-government organization | NGO |
| National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture | NICRA |
| Power Finance Corporation Ltd. | PFC |
| Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation | PRAGATI |
| Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. | REC |
| Self-Employment and Talent Utilization | SETU |
| Unit Trust of India | UTI |
Government Organizations and Abbreviations
| Expanded Form | Abbreviations |
| All India Council of Technical Education | AICTE |
| Agricultural Insurance Corporation of India | AICI |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | AIIMS |
| Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry | ASSOCHAM |
| Border Security Force | BSF |
| Bureau of Indian Standards | BIS |
| Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | CSIR |
| Central Vigilance Commission | CVC |
| Competition Commission of India | CCI |
| Consumer Confidence Index | CCI |
| Central Cottage Industries Corporation | CCIC |
| Delhi Metro Rail Corporation | DMRC |
| The Directorate General of Civil Aviation | DGCA |
| District-level Road Safety Committees | DRSC |
| Employment and Support Allowance | ESA |
| Electronic Corporation of India Limited | ECIL |
| European Free Trade Association | EFTA |
| Federation of Indian Export Organization | FIEO |
| Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry | FICCI |
| Food Corporation of India | FCI |
| General Agreement on Tariff and Trade | GATT |
| Housing Development Finance Corporation | HDFC |
| Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Ltd. | IDFC |
| Indian Ocean Dipole | IOD |
| Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India | ICICI |
| Indian Space Research Organisation | ISRO |
| Indian Railways Finance Corporation Ltd | IRFC |
| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | ICANN |
| Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System | IRNSS |
| Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd | IREDA |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | IAEA |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | ONGC |
| Legal Services Corporation | LSC |
| Marine Protected Area | MPA |
| National Disaster Management Authority | NDMA |
| National Food Security Act | NFSA |
| National aeronautics and space administration | NASA |
| Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR |
| Small Industries Development Bank of India | SIDBI |
| United Nations | UN |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | UNESCO |
| United Nations Centre for Human Settlements | UNCHS |
| United Nations Development Programme | UNDP |
| United Nations Environment Programme | UNEP |
Government Programs and Policies
| Expanded Form | Abbreviations |
| Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation | AMRUT |
| Atal Pension Yojana | APY |
| AAP Volunteer Action Manch | AVAM |
| Active Community Environments Initiative | ACES |
| Biotechnology Regulatory Service | BRS |
| Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao | BBBP |
| Bharat Operating System Solutions | BOSS |
| Broadband Technology Opportunities Program | BTOP |
| Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System | CAPPS II |
| Digital India | DI |
| Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for Kerosene | DBTSK |
| Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana | DDUGJY |
| Deen Dayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Yojana | DDUAY |
| Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program | EEOMBD |
| Europian Economic Union | EEU |
| Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program | EEOICP |
| Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana | HRIDAY |
| Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program | HIP |
| Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission | JNNURM |
| Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile | JAM |
| Medicare and Medicaid | M&M |
| Make in India | MII |
| Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy | MRT |
| Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank Yojana | MUDRA Yojana |
| Mission Housing for All Urban | MHFA |
| National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Program | NERPAP |
| National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | NREGS |
| National Supercomputing Mission | NSM |
| National Mineral Exploration Trust | NMET |
| National Mission for Clean Ganga | NMCG |
| National Institution for Transforming India | NITI |
| Pradhan Mantri Gram Sarak Yojna | PMGSY |
| Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana | PMUY |
| Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation | PRAGATI |
| Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh | PahaL |
| Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana | PMKSY |
| Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana | PMAY |
| Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana | PMSBY |
| Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana | PMJJBY |
| Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana | PMFBY |
| Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojna | RSVY |
| Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana | SGSY |
| Smart Cities Mission | SCM |
| Skill India Mission Operation | SIMo |
| Soil Health Card Scheme | SHC |
| Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission | SPMRM |
| Swacch Bharat Mission | SBM |
| Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana | SJSRY |
| Tech Learning Centres | TLCs |
| Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All | UJALA |
Other Government Terms and Abbreviations
| Expanded Form | Abbreviations |
| Administrative Staff College of India | ASCI |
| Accelerated Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Programme | AUWSSP |
| ACE – Automated Commercial Environment | ACE |
| ADG Additional Director General | ADG |
| Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence | ACD |
| ADE Additional Director of Estates | ADE |
| AD Anno Domino | AD |
| Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council | BMTPC |
| Budget Estimate | BE |
| Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation | BMRC |
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System | BRFSS |
| Budget Year | BY |
| Consumer Price Index | CPI |
| Civil Defense | CD |
| Central Administrative Tribunal | CAT |
| Cost/Benefit Ratio, Cost/Burden Reduction | C/BR |
| Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs | CCEA |
| Central Public Works Department | CPWD |
| Credit Rating Information Services of India | CRISIL |
| Credit Rating Enhancement Fund | CREF |
| EFC Expenditure Finance Committee | EFC |
| EWS Economically Weaker Sections | EWS |
| Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator | EDIE |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | EERE |
| Federal Information Processing Standard | FIPS |
| Federal Fiscal Year | FFY |
| Integrated Rail and Bus Transport Project | IRBTP |
| Integrated Low-Cost Sanitation | ILCS |
| Ministry of Home Affairs | MHA |
| Memorandum of Agreement | MoA |
| Medical Expenditure Panel Survey | MEPS |
| Ministry of Railways | MoR |
| Medical Subject Headings | MeSH |
| Ministry of Urban Development | MoUD |
| SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio | SLR |
| SLSC State Level Selection Committee | SLSC |
| SLIA State Level Implementation Agencies | SLIA |
| TRI – Toxics Release Inventory | TRI |
| Urban Spatial Information System | USIS |
| Urban Transport / Union Territory | UT |
Abbreviations of Political Parties in India
| Expanded Form | Abbreviations |
| Asom Gana Parishad | AGP |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | AIADMK |
| All India Forward Bloc | AIFB |
| Aam Aadmi Party | AAP |
| All India Trinamool Congress | AITC |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | AIMIM |
| All Jharkhand Students Union | AJSU |
| All India United Democratic Front | AIUDF |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP |
| Bodoland People’s Front | BPF |
| Biju Janata Dal | BJD |
| Communist Party of India | CPI |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI-M |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK |
| Goa Forward Party | GFP |
| Haryana Janhit Congress | HJC |
| Indian National Congress | INC |
| Indian National Lok Dal | INLD |
| Indian Union Muslim League | IUML |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | JKNPP |
| Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party | JKPDP |
| Janata Dal (United) | JD(U) |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | JD(S) |
| Lok Janshakti Party | LJP |
| Kerala Congress (M) | KC(M) |
| Mizoram People’s Conference | MPC |
| Mizo National Front | MNF |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | MGP |
| Nationalist Congress Party | NCP |
| National People’s Party | NPP |
| Naga People’s Front | NPF |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | RJD |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | RSP |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | SAD |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | SJP |
| Shiv Sena | SS |
| Samajwadi Party | SP |
| Telugu Desam Party | TDP |
| United Democratic Party | UDP |
| YSR Congress Party | YSRCP |
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